PUGET SOS Act
Latest action · Jun 16, 2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 18, 2021
- Passed HouseJun 15, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act or the PUGET SOS Act
This bill provides support for the restoration and protection of the Puget Sound, an estuary in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington.
Specifically, the bill establishes a Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency. It also establishes the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force, which replaces the existing Puget Sound Federal Task Force. Finally, the bill establishes a State Advisory Committee.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 18, 2021 to Apr 30, 2021; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 18, 2021 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Feb 18, 2021 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 30, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 18, 2021Markup Mar 24, 2021Reported May 28, 2021 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 19, 2021Discharged Mar 24, 2021 | |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jun 16, 2021 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Jun 15, 2021Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 15, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2761-2765; text: CR H2761-2763)
- Jun 15, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1144.
- Jun 15, 2021At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jun 15, 2021Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 473, proceedings on H.R. 1144 are considered vacated.
- Jun 15, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 8 of H. Res. 473, and the motion offered by Mr. McGovern, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 293; H.R. 587; H.R. 610, as amended; H.R. 1144, as amended; H.R. 1703, as amended; H.R. 1921; H.R. 2008; H.R. 2332, as amended; H.R. 2545; and H.R. 3642, as amended. (consideration: CR H2792-2799; text: CR H2794-2796)
- May 28, 2021Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-42.
- May 28, 2021Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 25.
- Mar 24, 2021Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
- Mar 24, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 24, 2021Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 54 - 3.
- Feb 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Feb 18, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 18, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 H2761–H2765, H2792Text printed H2761–H2763, H2794–H2796 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA, David Rouzer R-NC, Derek Kilmer D-WA, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, James P. McGovern D-MA, Marilyn Strickland D-WA | Jun 15, 2021 |
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
- Apr 21, 2021H.R. 1144, PUGET SOS ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 31, February 18, 2021, page H537.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-21 | PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET REQUEST: AGENCY POLICIES AND PERSPECTIVES (PARTS 1 AND 2)218 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jun 24, 2021–Jul 14, 2021 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48069 | Overview of the National Estuary Program (NEP) | Report | May 20, 2024 |
| R46947 | U.S. Climate Change Policy Archived | Report | Oct 28, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect the water quality of Puget Sound, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act
- PUGET SOS Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- PUGET SOS Act
- Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act
- PUGET SOS Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- PUGET SOS Act
- Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Pacific Ocean
- Puget Sound
- Scientific communication
- Washington State
- Water quality
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Referred in Senate
- Jun 15, 2021Engrossed in House
- May 28, 2021Reported in House
- Feb 18, 2021Introduced 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.
