S 3939
116th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
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Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
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Marine pollution
Technology assessment
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Watersheds
Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 11, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1