The lower chamber of the United States Congress — 435 members apportioned by state population, two-year terms. Originates revenue bills, holds the power of impeachment, and shares legislative authority with the Senate. Alaska's at-large representative is Nick Begich (R).
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Brian Babin
“The ayes have it, and the bill as amended is ordered favorably reported without objection to the motion to reconsider as laid on the table.”House Science, Space, and Technology (Begich): Full Committee Markup · Jul 21, 2026
Nick Begich
“This bill locks in the funding to finish that system with at least $30 million a year dedicated to it through fiscal year 2030. The bill also pushes ShakeAlert expansion forward and requires coordination with the FCC so earthquake alerts reach people quickly.”House Science, Space, and Technology (Begich): Full Committee Markup · Jul 21, 2026
Brian Babin
“Earthquakes are one of the most destructive natural disasters facing our nation. According to a USGS-FEMA report, earthquakes caused nearly $15 billion in damages in 2023. This bill reauthorizes a program that has protected American lives for nearly 5 decades while modernizing our earthquake early warning system and enhancing coordination across federal, state, and our local partners.”House Science, Space, and Technology (Begich): Full Committee Markup · Jul 21, 2026
Brian Babin
“According to the U.S.-China Business Council, citing French Association for Standardization data, the number of Chinese-held secretariat positions within the International Organization for Standardization increased 58% between 2011 and 2021, while American-held positions have remained flat. If we are not in the room, others will write the rules that shape the future of these technologies.”House Science, Space, and Technology (Begich): Full Committee Markup · Jul 21, 2026
Nick Begich
“Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state in the country, seeing a magnitude 7.0 almost every year and a magnitude 8.0 roughly every 13 years. For us, that's just the reality of living in Alaska. NEHRP brings together USGS, FEMA, NIST, and the National Science Foundation so that monitoring, mapping, engineering research, and building codes function as one system rather than separate efforts.”House Science, Space, and Technology (Begich): Full Committee Markup · Jul 21, 2026
Nick Begich
“This bill brings tribal governments into that structure directly, adding them to the advisory committee to USGS's coordination responsibilities and to early warning system planning.”House Science, Space, and Technology (Begich): Full Committee Markup · Jul 21, 2026
Begich holds front-runner's edge as Hill emerges from the field to challenge him
Rep. Nick Begich III leads Alaska's U.S. House race in fundraising and independent polling as independent Bill Hill consolidates the challenger field ahead of the Aug. 18 primary.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Begich bill would make Alaska trawlers carry salmon excluder gear
Rep. Nick Begich introduced a bill requiring Alaska trawlers to carry salmon excluder and seafloor-contact gear, mirroring Sen. Sullivan's, amid a fight over Chinook bycatch.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
House passes Alaska Native walrus-ivory protection bill
After eight years of advocacy, federal legislation preempting state ivory bans that criminalized legal Alaska Native walrus-ivory handicrafts has passed both chambers and awaits presidential signature, directly affecting rural artists' ability to sell work across state lines.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
A permitting bill could open the federal fast lane to Alaska projects
A bipartisan bill would lower the FAST-41 permitting threshold from $200 million to $50 million, opening federal fast-track review to far more Alaska infrastructure projects.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI
Matt Schultz suspends U.S. House campaign, backs Bill Hill
Matt Schultz announced Friday he is suspending his campaign for Alaska's U.S. House seat and endorsing fellow candidate Bill Hill ahead of the Aug. 18 primary.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
House Republicans examine $24.8M in federal attorney fees to environmental groups
A House subcommittee heard testimony Wednesday on how environmental nonprofits receive millions in taxpayer-funded legal fee awards, with some groups deriving 40% of their funding from litigation settlements.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago4 min readAI
A cattle parasite Alaska will never see could still cost Alaskans
A House subcommittee heard testimony on the SAFE Cattle Act, which would coordinate federal screwworm response — a cattle threat that reaches Alaska through beef prices.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska science runs on NSF money, and the money has slowed
NSF grant awards are down 55 percent from 2024 levels, lawmakers said at a House hearing — a concern in Alaska, where Arctic research and a new $160 million innovation engine depend on NSF funding.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min readAI
Begich votes to prohibit separate credit-card codes for gun stores
Alaska's sole U.S. House member Nick Begich voted yes on a bill that passed 221-201 to bar payment networks from assigning merchant category codes specific to firearms retailers, a measure now headed to the Senate.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska has the most earthquakes. The program that watches them expired in 2023.
