119th Congress Foreign Trade and International Finance
S. 4805: Save Our Shrimpers Act
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank) to oppose providing financial assistance for any project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in a borrowing country.
Treasury may waive this requirement with respect to a project upon notifying Congress that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.
The requirement expires seven years after the enactment of this bill.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- John Kennedy R-LAOriginal
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Rick Scott R-FL
- Roger Wicker R-MS
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.