H.R. 9953 Congress 119 session
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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
In committee — last recorded action July 27, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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State-level impact
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Official actions
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Introduced in House
- Introduced in House