HR 3340
Advanced toward a vote
Requires the Commerce Department to set standards for ocean recreation data and publish public online maps of fishing restrictions, boating areas, and protected waters in the exclusive economic zone.
Official title: Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
13-MAY-2025
Referred
13-MAY-2025
Approved by committee
22-JAN-2026
Reported
23-FEB-2026
On the calendar
23-FEB-2026
- Requires the Secretary of Commerce to develop and adopt standards for geospatial data on fishing restrictions and recreational vessel use within 31 months of enactment.
- Directs the National Marine Fisheries Service to publish, within 4 years, maps showing fishing restrictions, areas open or closed to recreational boating, and federally protected marine areas.
- Requires navigation, bathymetric, and depth chart data to be updated at least twice a year, and protected area and fishing boundary data to be updated in real time.
- Bars release of historic and cultural resource locations and proprietary commercial fishing information, and excludes tribal waters and usual and accustomed fishing areas.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 23-FEB-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
■ 10 D■ 5 R
10 Democrats
5 Republicans