Bills and Legislation

H.R. 9953 — 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.

The record

• Chamber: U.S. House
• Status: In Committee — Sitting in committee, where most bills die without a vote.
• Sponsor: Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]
• Introduced: Jul 27, 2026
• Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. (Jul 27, 2026)

Recorded floor votes

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