Recognizing World Oceans Day and the need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources.

This resolution formally recognizes World Oceans Day and underscores the critical need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources. It affirms a shared duty, both nationally and internationally, to safeguard these vital ecosystems. The resolution highlights the ocean's fundamental role in generating oxygen, regulating climate, providing food, supporting economies, and its deep cultural significance, particularly for Indigenous communities. The House of Representatives affirms the importance of ocean stewardship for both current and future generations, acknowledging the numerous threats facing marine environments. These threats include ocean acidification, marine debris, warming temperatures, harmful algal blooms, and biodiversity loss, which significantly impact marine life, coastal communities, and global food security. The resolution notes that these stressors are indicators of a changing climate and pose risks to vulnerable coastal economies. To address these challenges, the resolution commits to increasing the investment of Federal funds in scientific research and monitoring . This enhanced investment aims to improve understanding of the changing ocean, empower the Federal Government to mitigate climate change effects, and solve complex management challenges. Ultimately, these efforts are intended to accomplish the goals of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.