Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
Introduced Mar 6, 2025 by Rep. Debbie Dingell
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill provides statutory authority for a program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for the mass marking of hatchery-produced fish in the Great Lakes basin. Mass marking is the practice of tagging large numbers of hatchery-produced fish in order to distinguish them from the wild fish population. The FWS initiated the program in 2010 on a limited scale. Under the existing program, the FWS (1) tags hatchery-produced fish stocked in the Great Lakes, and (2) produces data used by state and tribal fish management agencies to make management decisions regarding Great Lakes fisheries.
This bill allows the FWS, in carrying out the program, to (1) purchase items to support and carry out tagging and tag recovery operations on a greater scale, and (2) hire additional personnel.
The FWS must make the data collected under the program available to applicable federal, state, and tribal fish management agencies to
increase the understanding of the outcomes of management action;
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- Jul 23, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Jul 22, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 22, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 57 (Roll no. 216). (text: CR H3543)
- Jul 22, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 57 (Roll no. 216). (text: CR H3543)
- Jul 22, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3545)
- Jul 22, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jul 22, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1917.
- Jul 22, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3543-3544)
- Jul 22, 2025Mr. Tiffany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 21, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
- Jul 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-210.
- Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2025Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Mar 25, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 18, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- Mar 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House