Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

United States116th CongressHR-5589House of Representatives
Updated: Nov 17, 2020

Summary

Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems 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.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

S-3939: Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

    House of Representatives

  3. Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.

    House of Representatives

  4. Committee Hearings Held.

    House of Representatives