S. 1529

Summary

S. 1529, the Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 30, 2025 by Sen. Cory Booker (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Apr 30, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

S. 1529 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S1529 IS: Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-04-30
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1529  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 30, 2025   Mr. Booker  (for himself and  Mr. Sullivan ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation    A BILL
To prohibit Federal agencies from authorizing or facilitating commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone except in accordance with a Federal statute authorizing such action.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025  .
2.
Prohibition on authorizing finfish aquaculture in the EEZ
(a)
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal agency may issue any permit or take any other action to authorize or facilitate commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States (as established by Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983), except in accordance with a Federal statute authorizing such action that is enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b)
Definitions
In this section—
(1)
the term  finfish —
(A)
an aquatic finfish in any stage of its life cycle; and
(B)
does not include amphibians, seaweeds or other algae, or invertebrates, including shellfish; and
(2)
the term  commercial finfish aquaculture  means an activity related to the propagation, rearing, or attempted propagation or rearing, of finfish in captivity or under positive control for commercial purposes.

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A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from authorizing or facilitating commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Executive Economic Zone except in accordance with a Federal statute authorizing such action.

Sponsors

Sen. Cory Booker (D) sponsors S. 1529, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Cory Booker

Sen. · D–NJ · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 30, 2025

Dan Sullivan

Sen. · R–AK · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 30, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 1529 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Referred To · Apr 30, 2025 · 458 Bills

Actions

S. 1529 has taken 2 actions since Apr 30, 2025.

Votes

S. 1529 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 1529 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from authorizing or facilitating commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Executive Economic Zone except in accordance with a Federal statute authorizing such action. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 8 registered lobbyists who named S. 1529 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Animals, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1529 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1529’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com