H.R. 10536 — Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act

This section directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and others, to monitor dumping of covered waste in the San Pedro Basin, research its scope, impacts, and marine food web penetration, develop tools for assessing other ocean dump sites, and evaluate bioremediation options. It authorizes grants for studies of deep seafloor contamination off California, including spatial inventories, transport processes, and ecosystem biomagnification. It requires a report to eight specified congressional committees within 3 years identifying a research and bioremediation strategy and other offshore dump sites. It authorizes $6 million annually for fiscal years 2028 through 2034.