HR 6300
115th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Advisory bodies
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Hydrology and hydrography
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Seashores and lakeshores
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
National Ocean Policy Act of 2018
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Jun 29, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 29, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
National Ocean Policy Act of 2018
This bill provides statutory authority for Executive Order 13547, titled "Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes." (The order established a national policy to ensure the protection, maintenance, and restoration of the health of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems and resources, enhance the sustainability of ocean and coastal economies, preserve our maritime heritage, support sustainable uses and access, provide for adaptive management to enhance our understanding of and capacity to respond to climate change and ocean acidification, and coordinate with our national security and foreign policy interests.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Committees of jurisdiction
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