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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 10756 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10756

  To reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2026

Mr. Ezell (for himself and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
  To reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regional Ocean Partnerships 
Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF REGIONAL OCEAN PARTNERSHIPS.

    Section 10202 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (16 U.S.C. 1468) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``the term `Coastal 
        state' in section'' and inserting ``the term `coastal state' in 
        section'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(D), by inserting ``or 
                enforcement'' after ``regulatory''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``Mexico'' and inserting ``America''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``Vermont,'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``coastal state'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``coastal State'';
            (4) in subsection (f)(2)(B), by striking ``natural and 
        human-induced'';
            (5) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and not later 
                than 5 years after the date of enactment of the 
                Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act,'' 
                after ``this Act,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``The report'' 
                and inserting ``Each report''; and
            (6) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
                        (C);
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and 
                        (E) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) $10,630,812 for fiscal year 2028.
                    ``(D) $10,743,428 for fiscal year 2029.
                    ``(E) $10,858,296 for fiscal year 2030.
                    ``(F) $10,975,462 for fiscal year 2031.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2023 through 
                2027'' and inserting ``2026 through 2031''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Funding limitation.--No amounts made available under 
        this subsection may be used by a Regional Ocean Partnership, 
        including any Regional Coastal Partnership or Regional Great 
        Lakes Partnership, to develop any regulatory proposal, model 
        regulation, or compliance program.''.
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Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act

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