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H. Rept. 119-510 1 (2026-02-23)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaibh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-510 MITIGATION ACTION AND WATERMEN SUPPORT ACT OF 2026 FEBRUARY 23, 2026.-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. 4294] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4294) to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a pilot program with respect to the sale of blue catfish caught within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, having considered the same, re- ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support Act of 2026 or the MAWS Act of 2026. SEC. 2. BLUE CATFISH PILOT PROGRAM. Section 307 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authoriza- tion Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 1511d) is amended- (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) BLUE CATFISH PILOT PROGRAM.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary, utilizing and coordinating with applicable programs and activities described in subsection (b)(3), shall carry out a pilot program to enter into cooperative agreements with covered entities for such cov- ered entities to purchase, in accordance with paragraph (3)- (A) from watermen, blue catfish caught within the Chesapeake Bay Wa- tershed by such watermen; and (B) from seafood processors, such blue catfish purchased by seafood proc- essors from such watermen. (2) APPLICATIONS.-To be eligible to enter into a cooperative agreement under the pilot program, a covered entity shall submit to the Secretary an ap- plication in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary determines appropriate. (3) USE OF AMOUNTS.-A covered entity that enters into a cooperative agree- ment under the pilot program- 69-006