Save Our Shrimpers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4805 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4805

 To require the United States Executive Directors at the international
  financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp
                              production.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2026

 Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
                          on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL

 To require the United States Executive Directors at the international
  financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp
                              production.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Shrimpers Act''.

SEC. 2. VOICE AND VOTE REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Director at each international financial
institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International
Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice and vote of the United
States to oppose any financial assistance by such institution for any
project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of
shrimp in a borrowing country.
    (b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of the Treasury may waive
subsection (a) with respect to a project upon notifying the Congress
that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.
    (c) Expiration.--Subsection (a) shall have no force or effect after
the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this
Act.
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