Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act
Latest action · Sep 14, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 563.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2026 to Apr 21, 2026; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 5, 2026 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Mar 2, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Apr 13, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Apr 21, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2026Markup Apr 14, 2026Reported Sep 14, 2026 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-144.
- Sep 14, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 563.
- Apr 14, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 5, 2026Introduced in Senate
- Feb 5, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 27, 2026S. 3791, Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 14, 2026
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 10756 | Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act | Related bill | Oct 6, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act of 2026
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Alabama
- Aquatic ecology
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Florida
- Great Lakes
- Gulf of Mexico
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York State
- Oregon
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Rhode Island
- Seashores and lakeshores
- State and local government operations
- Texas
- Transportation and Public Works
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington State
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2026Reported to Senate
- Feb 5, 2026Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
