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H.R. 7636 118th Congress House

Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act of 2024

Official title: To support international governance of seafloor resource exploration and responsible polymetallic nodule collection by allied partners, strengthen domestic pro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To support international governance of seafloor resource exploration and responsible polymetallic nodule collection by allied partners, strengthen domestic processing and refining capabilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2024 Introduced by: Carol D. Miller Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 12, 2024
Introduced in House
Mar 12, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
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 Latest action December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • THE VOGEL GROUP
    for THE METALS COMPANY · British Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THE VOGEL GROUP
    for THE METALS COMPANY · British Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • THE VOGEL GROUP
    for THE METALS COMPANY · British Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • THE VOGEL GROUP
    for THE METALS COMPANY · British Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • THE VOGEL GROUP
    for THE METALS COMPANY · British Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THE VOGEL GROUP
    for THE METALS COMPANY · British Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 4
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Finstad, Brad
Minnesota · Aug 23, 2024
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Valadao, David G.
California · May 21, 2024
Wenstrup, Brad
· May 21, 2024
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Donalds, Byron
Florida · Apr 10, 2024
Williams, Brandon
· Mar 20, 2024
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Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Mar 12, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7636: Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7636/
MLA
"H.R. 7636: Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7636/.
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H.R. 7636, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7636/.
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[H.R. 7636: Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act of 2024](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7636/)
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