Reauthorizes the Regional Ocean Partnerships program for fiscal years 2026 through 2031, sets annual funding amounts for 2028 through 2031, and bars program money from being used to develop regulations or compliance programs.

• Extends the program's authorized funding period from 2023 through 2027 to 2026 through 2031 and sets yearly amounts for 2028 through 2031, from $10,630,812 to $10,975,462.
• Prohibits funds under the program from being used by any Regional Ocean Partnership, including regional coastal and Great Lakes partnerships, to develop any regulatory proposal, model regulation, or compliance program.
• Requires a report on the program within 5 years after enactment and changes the reporting language so that each report, not only the first, is covered.
• Makes technical wording changes, including capitalizing "coastal State," removing Vermont from a listed state, and adding "or enforcement" to a regulatory reference.

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)

Transportation and Public Works