Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2018
Latest action · Jun 11, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 5, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2018
This bill addresses the conservation and sustainability of coral reef ecosystems, including by
- reauthorizing and expanding the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000;
- authorizing the Department of the Interior to conduct activities to conserve coral reefs and coral reef ecosystems within national parks, national wildlife refuges, national monuments, and other federal land under its jurisdiction;
- authorizing Interior to offer financial assistance grants for coral reef conservation projects;
- establishing the Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies Program;
- directing the Department of Commerce to develop national guidelines for man-made structures that are suitable as artificial reef habitat for coral and other associated marine species; and
- ensuring that Commerce places an emphasis on stock assessments for fisheries associated with coral reefs.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2018 to Aug 14, 2018; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Jun 5, 2018 |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 21, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 5, 2018 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 11, 2018 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 5, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Jun 5, 2018Introduced in House
- Jun 5, 2018Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4741-4742)
- Jun 5, 2018Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4741Lists H4776H.R. 5996–6011 | Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU | Jun 5, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 92, June 5, 2018, page H4776.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize and amend the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- American Samoa
- Animal and plant health
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Aquatic ecology
- Biological and life sciences
- Congressional oversight
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Fishes
- Florida
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Hawaii
- Intergovernmental relations
- Licensing and registrations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private cooperation
- Puerto Rico
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
