S.2674

HARPOON Act Helping Allies Respond to Piracy, Overfishing, and Oceanic Negligence Act

Introduced·8/1/25

HARPOON Act authorizes joint patrols and capacity-building programs to combat illegal fishing and transnational crime.

The HARPOON Act, or Helping Allies Respond to Piracy, Overfishing, and Oceanic Negligence Act, seeks to enhance counter-illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing efforts by establishing joint patrols with foreign partners. It also authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct or support capacity-building programs for foreign security forces to counter illegal fishing.

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History

Aug 1, 2025

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.