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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

Introduced: June 11, 2020 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Jun 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 11, 2020
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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 June 11, 2020

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5589 Related bill Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jun 11, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3939: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3939/
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"S. 3939: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3939/.
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S. 3939, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3939/.
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