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A bill 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 CongressS-4938| Senate 
| Updated: 6/24/2026
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Timeline
Jun 24, 2026
Introduced in Senate
Jun 24, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • June 24, 2026
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 24, 2026
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

A bill 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 CongressS-4938| Senate 
| Updated: 6/24/2026
Timeline
Jun 24, 2026
Introduced in Senate
Jun 24, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • June 24, 2026
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 24, 2026
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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