S3579-119

In Committee

Bycatch Reduction and Research Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Dec 18, 2025

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

The bill expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Research, expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 3. Flume tank, and reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4. Observer coverage. It relies on compliance mandates, grants, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Environment, Finance, and Education.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Research.
  • Expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 3. Flume tank.
  • Reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4. Observer coverage.
  • Reduces a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 5.
  • Reduces a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 322. Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund There is established in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States an account to be...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Research, expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 3. Flume tank, and reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4. Observer coverage.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Finance, Education

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Research, expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 3. Flume tank, and reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 4. Observer coverage.

Policy Domains

Environment Finance Education

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 18, 2025

Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following …

Dec 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …

Dec 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Finance Education
Actor Mappings
"noaa_administrator"
→ Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Domains
Fisheries Management Environmental Protection
Actor Mappings
"noaa_administrator"
→ Administrator of NOAA
Domains
Fisheries Management
Actor Mappings
"noaa_administrator"
→ Administrator of NOAA
"nmfs_regional_offices"
→ Regional offices of the National Marine Fisheries Service
Domains
Fisheries Management Environmental Protection
Actor Mappings
"nfwf"
→ National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
"secretary_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund" §fund

An account in the general fund of the Treasury administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to reduce or mitigate bycatch and reduce marine benthic habitat contact from trawl gear

"Foundation" §foundation

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

"Bycatch Reduction and Research Task Force" §bycatch_reduction_task_force

Reconstituted membership of the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force with 2 additional academic experts in groundfish ecology and invertebrate ecology

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