# 119-hr-1917: Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025

119-hr-1917, Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1917
- Congress: 119
- Title: Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Creates the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program to mass-mark hatchery-produced fish across the Great Lakes basin** so managers can track hatchery fish, improve restoration, and support regional fisheries. - Tribal, recreational, and commercial fisheries: Provides data intended to support and improve the economic status of Tribal, recreational, and commercial fisheries in the Great Lakes. - Fishery managers and agencies: Requires sharing of tagging and recovery data to increase understanding of management outcomes, meet restoration and fish community objectives, help balance predators and prey, and evaluate habitat restoration efforts. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and hatcheries: Authorizes the Director to buy equipment and tags, process and share data, run tagging and tag-recovery operations, and hire additional personnel as needed while collaborating with federal, state, and Tribal partners and lake committees. *Authorizes $2.7 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out the program.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 360 | 57 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fish tagging to aid Great Lakes fisheries: benefit, low. If enacted, the Fish and Wildlife Service would start a program to mass mark hatchery fish in the Great Lakes. It would buy tags and equipment, run tagging and tag recovery, process and share data, and hire staff. The Service would work with Federal, State, and Tribal fish agencies, the Great Lakes…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1917 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1917)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1917 (as of 2026-09-10).