A bill to reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program.

This bill reauthorizes the National Sea Grant College Program and extends the period during which its funding is authorized. Specifically, it amends Section 212(a) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act to replace a 2021–2025 authorization window with a 2025–2031 window, and to authorize appropriations for each year from 2025 through 2031. In practical terms, the bill provides Congress’ blanket permission to fund the Sea Grant program across these years, creating multi-year funding certainty for participating universities and Sea Grant extension and research activities. The text provided shows only the authorization update and does not specify funding amounts. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Cantwell (and several co-sponsors) and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.