MARA Act of 2026

(a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Marine Aquaculture Research for America Act of 2026 or the MARA Act of 2026.

(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. Assessment program for offshore aquaculture. Sec. 202. Permits for demonstration projects for offshore aquaculture facilities. Sec. 203. Coordination of permit reviews for demonstration projects. Sec. 204. Reporting by assessment program participants. Sec. 205. Rule of construction; savings provisions. TITLE III—Workforce development, financing, and other support Sec. 301. General support for industry. Sec. 302. Aquaculture Centers of Excellence. TITLE IV—Studies and reports Sec. 401. Study on offshore aquaculture by Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Sec. 402. Report on offshore aquaculture by Government Accountability Office.