House bills that have been introduced: H.R. 2673 Florida Coastal Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2849 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2881 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 4776 Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, all provisions H.R. 6068, PROTECT Florida Act, all provisions House bills that have not yet been introduced/reintroduced: American Shores Protection Act, all provisions Senate bills that have been introduced: S. 1432 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions S. 1486 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions S. 3082 American Shores Protection Act, all provisions Senate bills that have not yet been introduced: Possible Senate companion bill to H.R. 2673 (Florida Coastal Protection Act) Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Draft Proposed Program, and seismic airgun blasting expected to be associated with future lease sales President Trumps revocation of President Bidens 12(a) withdrawals of the Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Arctic Ocean from oil and gas leasing disposition Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements 11/13/2025 initiation of the process for a potential mineral lease sale off Virginia following lease sale request from Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.
H.R. 4482, Stop NOAA Closures Act, all provisions H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act, all provisions H.R. 6184, NOAA Data Preservation Act, all provisions Not yet introduced in House: Reauthorization of Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), discussion draft, all provisions Whale CHARTS Act, all provisions Not yet introduced in Senate: Supporting Healthy Interstate Fisheries in Transition (SHIFT) Act Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: Administrative layoffs and proposed budget cuts at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Agency (NOAA)
Bills that have been introduced in the House: H.R. 3604, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all provisions H.R. 1918, Farewell to Foam Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.4486, Microplastics Safety Act, all provisions Bills that have not yet been introduced in the House: Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act REUSE Act of 2025 (possible House companion) Bills that have been introduced in the Senate: S. 1926, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, all provisions S. 897, Farewell to Foam Act of 2025, all provisions S.2110, REUSE Act of 2025, all provisions S.2353, Microplastics Safety Act, all provisions H.R. 4754/S.2431, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2026. Discussed oppposition to these House provisions with Senate offices: - Advanced recycling language on page 63 of the House committee report; - cellulosic biofuel language in Section 467 of the House bill. Bills that have not yet been introduced in the Senate: Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act