3.0.0 5030 2023-01-11T13:43:47Z 2023-01-11T13:43:47Z Senate S 2020-12-16 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-16T18:43:12Z 2020-12-16 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-12-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2020-12-16 True S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2020-12-16 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-12-16 True Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 00 2020-12-16 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-10T15:56:59Z Unify Nations In Trash Elimination for our Oceans Act of 2020 or the UNITE for our Oceans Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of State to work with federal agencies, foreign countries, and international organizations to establish a Trust Fund for Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution. Grants must be provided from the fund to prevent or reduce marine debris, such as plastic pollution.

]]> UNITE for our Oceans Act of 2020 Display Title UNITE for our Oceans Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced UNITE for our Oceans Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Unify Nations In Trash Elimination for our Oceans Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for negotiations for the establishment or designation of a trust fund administered by the international community for the prevention and reduction of marine debris, including marine plastic pollution, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s5030is/xml/BILLS-116s5030is.xml 2020-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.