Congress extends young fishermen support program five more years
H.R. 3692 — Captain Accursio “Gus” Sanfilippo Young Fishermen’s Development Act · Filed by Seth Moulton (D-MA) · 8 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 3, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill extends the Young Fishermen's Development Act—a federal program supporting early-career commercial fishermen—by five years, moving its expiration date from 2026 to 2031. The bill also renames the program after Captain Accursio 'Gus' Sanfilippo, a fisherman. The reauthorization allows the program to continue operating and distributing support to young people entering the fishing industry.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative function is to extend an existing federal support program for young commercial fishermen by five years. The naming provision is commemorative, not the bill's primary mechanism.
What the text implies
- The naming after Captain Accursio 'Gus' Sanfilippo may signal a local or regional political interest, though the reauthorization itself is straightforward and the namesake's identity and significance are not explained in the bill text.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill extends a federal program that directly supports young commercial fishermen through development assistance, training, and economic opportunity in a working-class occupation. Reauthorization preserves access to these supports for an additional five years without imposing new costs or restrictions on the public.
Who stands to gain
- young commercial fishermen (direct program beneficiaries)
Named in the bill
Young Fishermen's Development Act, Captain Accursio 'Gus' Sanfilippo, House Committee on Natural Resources
Where it stands
8 cosponsors: 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats.
- Jun 3, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 3, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Sep 3, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
- Sep 17, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Sep 17, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent”
- Mar 3, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2358)”
- Mar 3, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $20,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 14 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Seth Moulton, the sponsor, reported $233,599 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance — $20,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (343 characters) on Jul 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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