Bill Detail
H.R. 9953
Congress: 119
Title
To reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund.
Summary
No summary published on Congress.gov yet — common for recently introduced bills.
Sponsor
Rep. Nicholas Begich [R-AK]
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Status as of Aug 1, 5:36 AM · synced 1h ago
Introduced
2026-07-27
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Bill Engagement
To reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact d…
Sponsor
Rep. Nicholas Begich [R-AK]R
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cosponsors
Solely sponsored — no cosponsors yet
LDA engagement
No active filings
Introduced
2026-07-27