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S 513 119th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Aquaculture Aquatic ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Indian lands and resources rights Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Help Our Kelp Act of 2025

Introduced: March 25, 2026 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Feb 11, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 11, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 8

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

  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
  • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
    for NATURE CONSERVANCY · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
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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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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 513: Help Our Kelp Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-513/
MLA
"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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[S. 513: Help Our Kelp Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-513/)
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