To establish the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program, and for other purposes. — House Roll Call 216
Passed in the House on July 22, 2025 · 360 Yea, 57 Nay, 13 Not Voting
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 1917 Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act
In plain English: This bill gives the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official permission to tag large numbers of hatchery fish in the Great Lakes to help manage wild fish populations. It also allows the service to buy more supplies and hire more people to expand this tagging program and share the resulting data with other agencies for fishery management.
Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
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 Gre…
Vote Breakdown by Party
Republican: 152 Yea, 57 Nay, 8 not voting/present.
Democrat: 207 Yea, 0 Nay, 5 not voting/present.
Independent: 1 Yea, 0 Nay.
Members Who Voted Against Their Party
Rick Allen (R-GA) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Aaron Bean (R-FL) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Josh Brecheen (R-OK) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Tim Burchett (R-TN) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Eric Burlison (R-MO) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Katherine Cammack (R-FL) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.
Ben Cline (R-VA) voted Nay while most Republicans voted Yea.