{"bill":{"id":"119-s-4805","congress":119,"type":"S","number":4805,"title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2026-06-17","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"H001079","fullName":"Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]","party":"R","state":"MS","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":5,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-06-17","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations."},"policyArea":"Foreign Trade and International Finance","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2026-06-17","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-06-17","text":"Introduced in Senate","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Save Our Shrimpers Act</strong></p><p>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&nbsp;assistance for any project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in a borrowing country.</p><p>Treasury&nbsp;may waive this requirement with respect to a project upon notifying Congress that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.</p><p>The requirement expires&nbsp;seven years after the enactment of this bill.</p>","updateDate":"2026-07-07T13:21:30Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":568,"ts":"2026-10-13T15:42:27.180Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Save%20Our%20Shrimpers%20Act"}]}}