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S. 513 119th Congress Senate

Help Our Kelp Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish and carry out a grant program to conserve, restore, and manage kelp forest ecosystems, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 11, 2025 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources AquacultureAquatic ecologyEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchIndian lands and resources rights
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Marine and coastal resources, fisheriesWildlife conservation and habitat protection
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Feb 11, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1124 Help Our Kelp Act of 2025
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 9

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

  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Alsobrooks, Angela D.
Maryland · Mar 25, 2026
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 12, 2025
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Feb 11, 2025
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Padilla, Alex
California · Feb 11, 2025
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 11, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 513: Help Our Kelp Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-513/
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"S. 513: Help Our Kelp Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-513/.
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S. 513, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-513/.
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