US Congress Senate Bill 2166 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-12-19 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 396.
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 ocean and 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

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-19	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 396.
2019-12-19	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-185.
2019-07-24	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2019-07-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB5390 (Related) 2020-11-17 - Committee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2166/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2166/BILLS-116s2166is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2166/BILLS-116s2166rs.pdf