H.R. 2071

Save Our Shrimpers Act

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IIB

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 2071

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 13, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

AN ACT

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

1.

Short title

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

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.

Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2026.

Kevin F. McCumber,

Clerk.