# H.R. 1998 (119th): Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025

Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025 This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person (individual or entity) that the President determines knowingly engages in piracy. The bill also applies civil and criminal penalties to persons that violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a violation of the regulations promulgated to carry out such sanctions.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: maritime_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: piracy_deterrence. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: sanctions. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 172: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The summary is sufficient for a prudent high-level judgment. The measure directly restrains a named criminal harm, piracy, through sanctions and enforcement penalties aimed at those who knowingly engage in it. It does not advance any moral harm, and its operative aim is restraint of predation rather than a prudential dispute over means.
Theological note: The issue touches civil authority's duty to restrain predatory violence against lawful commerce and persons at sea, which relates to the sword-bearing role of government in restraining evildoers (Romans 13:4) and to general equity in punishing theft and violence. This is issue relevance only, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 172: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 392 · Nay 14 · Other 25.

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