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S 1179 116th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Alaska Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Arctic and polar regions Research administration and funding

Arctic Policy Act of 2019

Introduced: April 11, 2019 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Apr 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Arctic Policy Act of 2019

This bill addresses U.S. policy in the Arctic region.

Specifically, the bill (1) modifies the membership requirements of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission to include additional indigenous representation; (2) provides statutory authority for the Arctic Executive Steering Committee; (3) establishes regional tribal advisory groups to provide input and recommendations to the steering committee on specific issues or regional issues of the Arctic, including the establishment of the Bering Sea Regional Tribal Advisory Group to advise on issues in the Northern Bering Sea and the Bering Strait region; and (4) establishes the Arctic Advisory Committee to advise the steering committee on federal Arctic policies, including existing policies and policies that are under consideration.

What's happening now April 11, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Apr 11, 2019
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Apr 11, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1179: Arctic Policy Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1179/
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"S. 1179: Arctic Policy Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1179/.
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S. 1179, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1179/.
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