US Congress House Bill 5390 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-17 - Committee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides a mechanism for coastal states to participate in a Regional Ocean Partnership with one or more other coastal states that share a common ocean or coastal area. Specifically, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may designate a partnership as a Regional Ocean Partnership if it (1) is established to coordinate the interstate management of coastal resources; (2) focuses on the environmental issues affecting the ocean and coastal areas of the coastal states participating in the partnership; (3) complements existing state coastal and ocean management efforts on an interstate scale, focusing on shared regional priorities; (4) does not have a regulatory function; and (5) is not duplicative of an existing Regional Ocean Partnership. A Regional Ocean Partnership may use provided federal funds to award grants and enter into contracts for certain purposes, including to monitor the water quality and living resources of multistate ocean and coastal ecosystems.

Regional Ocean Partnership Act

Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Michael Guest [R-MS]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-17	House	Committee Hearings Held.
2020-11-17	House	Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
2019-12-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-12-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-12-11	House	Introduced in House

SB2166 (Related) 2019-12-19 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 396.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5390/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5390/BILLS-116hr5390ih.pdf