Stop Illegal Fishing Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6338 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6338 To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and foreign vessels that engage in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 1, 2025 Mr. Meeks (for himself and Mrs. Kim) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and foreign vessels that engage in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes. 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 ``Stop Illegal Fishing Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the Sense of Congress that-- (1) illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (referred to in this section as ``IUU fishing'') is a rising and harmful global trend; (2) the People's Republic of China is the primary perpetrator of IUU fishing and the largest exploiter of global fisheries; (3) IUU fishing is a concerning and significant driver of overfishing, thereby threatening fisheries, damaging marine ecosystems, and inhibiting conservation; (4) IUU fishing in another country's exclusive economic zone violates international law as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, undermines the rules- based order, ignores sovereign rights, reinforces excessive maritime claims, exploits f