Congress 117 - HR 3906 - Blue Carbon Protection Act

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Air quality Aquatic ecology Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental Protection Floods and storm protection Hunting and fishing Indian social and development programs Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Outdoor recreation Poverty and welfare assistance Public-private cooperation Racial and ethnic relations Rural conditions and development Water quality Wetlands Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

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Blue Carbon Protection Act

This bill establishes programs, grants, and requirements to protect and restore marine and blue carbon ecosystems, which are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt-water wetlands that have the capacity to sequester and store carbon.

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Jun 22, 2021

Committee Hearings Held.
Jun 17, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jun 16, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Jun 15, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Jun 15, 2021

Introduced in House

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