HR4051-118

Reported

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 12, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Agriculture, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H1492E8EAB6B64023AF25B8F3112DEAAB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting the Health of Aquatic systems through Research Knowledge and Enhanced Dialogue Act or the SHARKED Act.
  • Section H2D6F0E293C8A4A5FA4F41E43A827721C: 2. Shark depredation task force and research projects The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a task force (referred to in this subsection as the task force)...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Agriculture, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Agriculture Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 6, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …

Jan 30, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Pappas and Mr. Webster of Florida

Jan 30, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Jun 12, 2023

Mr. Wittman (for himself, Mr. Soto, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Fishing & Forestry
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

Commercial fishing operators affected by shark depredation, Recreational anglers and charter fishing operations

Government
2 mentions across 1 clause
-1 negative ?1 uncertain

Department of Commerce and National Marine Fisheries Service, Regional Fishery Management Councils

Research & Science
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Marine biologists and shark researchers

2/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Agriculture Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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