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H.R. 9953 119th Congress House

Bycatch Reduction Act

Official 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, … Show full official titleShow less

Official 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.

Introduced: July 27, 2026 Introduced by: Nicholas J. Begich III Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 27, 2026
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9953: Bycatch Reduction Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9953/
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"H.R. 9953: Bycatch Reduction Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9953/.
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H.R. 9953, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9953/.
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