House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
Official title: To provide for the standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2025
- Committee actionJan 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 23, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 438.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3340.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3340, Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act” on September 4, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 23, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2026 ↗
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62753
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3340, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-512 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 23, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3340, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 80, May 13, 2025, Page H2001):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 3340, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
15 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 15 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Dave Min (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Derek Tran (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
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