# 119-hr-7332: Whale CHARTS Act of 2026

119-hr-7332, Whale CHARTS Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7332
- Congress: 119
- Title: Whale CHARTS Act of 2026
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-02-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-04

## Summary

**This bill would create a comprehensive program for _mapping, surveying, monitoring, and mitigating_ risks to migratory whales and other large cetaceans.** It shifts an existing program toward high-accuracy distribution maps, detection technology development, grant funding, and coordination with navigation systems and stock assessments. - Mariners and vessel operators gain machine-readable distribution and predictive maps designed to work with NOAA navigation products and coordinated carriage requirements to help reduce vessel strikes and other vessel-related risks. - Scientists and managers get new data and processes for understudied stocks, required distribution maps, and a set review cadence that begins within 3 years and recurs every 3 years to guide surveys and assessments. - Small U.S. fishing, tourism, and maritime businesses and tech developers can compete for grants run by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that prioritize detection tech, coexistence approaches, and projects that reduce lethal interactions; the grant program is authorized at $10.0 million. *Would authorize about $18.0 million in new funding through 2026–2030, including $10.0 million for the grant program, thereby increasing federal outlays.*

## Cosponsors (25)

- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] (R-MP), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for whale detection technology: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create a competitive grant program run through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to fund detection, outreach, and coexistence work. The program would be authorized $10,000,000 in total, with grant money to remain available until spent. The Foundation could use up…
- High-accuracy whale maps and surveys: benefit, low. If enacted, the Under Secretary would produce high-accuracy and predictive maps for migratory whales and other large cetaceans in U.S. waters and run targeted surveys of understudied stocks. Maps must show habitat uses (calving, mating, feeding, migrations), state scientific certainty, and use nove…
- Near real-time whale monitoring: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would set up a coordinated near real-time monitoring and mitigation subprogram for large cetaceans to reduce vessel strike risk and related harms. The Under Secretary would work with other federal agencies to design and deploy the system and share location information to warn v…
- Program broadened to more whales: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would expand prior program language from narrow near-real-time monitoring of threatened or endangered cetaceans to broader mapping, surveying, monitoring, and mitigation for migratory whales and other large cetaceans. This would widen the species covered and the types of activi…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-7332 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7332)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7332 (as of 2026-09-04).