CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Save Our Shrimpers Act

S. 4863 · Senate bill Foreign Trade and International Finance

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

The "Save Our Shrimpers Act" directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct United States Executive Directors at international financial institutions to oppose specific projects. These projects include financial assistance for shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in a borrowing country. The Secretary of the Treasury has the authority to waive this requirement if it is in the national interest of the United States. This waiver requires notification to Congress. The mandate to oppose these projects expires after a 7-year period following the Act's enactment.

Yes

No question was scored yes.

The opposite

  • Scored -5

    Does this send more money or help to other countries?

    The bill directs the U.S. to oppose financial assistance for specific shrimp-related projects in borrowing countries.

  • Scored -3

    Would farmers be better off under this?

    The bill targets the reduction of financial support for shrimp farmers and processors in foreign borrowing countries.

  • Scored -2

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The opposition to international financial assistance for shrimp industries may negatively impact livelihoods in developing, low-income borrowing countries.