Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
Latest action · Oct 27, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedOct 27, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
This bill designates specified submerged lands in Alabama as the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, to be managed as if the sanctuary was designated under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
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 Oct 27, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2020Introduced in House
- Oct 27, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 | Lists H5711H.R. 8684–8700 | — | Oct 27, 2020 |
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. 166, no. 185, October 27, 2020, page H5711.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Alabama
- Aquatic ecology
- Department of Commerce
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
- Gulf of Mexico
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Hunting and fishing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2020Introduced 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.
