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H.R. 2860 · 119th Congress

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 10, 2025Policy area: Environmental Protection

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Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.

Summary

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill revises and reauthorizes for seven years the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative and its Northwest Straits Advisory Commission. The initiative and the commission work to protect and restore marine waters, habitats, and species of the Northwest Straits region (i.e., the waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and of Puget Sound from the Canadian border to the south end of Snohomish County in Washington state).

Among other duties, the commission must provide resources and technical support for marine resources committees, develop scientifically sound restoration and protection recommendations, and serve as a public forum for informal policy discussions about the marine ecosystem of the Northwest Straits region.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 374 - 49 (Roll no. 196).

  4. House

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3810-3811)

  5. House

    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  6. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2860.

  7. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3769-3771; text: CR H3769-3770)

  8. House

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  9. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.

  10. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-437.

  11. House

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.

  12. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Show 5 earlier actions
  1. House

    Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged

  2. House

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  3. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.

  4. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  5. Introduced in House