Marine Aquaculture: New Offshore Fish Farming Program
A house committee must act next: committee consideration.
The bill has support from both parties and addresses food security, but it faces a long road through multiple committees and potential concerns from the traditional fishing industry.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Tribes and Native Hawaiian and Indigenous communities are named as stakeholders, get consultation rights, and can flag or recommend denial of nearby projects as specially affected coastal jurisdictions. Tribal colleges qualify for training grants. At the same time, new ocean farms could sit near waters these communities fish, creating possible conflicts even with protections built in.
“provide to the Governor or Tribal leader of each specially affected coastal jurisdiction, the application”
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
MARA Act of 2026
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