S. 3579 119th Congress Senate

Bycatch Reduction and Research Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to address data and research gaps to improve marine environmental data collection, particularly in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska,… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to address data and research gaps to improve marine environmental data collection, particularly in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, prioritize technology that supports research, bycatch reduction, and marine benthic habitat in Alaska fisheries, advance and streamline electronic monitoring and electronic reporting in United States fisheries, and establish a fund to provide financial assistance for fishermen purchasing gear and technology aimed at reducing bycatch and marine benthic habitat contact from trawl fishing gear.

Introduced: December 18, 2025 Introduced by: Dan Sullivan Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Dec 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Dec 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

ESP ADVISORS, LLC
for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ESP ADVISORS, LLC
for ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC
for ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ESP ADVISORS, LLC
for ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC
for ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS · Washington · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
ESP ADVISORS, LLC
for ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11 filings
SENATE
11 filings
Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
7 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
5 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
4 filings
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
4 filings
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
3 filings
Natl Science Foundation (NSF)
3 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska · Dec 18, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3579: Bycatch Reduction and Research Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3579/

MLA

"S. 3579: Bycatch Reduction and Research Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3579/.

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S. 3579, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3579/.

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