S3658-119

In Committee

SHIFT Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 15, 2026

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, SHIFT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Agriculture, Transportation.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Healthy Interstate Fisheries in Transition Act or the SHIFT Act.
  • Section id32e434a0e7ab41bf8be4a67fecd453e0: 2. Shifting stocks Section 805(a) of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (16 U.S.C. 5104(a)) is amended by adding at the end the...
  • Section idf9e5237990e444f9b31bd96c6884de4e: 3. Action by the secretary Section 304(f) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1854(f)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by...
  • Section id62ba5f4df6c84d3e9d0eefc985eb2ac0: 4. Fishery authorization Section 305(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(a)) is amended— in paragraph (2), by...
  • Section id118935121eb74c21949d665483606777: 5. Reports Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce...

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, SHIFT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Agriculture, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, SHIFT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Agriculture Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 15, 2026

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

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 15, 2026

Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Warren) introduced …

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

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