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Pursuant to Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) (MMPA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), upon application from the U.S. Navy (Navy), proposes 7-year MMPA regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals by harassment, and a small number of mortalities, incidental to military readiness training and testing activities to be conducted in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) Study Area. On December 21, 2018, NMFS issued 5-year regulations governing the taking of marine mammals incidental to Navy training and testing activities conducted in the HSTT Study Area (83 FR 66846). During the processing of the Navy’s request, on August 13, 2018, the 2019 NDAA (Public Law No. 115-232) amended the MMPA to allow incidental take regulations for military readiness activities to be issued for up to seven years. If finalized, these proposed regulations would replace the existing HSTT regulations and associated Letters of Authorization (LOAs) such that they would cover incidental take caused by seven years of training and testing activities instead of five, extending the expiration date from December 20, 2023, to December 20, 2025. The Navy proposes no changes to their currently authorized specified activities, mitigation measures, monitoring, or reporting.