Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

Offshore Wind impact on the New England whales and deep sea fishing.

SHIPs for America Act

Maritime Security Program

SHIPS for America Act, Maritime Prosperity Zones

NOAA Vessel Speed Restrictions; Modern Fish Act (Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act); Magnuson Stevens Act; Gulf and South Atlantic Red Snapper; Red Snapper Act; Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act; 30X30; Bluefin Tuna Conservation; Catch Shares; Marine Protected Areas, Rigs to Reefs; Aquaculture, AQUAA Act; ACE Act; EXPLORE Act; FISHES Act; ESA Amendments Act of 2025; SHARKED Act; MMPA Amendments; MAP Waters & MAP Oceans Act; Sport Fish Restoration Recreational Boating Safety and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025; Whale CHARTS Act; Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act

Assist client with permits and authorities for current 217 agreement for sediment processing and future plans to create Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy; Assist client to obtain congressional directed spending project to complete Irishtown Bend Project; and Assist client to obtain federal funding for locomotive repair facility.

Marine activity funding opportunities.

Sustainability and management of fisheries resources; regional fisheries management organizations; fish farming management and aquaculture toprovide fish for the future; Implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP); combatting IUU, NOAA enforcement; global production anddistribution of seafood; tax reform; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization; tariff concerns and impact on seafood and fisheries; tariff disputes and seafood trade; FY24 Appropriations Implementation; Executiveorders on seafood; Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation; 2022 NDAA implementation; FY25 and FY26 Appropriations; Farm Bill nutrition programs, 2024 NDAA; Port closure concerns; FISH Act; One Big Beautiful Bill Act;

General issues related to cruise ship industry

H.R. 4275 USCG Reauthorization, H.R. 3858 Reauthorization of the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, Funding for Army Corps of Engineers dredging projects.

Issues related to import/export of seafood

S.524 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 HR 665 - Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act HR 666 - Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act HR 667 - Noncontiguous Shipping Relief Act HR 3151 - SHIPS for America Act of 2025 S.1541 - SHIPS for America Act of 2025 S.1534 - Building Ships in America Act of 2025

Promotion of food aid and cargo preference (S.525, H.R.1207) and national defense sealift (SHIPS for America Act, NDAA), Section 301 tariffs revisions, and national agriculture legislation.

Open ocean aquaculture, Marine Aquaculture Research for America Act (S.2586, HR 5746)

issues related to climate-resilient fisheries and data modernization; issues relating to marine aquaculture; S.2586 - MARA Act of 2025; H.R.5746 - MARA Act of 2025; S.3579 - Bycatch Reduction and Research Act

- Port infrastructure modernization, digitalization, optimization, efficiency, electrification, resiliency, sustainability - Federal port programs - Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) - NDAA shipyard improvement

Support for H.R. 360, the Oyster Reef Recovery Act of 2025. Support for H.R. 470, the Red Snapper Act of 2025. Support for H.R. 207 and S. 2314, the SHARKED Act of 2025. Support for H.R. 5745, the Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act. Support for H.R. 5699, the Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025

Promotion of the Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network, FY 2025 Appropriations, FY 2026 Appropriations

Federal policy and regulatory issues related to deep-sea exploration, maritime operations, and offshore research activities, including engagement on permitting frameworks, jurisdictional authorities, and U.S. policy considerations affecting commercial ocean exploration and recovery activities.

Animal issues, animal welfare, animal permitting for endangered or threatened species

Monitor and engage in legislative and administrative action related to port security. Monitor and engage in legislative and administrative action related to Port Infrastructure Development Grants (PIDP). Monitor and engage in legislative and administrative action related to the surface transportation reauthorization. Monitor and engage in legislative and administrative action related to EPA Clean Ports Program.

Issues related to homeland security, transportation, and innovative marine vessel design and capabilities. Issues related to ice breaking technologies. Issues related to fast ferries programs.

Funding for the Maritime Administration Maritime Administration Authorization Training vessel programs

Advanced technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, automation, logistics, workforce

Issues related to Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund appropriations. Issues related to NOAA authorization. Issues related to FEMA no-rise certification for floodways policy and conservation projects. Issues related to FY2026 congressionally directed spending requests for NOAA funding. Issues related to fisheries. Issues related to recreational boating.

Issues related to the Port Infrastructure Development Program. Issues related to the Harbor Maintenance Tax. Freight Mobility and Supply Chains. Port Congestion. Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169). FY2026 Transportation Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (H.R. 4552 and S. 2465). Implementation of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). Issues related to port security. Issues related to U.S Coast Guard. Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S.524 & H.R. 4275). National Defense Authorization Act for FY26 (P.L. 119-60).

Issues related to the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Authorization. Issues related to vessel crewing. American Offshore Worker Fairness Act. Issues related to domestic maritime workforce and Jones Act, Issues related to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY26 (P.L. 119-60)

Issues related to the Port Infrastructure Development Program. Issues related to the Harbor Maintenance Tax. Freight Mobility and Supply Chains. Port Congestion. Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169). FY2026 Transportation Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (H.R. 4552 and S. 2465). Implementation of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). Issues related to port security. Issues related to U.S Coast Guard. Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S.524 & H.R. 4275). National Defense Authorization Act for FY26 (P.L. 119-60).

Mr. Flitton lobbied congress on boating, maritime, and transportation issues generally.

Maritime issues Shipping issues Export terminals