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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

Introduced: January 13, 2020 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Committee Hearings Held.
Nov 17, 2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Jan 17, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 13, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, 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.
Jan 13, 2020
Introduced in House
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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt water wetland that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.

What's happening now November 17, 2020

Committee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 12 Republican 3
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Nov 19, 2020
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Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 30, 2020
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 16, 2020
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 29, 2020
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Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Jan 28, 2020
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Jan 16, 2020
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jan 15, 2020
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Levin, Mike
California · Jan 15, 2020
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jan 13, 2020
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Brownley, Julia
California · Jan 13, 2020
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jan 13, 2020
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Casten, Sean
Illinois · Jan 13, 2020
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 13, 2020
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Huffman, Jared
California · Jan 13, 2020
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Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Jan 13, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5589: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5589/
MLA
"H.R. 5589: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5589/.
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H.R. 5589, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5589/.
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