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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.

USA119th CongressHR-9953| House 
| Updated: 7/27/2026
Nicholas J. Begich

Nicholas J. Begich

Republican Representative

Alaska

Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Timeline
Jul 27, 2026
Introduced in House
Jul 27, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • July 27, 2026
    Introduced in House


  • July 27, 2026
    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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.

USA119th CongressHR-9953| House 
| Updated: 7/27/2026
Timeline
Jul 27, 2026
Introduced in House
Jul 27, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • July 27, 2026
    Introduced in House


  • July 27, 2026
    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nicholas J. Begich

Nicholas J. Begich

Republican Representative

Alaska

Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted