Ocean groups get money through 2031 but cannot write new rules.
H.R. 10756 — Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act · Filed by Mike Ezell (R-MS) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends the Regional Ocean Partnerships program through 2031. It sets funding between $10.6 million and $10.9 million per year. The bill bans these groups from using federal money to write rules. They also cannot write model rules or plans to follow rules.
Who it affects
People in coastal states get continued ocean work and more money. The ocean groups face a new limit on what they can do.
One thing to notice
The bill gives the groups more money but stops them from writing new ocean rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Oct 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,841 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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