Bycatch Reduction Act

Introduced

In Committee

Floor

Crossed Over

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Overview Bill text 1 History 2 Sponsors

Introduced in Senate Jun 24, 2026 · 7.4K words Open full page ↗

119TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION

S. 4938

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

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Introduced — base rate 2%, measured from US's completed sessions
Momentum -8 15/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -14 110 days quiet

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