119th Congress
S. 4938
Bycatch Reduction Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Dan Sullivan(R-AK)
- Introduced
- Jun 24, 2026
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (0)
No cosponsors.
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: 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.
Latest action(Sep 16, 2026): Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Sep 16, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. - Jun 24, 2026 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. - Jun 24, 2026
Introduced in Senate