Rules Committee · Sep 1, 2026
H.Amdt. 269: Its purpose is not yet published.
Adopted
With no one objecting, no names recorded
A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the other chamber's committee
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Passed House 219–196
- In Senate committee
What this bill would do
This bill is known as the Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026. It makes a change to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Specifically, it extends the time period for certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale. The year 2028'' is struck and replaced with 2035'' wherever it appears in Section 101 of division JJ of that Act. The House of Representatives passed this bill on September 1, 2026.
Yes· 3 of 4
- Scored +5
Would business owners be better off under this?
Beneficially extends regulatory timelines for lobster business operators.
- Scored +5
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?
Directly supports the livelihoods of those in rural Northeast coastal communities.
- Scored +3
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
Provides regulatory relief and extended timelines for small-scale lobstering businesses.
The opposite
- Scored -4
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
Extends the period for certain regulations, potentially delaying stricter protections for the North Atlantic right whale.
What Congress actually voted on
2 recorded votes have been taken on this bill. One of them decided something; the rest moved it along.
- The House: the vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President. Passed 219 yes · 196 no
09/01/2026 · Roll call 291 · recorded as “On Passage”
- The House: a last attempt to send the bill back to committee The minority party's final chance to change or stall a bill just before the vote on passage. It almost always fails; when it succeeds, the bill does not get its final vote that day. Motion to recommit rejected 202 yes · 212 no
09/01/2026 · Roll call 290 · recorded as “On Motion to Recommit”
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Section 2 extends the effectiveness of certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale from the year 2028 to 2035. While the text does not explain the specific outcomes, extending these regulations could potentially benefit the protection and management of the North Atlantic right whale through the designated time period.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- The provided text does not explicitly mention any specific negative consequences, burdens, or sections that would cause harm to individuals or groups of people in the United States.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — Beneficially extends regulatory timelines for lobster business operators. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — Directly supports the livelihoods of those in rural Northeast coastal communities.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — Provides regulatory relief and extended timelines for small-scale lobstering businesses.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this invest in rural communities? — Supports the economic viability of rural coastal fishing communities. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — Extends the period for certain regulations, potentially delaying stricter protections for the North Atlantic right whale.
- 9/14/2026
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 9/1/2026
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 196 (Roll no. 291). (text: CR H5395)
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 196 (Roll no. 291). (text: CR H5395)
- On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 202 - 212 (Roll no. 290).
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5408-5409)
- POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 9436, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Dingell demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Mrs. Dingell moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H5401)
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 9436.
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, H. Res. 1490 and H.R. 4795. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, H.Res. 1490, and H.R. 4795 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R. 4795.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1499. (consideration: CR H5395-5401)
- 8/31/2026
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1499 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, H. Res. 1490 and H.R. 4795. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, H.Res. 1490, and H.R. 4795 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R. 4795.
- 8/27/2026
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-766.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 667.
- 7/15/2026
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
- 6/24/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
- 119-HR-8509: To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective.
- 119-HRES-1499: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9436) to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1490) providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4795) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from being eligible for certain funds under that Act, to require an institution that participates in certain programs under that Act to certify that students are not unreasonably obstructed from participating in academic programs in Israel, and for other purposes; and relating to consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Jared GoldenDemocrat · Maine