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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

Introduced: April 22, 2021 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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Jun 22, 2021

Committee Hearings Held.

Apr 22, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Apr 22, 2021

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.

Apr 22, 2021

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2060)

Apr 22, 2021

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

This bill addresses the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, which 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.

Specifically, the bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) develop and maintain a map of these ecosystems, (2) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of these ecosystems, and (3) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these ecosystems.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must chair the group and establish a national goal for conserving ocean and coastal blue carbon ecosystems within the territory of the United States and set targets to restore degraded coastal blue carbon ecosystems as appropriate.

NOAA must also (1) establish integrated pilot programs to restore degraded coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to assess the long-term effects of geologic stores of carbon dioxide in a deep seafloor environment.

Finally, the bill establishes requirements concerning the stewardship and standardization of blue carbon data in the Coastal Carbon Data Clearinghouse.

What's happening now June 22, 2021

Committee Hearings Held.

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