H.R. 4294: MAWS Act of 2026

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 17 Mar 2026. Introduced 7 Jul 2025.

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a pilot program with respect to the sale of blue catfish caught within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Vote results

How each member voted

Senate

Not yet considered.

House

Yea (320): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); John James (R-MI-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); David Scott (D-GA-13); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20).

Nay (66): Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2).

Not voting (45): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14).

Speaker, not listed (1): Mike Johnson (R-LA-4).

Not in office (13): Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11); James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Summary

Main subject: Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to carry out a pilot program in which makers of pet food, animal feed and aquaculture feed enter cooperative agreements to buy blue catfish caught in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Sec. 2

Its core areas: Blue catfish purchase pilot program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed; Minimum price per pound for blue catfish sold under the pilot program; Blue catfish abundance estimates; Reports and briefings to Congress on the pilot program.

Unexpected Items: 0 provisions

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 3 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

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