HR 3969
116th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
SOS 2.0 Act
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
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
11
- Agriculture Committee
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Environment Subcommittee
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
- Ways and Means Committee