Sanctions: Penalizing Foreign Sea Pirates
Also known as: Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Congress is moving to punish foreign pirates by cutting off their access to the U.S. financial system and banning them from entering the country.
- The bill requires the President to freeze any money or property that pirates hold within the United States, making it harder for them to fund their illegal activities.
- Foreign individuals caught engaging in piracy would have their U.S. visas revoked and would be permanently barred from traveling to the United States.
- This action comes after a rise in attacks on commercial ships near the Somali coast and the Red Sea, which has disrupted global trade and put sailors in danger.
- The policy includes protections to ensure that food, medicine, and humanitarian aid can still reach people in need, even in areas where piracy is a problem.
Milestones
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 14 (Roll no. 172). (text: CR H2845-2846)
Passed/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): 392 - 14 (Roll no. 172). (text: CR H2845-2846)
At 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.
Vote Results
1 voteOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025
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