# 119-hr-1894: FISH Act of 2025

119-hr-1894, FISH Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1894
- Congress: 119
- Title: FISH Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ask Interior to revisit recent fish decisions: benefit, low. 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…
- Permits and lawsuits would carry over: benefit, low. 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…
- Interior to run migratory fish protections: mixed, low. 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 powe…

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- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
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- 119-hr-3699: Energy Choice Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1894 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1894)

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- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-3300: Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3300)
- [119-hr-3699: Energy Choice Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3699)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1894 (as of 2026-04-21).