House bills that have been introduced: H.R. 2673 Florida Coastal Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2820 California Clean Coast Act, all provisions H.R. 2848 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 2849 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2862 Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2865 New England Coastal Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2881 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 2882 Central Coast of California Coastal Conservation Act, all provisions H.R. 2886 Defend Our Coast Act, all provisions H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, all provisions H.R. 6068, PROTECT Florida Act, all provisions H.R. 8800, FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act: - Rep. Carbajal Amendment #81 requiring the Secretary of Defense to certify that new offshore oil and gas development off the coasts of CA and FL will not adversely affect military testing, training, or operations before the Department of Defense may use funds authorized by the Act to support related decisions or agreements. - Any provisions to reauthorize Title I of the Defense Production Act H.R. 9034, Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026, all provisions H.R. 9035, Ending Fossil Fuels Bailouts Act of 2026, all provisions H.R. 9171, FY2027 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, amendment offered in full committee markup: - Rep. Levin Amendment restricting funds made available by the Act from being used by the Secretary of the Interior to conduct or authorize oil or gas preleasing, leasing, or related activities, including the issuance of permits for geological and geophysical exploration, in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Planning Area, as well as the Southern California, Central California, and Northern California OCS Planning Areas. House bills that have not yet been introduced/reintroduced: Energy permitting reform legislation: lobbied against provisions facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing Senate bills that have been introduced: S. 1432 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions S. 1445 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions S. 1472 New England Coastal Protection Act, all provisions S. 1486 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions S. 3082, American Shores Protection Act of 2025, all provisions S. 4784, FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act: -S.Amdt.649 (Sen. Padilla) requiring the Secretary of Defense to certify that new offshore oil and gas development off the coasts of CA and FL will not adversely affect military testing, training, or operations before the Department of Defense may use funds authorized by the Act to support related decisions or agreements. -Any provisions to reauthorize Title I of the Defense Production Act Senate bills that have not yet been introduced: Energy permitting reform legislation: lobbied against provisions facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: - Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program - Draft Proposed Program (Secretarys 1st Proposal) - Proposed Program (Secretarys 2nd Proposal) - Anticipated seismic airgun blasting in preparation for the Programs anticipated lease sales off new coasts - 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. - Merger of BOEM and BSEE into the Marine Minerals Administration (MMA) - Offshore oil and gas drilling; offshore oil and gas leasing reform proposals
House bills that have been introduced: H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act, all provisions H.R. 7332, Whale CHARTS Act, all provisions Not yet introduced in House: FY27 Department of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (now HR 8845), programmatic requests seeking funding for: -Top-line funding of $6.2 billion for NOAA. -Pop-up fishing gear for West Coast fisheries, including grants to fishers, funding for NOAA Bycatch Reduction and Engineering Program, and funding for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. -California fishermen to transition away from large-mesh drift gillnets. -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. -Report language directing the National Marine Fisheries Service to invest in science-based shark and ray conservation. -Pilot program on coastal blue carbon research. -Harmful algal bloom and hypoxia research. -Programs important to conservation in the National Ocean Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Protected Resources and Management, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Procurement/Acquisition/Construction, and Mission Support accounts. FY 27 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (now HR 9171), programmatic requests seeking funding for: -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. FY27 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (now HR 9310), programmatic request seeking Coast Guard funding to procure new shore-to-ship Automatic Identification System technology. Not yet introduced in Senate: FY27 Department of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, programmatic requests seeing funding for: -Pop-up fishing gear for West Coast fisheries, including grants to fishers, funding for NOAA Bycatch Reduction and Engineering Program, and funding for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. -California fishermen to transition off large drift gillnets for swordfish. -National Marine Fisheries Service including for fishery stock assessments. -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. -Congressionally-directed request for The Marine Mammal Center for advancing early cancer diagnostics in marine mammals. FY 27 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Senate programmatic requests seeking funding for: -John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program. Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: Administrative layoffs and proposed budget cuts at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Agency (NOAA). The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking To Amend the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule. Convening of the Endangered Species Committee.
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 H.R. 7543, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, all provisions H.R.7370, REUSE Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.6566, Recycling Technology Innovation Act, all provisions H.R.7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.6832, PACK Act, all provisions Bills that have not been introduced in the House: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act Draft House legislation to amendment the Toxic Substances Control Act, opposing changes other than authorizing the fee provisions 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 S. 4181, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act Bills that have not been introduced in the Senate: -Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act -Draft Senate legislation to amendment the Toxic Substances Control Act, opposing changes other than authorizing the fee provisions Discussed this executive branch issue with congressional offices: -Environmental Protection Agencys proposed rule (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0068) on Standards for Air Curtain Incinerators That Only Burn Wood Wastes, Yard Wastes and Clean Lumber; Provision for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: Temporary Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery. This rule would pull pyrolysis facilities out of the Clean Air Act incinerator definition where they currently sit.