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H.R. 2071 (119th): Save Our Shrimpers Act

Save Our Shrimpers Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund) for financing activities related to foreign shrimp farms. The bill also requires an annual report on compliance by U.S. leadership of international financial institutions with policies to oppose financing for certain commodities or minerals. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to condition any provision of federal funds to an international financial institution on the requirement that the funds not be used to finance any activity related to shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in any foreign country. Under current law, Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions to oppose providing financial assistance for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export if (1) the commodity or mineral is in surplus on world markets, and (2) the export of such commodity or mineral will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a competing commodity or mineral (or of the same or a similar commodity or mineral). This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to investigate and annually report to Congress on the extent to which U.S. leadership at these institutions have carried out Treasury's instructions.

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The bill bars federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, for financing activities related to foreign shrimp farms. It requires Treasury to condition any federal funds provided to such an institution on those funds not being used for shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or shrimp exports in any foreign country. It also requires the Government Accountability Office to investigate and report annually to Congress on whether U.S. leadership at these institutions has carried out Treasury's existing instructions to oppose financing for surplus commodities or minerals that injure U.S. competing producers.

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Theological note: The measure concerns fair dealing in commerce and the protection of domestic livelihoods, which Scripture treats seriously under justice and neighbor love. Its central aim, however, is a trade and industry-protection measure for a domestic producer group, a prudential economic question rather than a direct moral harm or a direct restraint of one.

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Roll 156 · 12-May-2026 7:05 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed

Yea 391 · Nay 18 · Other 20

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