H.R. 5555 119th Congress House

Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monter… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 23, 2025 Introduced by: Jimmy Panetta Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources CaliforniaEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchHistoric sites and heritage areasLand use and conservationPublic-private cooperation

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 18, 2026

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Mar 11, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Sep 23, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Sep 23, 2025

Introduced in House

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What's happening now March 18, 2026

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Federal Lands Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 5

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

CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY INC. (FORMERLY CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY, LLC)
for SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY INC. (FORMERLY CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY, LLC)
for SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY INC. (FORMERLY CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY, LLC)
for SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY INC. (FORMERLY CAPITALEDGE ADVOCACY, LLC)
for SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA · California · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
VERITAS HEALTH POLICY, LLC
for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 5

Garamendi, John

California · Oct 8, 2025

Carbajal, Salud O.

California · Sep 23, 2025

Liccardo, Sam T.

California · Sep 23, 2025

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Sep 23, 2025

Mullin, Kevin

California · Sep 23, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5555: Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5555/

MLA

"H.R. 5555: Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5555/.

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H.R. 5555, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5555/.

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