Congress extends help for young fishermen 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 keeps a federal program running for young fishermen. The program was set to end in 2026. This bill moves the end date to 2031. The bill also names the program after Captain Accursio 'Gus' Sanfilippo.
Who it affects
Young commercial fishermen get to keep using the program. They receive training and help starting their fishing businesses.
One thing to notice
The bill extends the program without adding new costs or new rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
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 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $20,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 14 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Seth Moulton, who sponsored the bill, received $228,599 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance — $20,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- commercial fishermen — People who catch fish as a job and sell what they catch
- federal program — A service or help run by the U.S. government
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
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 16,939 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 2026-11-06.
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