House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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, 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Begich R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9953.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEGICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 122, July 27, 2026, Page H5203):Article Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 18 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9953, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicholas Begich.
- H.R. 2815 (119th) Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
- H.R. 3620 (119th) Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- H.R. 410 (119th) Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 106 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.J.Res. 131 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 42 (119th) Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
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.