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Regional Ocean Partnership Act of 2021

Introduced: September 10, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2021
Committee Hearings Held.
Jun 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jun 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jun 11, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 11, 2021
Introduced in House
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Regional Ocean Partnership Act of 2021

This bill allows the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to designate and support Regional Ocean Partnerships between coastal states that share a common ocean or coastal area.

Specifically, NOAA may designate a partnership as a Regional Ocean Partnership if it (1) is established to coordinate the interstate management of coastal resources; (2) focuses on the environmental issues affecting the ocean and coastal areas of the coastal states participating in the partnership; (3) complements existing state coastal and ocean management efforts on an interstate scale, focusing on shared regional priorities; (4) does not have a regulatory function; and (5) is not duplicative of an existing Regional Ocean Partnership.

The bill designates the following entities as Regional Ocean Partnerships:

  • the Gulf of Mexico Alliance,
  • the Northeast Regional Ocean Council,
  • the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean, and
  • the West Coast Ocean Alliance.

Each partnership must maintain mechanisms for consultation and engagement with the federal government, tribal governments, and nongovernmental entities, such as academic organizations.

A partnership may use provided federal funds to award grants and enter into contracts for certain purposes, including to monitor the water quality and living resources of multistate ocean and coastal ecosystems.

What's happening now June 22, 2021

Committee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3764 Related bill Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2022
  • S 1894 Related bill Regional Ocean Partnership Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Luria, Elaine
· Sep 10, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 9, 2021
Murphy, Stephanie
· Jun 15, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 15, 2021
Lowenthal, Alan
· Jun 11, 2021
Palazzo, Steven
· Jun 11, 2021
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3817: Regional Ocean Partnership Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3817/
MLA
"H.R. 3817: Regional Ocean Partnership Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3817/.
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H.R. 3817, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3817/.
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[H.R. 3817: Regional Ocean Partnership Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3817/)
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