HR 4458 117th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Aquatic ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Pest management Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

KELP Act

Introduced: July 16, 2021 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Nov 16, 2022

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-574.

Nov 16, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 415.

Feb 16, 2022

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 19.

Feb 16, 2022

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Feb 16, 2022

Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.

Jul 29, 2021

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Jul 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Jul 16, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Jul 16, 2021

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping Ecosystems Living and Productive Act or the KELP Act

This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award grants to carry out projects related to the conservation, restoration, or management of kelp forest ecosystems.

NOAA shall award grants for projects that

address greatest relative regional declines in kelp forest ecosystems;
focus on, among other things, long term ecosystem resilience, kelp forest seeding and connectivity, or urchin removal and other actions to reestablish trophic structure; or
are identified by federal or state restoration and management plans as focal areas for recovery of kelp forests and associated species.

What's happening now November 16, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 415.

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