# 119-hr-8904: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for the regulation of fishing in marine national monuments.

119-hr-8904, To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for the regulation of fishing in marine national monuments., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8904
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for the regulation of fishing in marine national monuments.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-05-19
- Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Keeps fishing rules in marine national monuments under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.** This bill would bar regulation of fishing in a marine national monument through a Presidential proclamation under the Antiquities Act of 1906, including any existing proclamations, and would preserve fishery management under the Magnuson-Stevens Act consistent with other law. - Commercial and recreational fishers would stay subject to fishery management under the Magnuson-Stevens Act rather than facing new limits imposed by an Antiquities Act proclamation. - Regional fishery management councils and NOAA Fisheries would retain primary authority to set and enforce fishing rules inside marine national monuments consistent with other applicable law. - Presidential authority under the Antiquities Act to prohibit or otherwise regulate fishing in a marine national monument would be blocked, including any current presidential proclamations that attempt such regulation.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protect fishing in marine monuments: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would stop Presidents from using the Antiquities Act to ban or regulate fishing in a marine national monument, including any existing proclamations. It would keep regulation of fishing in those monuments under the Magnuson‑Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, consis…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-8904 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8904)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8904 (as of 2026-09-21).