United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 7970 (117th)
Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act of 2022
Introduced
7 June 2022
Last action
8 June 2022 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sponsors
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27], Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act of 2022 This bill directs the Department of Commerce to designate at least seven entities as Ocean Innovation Clusters. Ocean Innovation Clusters are hubs of operation and entrepreneurship for private, public, and academic stakeholders to collaborate on opportunities to promote and enhance the maritime industry. In designating entities, Commerce shall prioritize entities with a history of supporting cross-sector growth and development of the Blue Economy. Additionally, Commerce must designate at least one Ocean Innovation Cluster in (1) each of the regions covered by the five regional offices of the National Marine Fisheries Service, (2) the Great Lakes region, and (3) the Gulf of Mexico region. Commerce may award competitive grants for the establishment, operation, and administration of Ocean Innovation Clusters.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
7 June 2022
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 June 2022
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 7 June 2022 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 June 2022
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 June 2022
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 June 2022
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] · D · Cosponsor
- · hspw00 · Standing
- · hsba00 · Standing
- · hssy00 · Standing
- · hsii00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7970
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7970
- us · 117-hr-7970 · source updated 5 December 2025