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Became law
Revises how NOAA's Marine Debris Program and the Marine Debris Foundation are run, including the foundation's board, its leadership, its funding authority, and the rules for grants and agreements.
Official title: Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
26-MAY-2025
Passed
15-DEC-2025
Senate
Introduced
23-JAN-2025
Referred
23-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
05-FEB-2025
Reported
08-APR-2025
On the calendar
08-APR-2025
Passed
20-MAY-2025
President
Presented
18-DEC-2025
Signed
26-DEC-2025
Became law
26-DEC-2025
- Lets the Under Secretary contribute in-kind to projects carried out through contracts or other agreements, based on the benefit NOAA gains from the project.
- Gives the Foundation's board authority to recommend and approve directors, sets directors' terms at 6 years, and lets the board appoint and remove the chief executive officer.
- Authorizes $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and extends the Marine Debris Act's authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 2018 through 2029.
- Renumbers and moves sections of the Marine Debris Act and the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, and replaces references to the NOAA Administrator with Under Secretary.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed Senate, 20-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.govPublic Lands and Natural Resources
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