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SOS 2.0 Act

Introduced: March 12, 2020 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

Introduced

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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

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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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