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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2071
To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to international financial
institutions for the purposes of financing foreign shrimp farms, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH11, 2025
Mr. N
EHLS(for himself, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. VICENTEGONZALEZ
of Texas, Mr. C
ARTERof Louisiana, Ms. MACE, Mr. WEBERof Texas,
Mr. B
ILIRAKIS, Ms. LETLOW, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. RUTHER-
FORD, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. BABIN, Mr. EZELL,
Mr. C
LOUD, Mr. FRY, and Mr. CARTERof Georgia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to
international financial institutions for the purposes of
financing foreign shrimp farms, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Shrimpers 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON MAKING FEDERAL FUNDS AVAIL-1
ABLE TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTI-2
TUTIONS TO FINANCE FOREIGN SHRIMP 3
FARMS. 4
The Secretary of the Treasury shall condition any 5
provision of Federal funds to an international financial in-6
stitution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the Inter-7
national Financial Institutions Act) on the requirement 8
that the funds not be used to finance any activity relating 9
to shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of 10
shrimp in any foreign country. 11
SEC. 3. ANNUAL GAO REPORT ON COMPLIANCE BY THE 12
UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AT 13
CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTI-14
TUTIONS WITH INSTRUCTION TO OPPOSE 15
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION 16
ASSISTANCE FOR THE PRODUCTION OR EX-17
TRACTION OF EXPORT COMMODITIES OR 18
MINERALS IN SURPLUS ON WORLD MARKETS. 19
Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 20
this Act and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General 21
shall investigate, and submit to the Congress a written re-22
port on, the extent to which the United States Executive 23
Directors at the institutions specified in section 22 of the 24
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Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986 have car-1
ried out the instructions described in such section. 2
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