# 119-s-3225: Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and Wellness Improvement Act of 2025

119-s-3225, Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and Wellness Improvement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3225
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and Wellness Improvement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-19
- Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Expands commercial fishing safety training to include behavioral and physical health risks like substance use disorder and worker fatigue.** It reorganizes the Fishing Safety Training Grants and Fishing Safety Research Grants into a competitive grant framework and directs multi-year funding through the Department of Health and Human Services while retaining Coast Guard input on award criteria. - Fishing vessel operators and crewmembers: Receive training that specifically addresses behavioral health, substance use disorder, worker fatigue, and related physical risks to improve on-the-job safety and wellness. - Research institutions and training providers: Must compete for grants under a competitive program with award criteria developed in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, replacing the prior Coast Guard–driven consultation model. - Federal agencies and program funding: Replaces a FY2023 funding reference with explicit appropriations of $6 million each year to HHS for fiscal years 2025–2029 to support these training and research programs. *Increases federal spending by $6 million each year for 2025–2029.*

## Cosponsors (7)

- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More fishing safety grants for workers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would fund competitive training and research grants to improve safety for commercial fishing workers. It would add training and research on behavioral and physical health risks like substance use disorder and worker fatigue. The grants would be awarded using criteria developed…

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## Sources
- [119-s-3225 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3225)

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- [119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
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- [119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1547)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3225 (as of 2026-09-10).