HR 1917
Passed a chamber
Establishes a Great Lakes Mass Marking Program within the Fish and Wildlife Service to tag hatchery-produced fish and share the resulting data with fishery managers, and authorizes $2,700,000 per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
Official title: Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
06-MAR-2025
Referred
06-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
25-JUN-2025
Reported
21-JUL-2025
On the calendar
21-JUL-2025
Passed
22-JUL-2025
Senate
Received
23-JUL-2025
- Creates a program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to mark hatchery-produced fish in the Great Lakes basin
- Allows the Director to buy equipment, fish tags, and data systems and to hire additional personnel
- Requires the Director to work with federal, state, and tribal fish agencies and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's committees, and to share the collected data with those agencies
- Authorizes $2,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (06-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 22-JUL-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
- Environment and Public Works Committee (Senate)
Environmental Protection
■ 4 R■ 2 D
4 Republicans
2 Democrats