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US HB4800

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Clay Higgins

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to expand fishery resource disaster relief eligibility to include freshwater fisheries, specifically targeting red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkii) and white river crawfish (Procambarus zonangulus)

  • Creates new "infrastructure-related cause" category for disaster declarations, covering events caused by operation or failure of federal or state infrastructure including flood control systems, spillways, levees, and diversions

  • Requires disaster relief requests for crawfish fisheries to include information on hydrological conditions, water quality degradation, extreme flooding or drought, and other environmental disruptions affecting viability

  • Expands eligible disaster causes to include infrastructure-related events alongside natural and anthropogenic causes, allowing any combination of these factors to qualify

  • Preserves existing eligibility for marine and anadromous fisheries, ensuring the expansion does not reduce current disaster assistance coverage

Legislative Description

Fisheries Modernization Act of 2025

Public lands and natural resources

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

7/29/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources7/29/2025

Full Bill Text

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