# 119-hr-3831: Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025

119-hr-3831, Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3831
- As of: 2026-09-10
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3831
- Congress: 119
- Title: Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-06-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Expands the ban on feeding sharks in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone to include Florida and multiple states.** It would amend Section 317 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act by changing "the State" to "the States" and inserting "and Florida" after "Hawaii", formally bringing Florida within the existing prohibition.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on shark feeding in Florida federal waters: cost, low. If enacted, this would extend the federal ban on feeding or baiting sharks to the federal ocean waters off Florida. Tour and dive operators, charter captains, and other boaters there would not be allowed to feed sharks. The rule would be enforced under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3831 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3831)

## Related
- [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3831 (as of 2026-09-10).