Bill Detail
S. 4938
Congress: 119
Title
A bill 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
Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Status as of Jun 30, 7:28 AM · synced 5h ago
Introduced
2026-06-24
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Bill Engagement
A bill 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 co…
Sponsor
Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]R
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cosponsors
Solely sponsored — no cosponsors yet
LDA engagement
No active filings
Introduced
2026-06-24