House Bill 5589
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 13, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5589
Congress
116
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
Primary focus of measure is regulation of pollution including from hazardous substances and radioactive releases; climate change and greenhouse gases; environmental assessment and research; solid waste and recycling; ecology. Measures concerning energy exploration, efficiency, and conservation may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt water wetland that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.
January 13, 2020
11/17/2020
Committee Hearings Held.
11/17/2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
01/17/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
01/13/2020
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, 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.
01/13/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:17:52 PM