Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021
Latest action · Jan 20, 2022 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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 23, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021
This bill provides statutory authority for the Coastal Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Among other things, the program
- identifies the most important natural resource problems and solutions in priority coastal ecosystems in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental institutions, nonprofit organizations, private individuals, and corporations; and
- assists in the development and implementation of monitoring protocols to ensure the success of coastal ecosystem restoration and enhancement measures.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2021 to Feb 28, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Jun 23, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 24, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Sep 24, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Feb 28, 2022 |
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 Jun 23, 2021 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jul 22, 2021Hearings Jan 20, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 20, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jul 22, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Jun 23, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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. 167, no. 109, June 23, 2021, page H3082.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2194 | Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Jun 15, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal areas that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 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.
