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HR7248119th CongressWALLET

MARINA Act

Sponsored By: Representative Comer, James [R-KY-1]

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Summary

This bill would cap rental and administrative fees for marinas operating under Army Corps contracts. It would also standardize fee schedules, set long minimum lease terms, limit required wages to the Federal minimum, and require a final rule and public posting.

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  • Marina operators would see limits on how rents are calculated. The bill would exclude combined marina receipts from total gross receipts under the Revised Graduated Rental System and cap the rate on those combined receipts at not more than 1 percent.
  • Concessionaires and Corps districts would follow a standardized, district-wide administrative fee schedule. Fees would be capped at up to $50,000 for major land-disturbance actions and up to $5,000 for moderate reviews, with fees barred for routine renewals, extensions, or transfers to non-covered marinas. The Secretary would have to publish the schedule on a public Corps website and issue a final implementing rule within one year.
  • Workers and local users would be affected by lease and wage rules. Initial leases or the first renewal would run at least 50 years and later renewals at least 25 years, and required employee compensation would not exceed the Federal minimum wage established under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Caps on marina administrative fees

If enacted, the Secretary would issue one standard administrative fee schedule for all Corps districts and post it publicly within one year. Fees could be up to $50,000 for major land-disturbing reviews or lease-area expansions of 100 acres or more. Fees could be up to $5,000 for moderate reviews and up to $1,000 for other activities. No administrative fee could be charged for standard lease renewals, lease-term extensions, or transfers or sales to an entity other than a covered marina.

Longer minimum marina lease terms

If enacted, initial marina leases and the first renewal after enactment for leases already in effect would have to be for at least 50 years. Any later renewal would have to be for at least 25 years. Existing leases could only be modified as necessary to meet these new minimum-term rules.

Lower marina rent for operators

If enacted, rent calculations for covered marina leases would exclude defined "combined covered receipts" from the gross receipts base. Those excluded receipts include sales of prepared food and beverages, fuel, boats, boat motors, boat lifts, and similar marina-operated sales. The Corps would apply a rate of not more than 1 percent to those combined covered receipts when using the Revised Graduated Rental System or a successor system.

Deadline for marina rulemaking

If enacted, the Secretary would have to issue a final rule to carry out these marina provisions and the related Flood Control Act amendment. The final rule would have to take effect not later than one year after enactment.

Wage limits for marina leases

If enacted, the Secretary could not require, as a condition of a covered marina lease, that an operator pay employees more than the Federal minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This restriction would not override wage requirements that are otherwise required by 41 U.S.C. 6703. The change would lower possible labor-cost conditions for operators but could limit higher wage protections for employees.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Comer, James [R-KY-1]

KY • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 2/2/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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