3.0.0 5649 2025-09-18T19:29:11Z 2025-09-18T19:29:11Z Senate S S 2024-12-21 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/5649 2024-12-24 10:13:00 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2024-12-24 10:12:13 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2024-12-23 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2024-12-21 Senate Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7315-7316; text: CR S7315-7316) Floor 2024-12-21 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2024-12-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2024-12-21 True Environmental Protection Aquatic ecology 2025-01-07T17:09:10Z Charitable contributions 2025-01-07T17:09:21Z Department of Commerce 2025-01-07T17:09:29Z Indian social and development programs 2025-01-07T17:09:39Z International organizations and cooperation 2025-01-07T17:09:49Z Marine pollution 2025-01-07T17:09:56Z Public contracts and procurement 2025-01-07T17:10:03Z Public-private cooperation 2025-01-07T17:10:27Z Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations 2025-01-07T17:10:34Z Water quality 2025-01-07T17:10:41Z Environmental Protection 2025-01-02T14:30:18Z

55 2024-12-21 Passed Senate 2025-09-18T19:28:38Z <p><strong>Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act</strong></p><p>This bill expands the administrative requirements of the Marine Debris Program and the Marine Debris Foundation. Both the program and the foundation work to remove, reduce, and prevent marine debris on oceans, waterways, and the Great Lakes.</p><p>First, the bill modifies the program to allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to (1) enter into other agreements, outside of contracts; and (2) make in-kind contributions for certain projects in an amount that represents the benefit&nbsp;NOAA derives from the project.</p><p>Next, the bill modifies the requirements for the foundation, including by modifying the process for approving or removing members of the foundation's board of directors. It directs&nbsp;NOAA to obtain the approval from the Department of Commerce before appointing or removing a member of the foundation's board of directors. The bill expands the list of governmental entities that NOAA must consult with before removing a board member to include the U.S. Agency for International Development.</p><p>The board must&nbsp;appoint and review the performance of a chief executive officer (CEO) for the foundation. The board may also remove the CEO.</p><p>The bill also directs the foundation to locate its principal office in the National Capital Region or a city or county directly adjacent to the open ocean, a major estuary, or one of the Great Lakes.</p><p>The foundation must also develop best practices for conducting outreach to Indian tribes.</p><p>The bill expands existing matching fund sources to allow the&nbsp;foundation to match contributions made to the foundation, or recipients of the foundation's grants, by nongovernmental organizations, regional organizations, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and foreign government entities.&nbsp;</p>

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