HR 5589
116th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
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Federal-Indian relations
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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
Introduced: January 13, 2020
Introduced by:
Bonamici, Suzanne
Democratic
· Oregon
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 17, 2020
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
Plain-English summary
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.
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Committee Hearings Held.