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119-hr-1894119th Congress

FISH Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]

Introduced

Summary

Centralize management of migratory fish species under the Department of the Interior. This bill would transfer all Endangered Species Act functions for anadromous and catadromous species from the Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service to the Secretary of the Interior and add clear definitions for those fish.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Ask Interior to revisit recent fish decisions

If the transfer happens, you could ask the Interior Secretary to reconsider a final decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service made in the 3 years before the transfer date. You must file within 365 days after the transfer is complete. The Secretary could grant or deny the request. The final decision would be posted for the public.

Permits and lawsuits would carry over

If enacted, current lawsuits, permits, and licenses tied to the transferred functions would keep going. Cases started before enactment would not stop. The Department of the Interior would take the place of the old agency in those cases and permits. Orders and permits would stay in effect until they are lawfully changed. This would start on the date the Act is enacted.

Interior to run migratory fish protections

If enacted, the Department of the Interior would take over endangered-species work for migratory fish. This covers fish that spawn in fresh or estuarine waters and migrate to the ocean, and fish that spawn in the ocean and migrate to fresh or estuarine waters. Interior would use the same legal powers that Commerce used before for these species, unless another law says otherwise. References to Commerce in these cases would now mean Interior. This change would begin upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]

CA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

  • Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/14/2025

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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