3.0.0 3245 2022-12-30T02:34:26Z 2023-01-02T06:33:29Z Senate S 2021-11-18 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-11-18T18:19:00Z Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act 117 2750 HR 2021-06-22 Committee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2021-11-18 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2021-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2021-11-18 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-12-14 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-05-02 False Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 00 2021-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-14T00:05:41Z Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national conservation and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal, freshwater, or saltwater wetlands that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.

]]> Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act Display Title Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3245is/xml/BILLS-117s3245is.xml 2021-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.