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Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024

Introduced: January 24, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-152.
Dec 17, 2024
Signed by President.
Dec 12, 2024
Presented to President.
Dec 9, 2024
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6529)
Dec 9, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6529)
Dec 9, 2024
Mr. Graves (LA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 9, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 9, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6529)
Dec 9, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 50.
Mar 15, 2024
Received in the House.
Mar 15, 2024
Held at the desk.
Mar 14, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 12, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Mar 12, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2371)
Mar 12, 2024
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2371)
Mar 12, 2024
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 24, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan 24, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,694 — In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Mar 12, 2024
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024

This act revises the National Estuary Program to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give priority consideration to selecting the Pensacola and Perdido Bays in Florida as estuaries of national significance. Under the existing program, the EPA protects and restores the water quality and ecological integrity of estuaries of national significance.

The EPA may not use any amounts appropriated to carry out the national estuary program for the Pensacola and Perdido Bays (1) in FY2024, nor (2) in FY2025 unless the total amount appropriated to carry out the program for FY2025 is at least $850,000 more than the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for FY2023.

What's happening now December 17, 2024

Became Public Law No: 118-152.

 Bill text 4 versions

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Scott, Rick
Florida · Jan 24, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 50: Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-50/
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"S. 50: Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-50/.
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S. 50, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-50/.
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