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H.R. 1998119th CongressInternational Affairs
Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) · 4 active : 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 23, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025
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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseMarkup by · Referred to
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseBills of interest - exchange of · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Foreign property
- International law and treaties
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
- Visas and passports
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 75Middle 30–70
- 17Entrenched 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-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
4 activeShow all 4 cosponsors
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
- Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
- Young Kim (R-CA-40)
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.
