Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
- Last Action
- 6/22/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-22Committee Hearings Held.
- 2021-04-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- 2021-04-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-22Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2060)
- 2021-04-22Introduced in House
- 2021-04-22Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-22 (00)
Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
This bill addresses the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, which are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt water wetland that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.
Specifically, the bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) develop and maintain a map of these ecosystems, (2) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of these ecosystems, and (3) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these ecosystems.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must chair the group and establish a national goal for conserving ocean and coastal blue carbon ecosystems within the territory of the United States and set targets to restore degraded coastal blue carbon ecosystems as appropriate.
NOAA must also (1) establish integrated pilot programs to restore degraded coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to assess the long-term effects of geologic stores of carbon dioxide in a deep seafloor environment.
Finally, the bill establishes requirements concerning the stewardship and standardization of blue carbon data in the Coastal Carbon Data Clearinghouse.
Cosponsors (20)
- Bill Posey (R-FL)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Doris Matsui (D-CA)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- John Sarbanes (D-MD)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- RICK LARSEN (D-WA)
Subjects
- Air quality
- Aquatic ecology
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Dams and canals
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal-Indian relations
- Floods and storm protection
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Historical and cultural resources
- Horticulture and plants
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- International scientific cooperation
- Land use and conservation
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