MARA Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5746 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5746 To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an assessment program for commercial-scale offshore aquaculture through demonstration projects, to establish Aquaculture Centers of Excellence, to support aquaculture workforce development and working waterfronts, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 14, 2025 Mr. Ezell (for himself, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Case, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an assessment program for commercial-scale offshore aquaculture through demonstration projects, to establish Aquaculture Centers of Excellence, to support aquaculture workforce development and working waterfronts, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Aquaculture Research for America Act of 2025'' or the ``MARA Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I--OFFICE OF AQUACULTURE Sec. 101. Office of Aquaculture. TITLE II--COMMERCIAL-SCALE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Sec. 201.