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US HB4800
Bill
Status
7/29/2025
Primary Sponsor
Clay Higgins
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AI Summary
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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)
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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
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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
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Expands eligible disaster causes to include infrastructure-related events alongside natural and anthropogenic causes, allowing any combination of these factors to qualify
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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