NEAR Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 10, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019 or the NEAR Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to arrange for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study that:
- examines the existing science of ocean acidification in estuarine environments,
- examines the challenges to studying ocean acidification and acidification's interactions with other environment stressors in estuarine environments,
- provides recommendations for improving future research with respect to ocean acidification in estuarine environments, and
- identifies pathways for applying science in management and mitigation decisions related to ocean acidification in those environments.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2019 to May 23, 2019; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | May 2, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 23, 2019 |
Committees 3
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 Feb 6, 2019Markup May 1, 2019Reported May 23, 2019 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 6, 2019Markup Apr 9, 2019Reported Apr 9, 2019 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019Discharged May 23, 2019 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Feb 22, 2019 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 10, 2019 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jun 5, 2019Ms. Johnson (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 5, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4329-4331)
- Jun 5, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 988.
- Jun 5, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4329-4330)
- Jun 5, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 5, 2019The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- May 23, 2019Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-82, Part I.
- May 23, 2019Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
- May 23, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 57.
- May 1, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 1, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 9, 2019Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 9, 2019Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Feb 22, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2019Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
- Feb 6, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
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 H4329–H4331Text printed H4329 | Bill Posey R-FL, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Frank D. Lucas R-OK, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Jun 5, 2019 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 9, 2019H.R. 988, NEAR Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May 1, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 23, February 6, 2019, page H1392.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6270 | NEAR Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | Jul 11, 2018 |
Titles 10
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a study by the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Science examining the impact of ocean acidification and other stressors in estuarine environments.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examining the impact of ocean acidification and other stressors in estuarine environments.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- NEAR Act of 2019
- National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019
- NEAR Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- NEAR Act of 2019
- National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019
- NEAR Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2019Referred in Senate
- Jun 5, 2019Engrossed in House
- May 23, 2019Reported in House
- Feb 6, 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.
