HR 1998referred119th Congress

Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025

Introduced Mar 10, 2025House billPolicy area: International AffairsLast action Jun 24, 2025Sponsor: Jonathan L. Jackson(D-IL)

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Official summaryUpdated Jun 24, 2025

What the bill does

Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025 This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person (individual or entity) that the President determines knowingly engages in piracy. The bill also applies civil and criminal penalties to persons that violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a violation of the regulations promulgated to carry out such sanctions.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

Undisclosed

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Mar 10, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jun 23, 2025vote

Jodey C. Arrington voted yea

Jun 23, 2025vote

Gabe Amo voted yea

Jun 23, 2025vote

Yassamin Ansari voted yea

Official Congressional Actions

Jun 24, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Foreign Relations Committee

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Jun 23, 2025Floor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Jun 23, 2025Floor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 14 (Roll no. 172). (text: CR H2845-2846)

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Jun 23, 2025Floor

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Lobbying Activity

No lobbying report on the 119th Congress cites this bill.

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Jodey C. Arrington	R	yea	Jun 23, 2025
Gabe Amo	D	yea	Jun 23, 2025
Yassamin Ansari	D	yea	Jun 23, 2025
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	D	yea	Jun 23, 2025

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.