HOUSE 3906117th CongressCommittee Hearings Held.

Blue Carbon Protection Act

Last Action: 6/22/2021

Actions

2021-06-22Committee Hearings Held.
2021-06-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2021-06-16Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2021-06-15Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2021-06-15Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2021-06-15Introduced in House
2021-06-15Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2021-06-15 (00)

Blue Carbon Protection Act

This bill establishes programs, grants, and requirements to protect and restore marine and blue carbon ecosystems, which are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt-water wetlands that have the capacity to sequester and store carbon.

Cosponsors (16)

Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Ed Case (D-HI)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
Andy Kim (D-NJ)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Karen Bass (D-CA)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Andy Levin (D-MI)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

Subjects

Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Hunting and fishing
Indian social and development programs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Outdoor recreation
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Water quality
Wetlands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

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