A House committee voted to reauthorize the federal earthquake program, expired since 2023, along with a geothermal bill aimed at cutting diesel dependence in remote Alaska communities.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's filing deadline turned the 2026 election from rumor into a real race
Alaska's 2026 election filing deadline produced a 17-ticket governor's race, crowded federal contests including Mary Peltola's shift to the Senate race, and several competitive state House rematches and open seats.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
A record year for federal research-fraud enforcement — and Alaska's stake in it
University of Alaska draws $184.6M in federal research money as the False Claims Act hits record recoveries; Rep. Nick Begich sits on the House panel probing research fraud.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago3 min readAI
The federal unit handling Alaska's MMIP cases can't return a family's calls
A Crow Nation professor told a House subcommittee Tuesday that her family has gone 10 months without a response from the federal Missing and Murdered Unit on her niece's 2019 murder, while the primary agent on the case was reassigned and then resigned. BIA's top law enforcement official defended new task force structures and AI tools but acknowledged the unit can always do better.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
House panel advances bill to let Alaska Native artists sell work with feathers
A House committee advanced Rep. Nick Begich's bill letting Alaska Native artists legally sell handicrafts containing migratory bird feathers, named for artist Archie Cavanaugh.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A House bill on NOAA workplace safety is built on data from Alaska — where a third of fisheries observers report harassment or assault
A House subcommittee heard testimony on legislation to expand sexual harassment protections for NOAA employees and contractors, including fisheries observers. The bill follows a report that nearly one-third of North Pacific observers experience harassment or assault annually.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
The sea lions in Congress's salmon bill breed in Southeast Alaska
A House subcommittee heard competing testimony Tuesday on a bill that would let Washington state and tribal co-managers kill more sea lions across the Columbia River and Western Washington. Supporters cited a dramatic drop in steelhead extinction risk at Willamette Falls; a minority scientist warned habitat loss, not predation, is the real problem.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI
Begich bill to expand commerce in Alaska sea otter handicrafts gets first congressional hearing
They really otter let them do that
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
Begich cites $163M Alaska oil lease sale as proof federal certainty drives investment
U.S. Representative Nick Begich highlighted a National Petroleum Reserve Alaska lease sale that generated over $163 million Thursday, framing it as evidence that federal policy certainty attracts energy investment and connecting Alaska production to national security.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readAI
A renewed federal fund to fix public lands could land hardest in Alaska
A U.S. House committee advanced the Great American Outdoors Act 250, renewing a public-lands repair fund — with outsized stakes for Alaska's federal parks and forests.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Permanent daylight time would push Anchorage's winter sunrise past 11 a.m.
The U.S. House passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, a change that would push winter sunrise times an hour later across Alaska and intersects with competing state legislation over which time standard Alaska should keep year-round.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Begich bill would let the Indian Health Service fund rabies shots and spay/neuter in rural Alaska
Rep. Nick Begich's H.R. 8473 would let the Indian Health Service fund rabies vaccination and spay/neuter in rural Alaska, where rabies is endemic in foxes.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
House panel hears bill to move tribal regulatory authority to Interior
A House subcommittee took testimony June 9 on legislation that would transfer a dormant 2000 tribal regulatory reform mandate from Commerce to Interior, 25 years after the authority was supposed to convene.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Foreign-visitor park fee survives a House vote, with stakes for Alaska
A U.S. House committee kept a $100 surcharge on foreign visitors to popular national parks, a fee with real stakes for Alaska's tourism-dependent gateway communities.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
The EPA's No. 2 told Alaska's resource industry the door is open — for now
EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi told Alaska's Resource Development Council the agency is rolling back climate and oil-and-gas rules to speed resource development.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readAI
House panel approves $580 billion transportation bill with rail safety provisions
House committee approves major surface transportation bill with rail safety provisions
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Begich bill targets illegal foreign fishing that undercuts Alaska fleets
Rep. Nick Begich introduced a House bill Monday to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing worldwide, a direct economic threat to Alaska's commercial salmon, pollock, and crab industries. The measure faces a four-committee referral before it can advance.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min readAI
The program mapping Alaska's unknown ground expires this year
Bipartisan House bills would reauthorize the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, which has nearly doubled Alaska's public subsurface geologic data since 2019, through 2031.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska fishery disaster funds stalled at OMB despite congressional approval
Federal fishery disaster relief funds approved by Congress in December 2024 remain unreleased, with NOAA officials unable to provide a timeline for when the money will reach Alaska and West Coast fishing families waiting for relief from disasters that occurred up to five years ago.
by Alaska News2mo ago1 min readAI