H.R. 1998Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Jonathan L. Jackson [D-IL-01]
Cosponsors: 4 · 2 Democrats · 2 Republicans
Policy area: International Affairs
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee · and 1 more
Latest action: Jun 24, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

IntroducedMar 10, 2025
Passed the HouseJun 23, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person (individual or entity) that the President determines knowingly engages in piracy.

The bill also applies civil and criminal penalties to persons that violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a violation of the regulations promulgated to carry out such sanctions.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1998 as introduced in House on Mar 10, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 172

House Jun 23, 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Sanction Sea Pirates Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

392 Yea 14 Nay 25 not voting

Crossed both parties 14 of 406 voting members broke with their own party: 7 Democrats, 7 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic212 members

Independent1 member

Republican218 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors4 · 2 Democrats · 2 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1998 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

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