Testimony on Water, Offshore Leasing, and Fisheries Bills, including expanding state-level authority over Gulf of Mexico waters

House Natural Resources Committee
   Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

06/03/2026 at 02:00PM

On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 2406 (Rep. Bonamici), “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2025”
  • H.R. 8401 (Rep. Begich), To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the transport, purchase, and sale of pelts of, and handicrafts, garments, and art produced from, Southcentral and Southeast Alaska northern sea otters that are taken for subsistence purposes.
  • H.R. 8542 (Rep. Ezell), “Offshore Parity Act of 2026”, to extend state-level authority over fishing and offshore fossil-fuel leases in federal Gulf of Mexico waters from three to nine nautical miles
  • H.R. 8904 (Rep. Radewagen), To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohbit Presidential proclamations from from regulating fishing in marine national monuments.