United StatesSanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.Latest
- Jun 23Mr. Burchett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Vote recorded On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Result: Passed.House
- Jun 23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2845-2846, H2877-2878)
- Jun 23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1998.
- Jun 23At 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.
- Jun 23Passed/agreed to in House: 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)Passed House
- Jun 23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 9Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 9Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- Mar 10Introduced in House
- Mar 10Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced