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H. Rept. 119-356 1 (2025-10-31)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahuo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-356 TO REAUTHORIZE THE YOUNG FISHERMEN'S DEVELOPMENT ACT OCTOBER 31, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 3692] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3692) to reauthorize the Young Fishermen's Development Act, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 3692 is to reauthorize the Young Fisher- men's Development Act. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION In 2020, Congress passed the Young Fishermen's Development Act (Public Law 116-289), which was signed into law on January 5, 2021. This legislation created the Young Fishermen's Develop- ment Grant Program and directed the Secretary of Commerce, act- ing through the National Sea Grant Office, to make competitive grants to support new and established local and regional training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives for young fishermen. 1 This program established criteria for the types of ac- tivities that these grants could support, set a limit of $200,000 per fiscal year, and imposed a term limit of no more than three fiscal years.2 The statute also directed the Secretary of Commerce to en- 'Public Law 116-289, Young Fishermen's Development Act, https://www.congress.gov/116/ statute/STATUTE-134/STATUTE-134-Pg4886.pdf. 2Id. 69-006