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SOS 2.0 Act

Introduced: July 25, 2019 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 29, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Aug 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jul 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Jul 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 25, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save Our Seas 2.0 Act or the SOS 2.0 Act

This bill establishes requirements and incentives to reduce, recycle, and prevent marine debris (e.g., plastics), including requirements to establish a Marine Debris Response Trust Fund, a Marine Debris Foundation, a Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations, a strategy to improve waste management and recycling infrastructure, a Waste Management Revolving Fund for states, a Waste Management Infrastructure Grant program, a Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant program, a Wastewater Infrastructure Grant program, and a Trash-Free Water Grant program.

What's happening now August 29, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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