US HB9953 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on July 27 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-07-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 27 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-07-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Bycatch Reduction Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Nicholas Begich [R-AK] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| 2026-07-27 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9953/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr9953/BILLS-119hr9953ih.pdf |
