House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Northwest Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow for the taking of pinnipeds on the Columbia River, its tributaries, and the waters of the State of Washington to protect species of salmon listed as endangered species or threatened species and other nonlisted species of fish, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Baumgartner R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2026
- Committee actionSep 15, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9621.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAUMGARTNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):Article 1. Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9621, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
78818467904e632f0173999296e71160348ccc2415e42f161e94e27649f10ac0
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9621, last updated September 17, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.