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H.R. 1917119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · 6 active : 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJul 22, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govGreat Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
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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;
assist in meeting the restoration objectives of the Great Lakes;
assist in balancing predators and prey;
support and improve the economic status of tribal, recreational, and commercial fisheries; and
assist in evaluating the effectiveness of habitat restoration efforts in the Great Lakes.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed360 yea, 57 nayJuly 22, 2025 · Roll call 216
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 36 | 0 | 0% |
| Middle | 171 | 8 | 5% |
| Entrenched | 204 | 48 | 24% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Aquatic ecology
- Fishes
- Government information and archives
- Great Lakes
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
6 activeShow all 6 cosponsors
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI-5)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
