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Blue Carbon Protection Act

Introduced: February 9, 2022 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 22, 2021
Committee Hearings Held.
Jun 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jun 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Jun 15, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Jun 15, 2021
Introduced in House
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Blue Carbon Protection Act

This bill establishes programs, grants, and requirements to protect and restore marine and blue carbon ecosystems, which are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt-water wetlands that have the capacity to sequester and store carbon.

What's happening now June 22, 2021

Committee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 12
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 20, 2022
Levin, Andy
· Jun 8, 2022
Bass, Karen
· Feb 9, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Oct 28, 2021
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Jul 21, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 21, 2021
Spanberger, Abigail
· Jul 21, 2021
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jun 15, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 15, 2021
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jun 15, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 15, 2021
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Jun 15, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 15, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 15, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 15, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3906: Blue Carbon Protection Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3906/
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"H.R. 3906: Blue Carbon Protection Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3906/.
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H.R. 3906, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3906/.
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