US HB7332

Amends the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to expand cetacean protection from "near real-time monitoring" to a comprehensive "mapping, surveying, monitoring, and mitigation program" covering all migratory whales and large cetaceans in U.S. waters

Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce to produce high-accuracy distribution maps showing calving grounds, mating grounds, feeding grounds, and migration routes, with maps made available through electronic navigation systems, online platforms, and Coast Guard vessel carriage requirements

Establishes a competitive grant program administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to fund detection technologies, research, and on-the-water approaches that reduce lethal and sub-lethal interactions between ocean users and migratory whales

Authorizes $2 million annually for distribution mapping, $1 million annually for understudied species surveys, $5 million annually for near real-time monitoring, and $10 million for the grant program for fiscal years 2026-2030

Requires triennial reports to Congress on program activities, knowledge gaps, and grant effectiveness, and mandates that marine mammal stock assessments consider the distribution maps produced under this program