# 115-hr-6966: AQUAA Act

115-hr-6966, AQUAA Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] (R-MS); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6966
- Congress: 115
- Title: AQUAA Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Introduced: 2018-09-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act or the AQUAA Act This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish an Office of Marine Aquaculture within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to coordinate regulatory, scientific, outreach, and international issues related to aquaculture. Commerce must establish a research and development program to award competitive, peer-reviewed grants to fund research and extension services, including to develop and evaluate methodologies to prevent, minimize, and mitigate potential adverse ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of marine aquaculture.

## Cosponsors (1)

- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2018-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6417: AG and Legal Workforce Act
- 115-hr-6079: Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act
- 115-hr-5988: Common Sense Certification Reform Act
- 115-hr-5949: Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-5358: DRIVE-Safe Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-6966 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6966)

## Related
- [115-hr-6417: AG and Legal Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6417)
- [115-hr-6079: Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6079)
- [115-hr-5988: Common Sense Certification Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5988)
- [115-hr-5949: Agricultural Business Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5949)
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-5358: DRIVE-Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5358)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6966 (as of 2025-11-18).