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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

Introduced: March 3, 2022 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
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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.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 15 Republican 1
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 12, 2022
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jun 8, 2022
 D
Chu, Judy
California · May 6, 2022
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 28, 2022
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 11, 2022
Sarbanes, John
· Mar 3, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Nov 2, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Aug 31, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 15, 2021
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Apr 22, 2021
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Apr 22, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2750: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2750/
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"H.R. 2750: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2750/.
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H.R. 2750, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2750/.
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