3.0.0 2880 2026-04-08T12:13:16Z 2026-04-08T12:13:16Z Senate S S 2025-09-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2880 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-09-18T19:02:29Z Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025 119 1917 HR 2025-07-23 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS 2025-09-18 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2025-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N H001104 Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] Jon Husted R OH 2025-09-18 True Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 2025-12-16T16:37:32Z 00 2025-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-08T12:12:57Z 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 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.
]]> Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025 2025-10-10T05:53:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025 2025-10-10T05:53:17Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to establish the Great Lakes Mass Marketing Program, and for other purposes. 2025-10-10T05:48:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s2880is/xml/BILLS-119s2880is.xml 2025-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.