S 3579 — Bycatch Reduction and Research Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-12-18
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors
- Sullivan, Dan (R, AK-S) — sponsor · 2025-12-18
Lobbied by (3)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | ESP ADVISORS, LLC | ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND | $150,000 | S.3579 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC | ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS | $20,000 | S.3579 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | ROBERTSON, MONAGLE, & EASTAUGH LLC (FKA ROBERTSON, MONAGLE & EASTAUGH PC) | OCEAN PEACE, LLC | $15,000 | S.3579 |
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-12-18 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3579 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | OCEAN PEACE, LLC | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3579 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND, INC | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.3579 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-12-18 | Sullivan, Dan | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sullivan, Dan (R, senate AK) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND | 1 | $150,000 | 0 | $0 | $150,000 |
| 2 | ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
| 3 | retired | 0 | $0 | 46 | $17,272 | $17,272 |
| 4 | OCEAN PEACE, LLC | 1 | $15,000 | 0 | $0 | $15,000 |
| 5 | ubs financial services, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 6 | neale creek, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7 | jp morgan | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 8 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | self | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,520 | $1,520 |
| 10 | arctic slope regional corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 11 | the daschle group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | db3 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | north pacific seafoods inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | tams construction | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | bhfs | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | alyeska pipeline | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | state of alaska | 0 | $0 | 2 | $750 | $750 |
| 18 | world wide movers inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | alaska housing finance corproation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | avoq | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 21 | cga | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | mandtec | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 23 | nana regional corp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 24 | the hargan group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 25 | ua | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Sullivan, Dan (R · senate · AK) · sponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS (s.3579) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by OCEAN PEACE, LLC (s.3579) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND, INC (s.3579) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-12-18 · sponsored by Sullivan, Dan (sponsor) · sponsorship