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S 3245 117th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

Introduced: November 18, 2021 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Nov 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 18, 2021
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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national conservation and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal, freshwater, or saltwater wetlands that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.

What's happening now November 18, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2750 Related bill Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 2, 2022
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Dec 14, 2021
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 18, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3245: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3245/
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"S. 3245: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3245/.
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