Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act
Latest action · Mar 4, 2020 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
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 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act
This bill requires the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System to continue to operate during a government shutdown by designating certain activities related to the system as excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2019 to Nov 17, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 14, 2019 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jun 14, 2019 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Jun 14, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jun 14, 2019 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | Jun 14, 2019 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Jul 2, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Dec 12, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Nov 17, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2019 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jun 14, 2019Markup Mar 4, 2020Reported Mar 4, 2020 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2019 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 24, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2020Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 4, 2020Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Jun 24, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Jun 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 14, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
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. 165, no. 100, June 14, 2019, page H4701.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 5056 | OCEAN Act of 2020 | Related bill | Dec 17, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to clarify that during a lapse in appropriations certain services relating to the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecasting System are excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2019Introduced 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.
