Bills · 118th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/31/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 5/9/23
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 351–58 on May 9, 2023 (Roll Call 203 →). Received in the Senate on May 10, 2023. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 5/9/23Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic199 Yea · 0 Nay · 14 Not voting
  • Republican152 Yea · 58 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023

This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Ocean Acidification Advisory Board to collaborate with various entities affected by ocean acidification and coastal acidification (i.e., the decrease in pH and changes in water chemistry of certain bodies of water and waterways).

Specifically, NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program must collaborate with state, local, and tribal entities that are conducting or have completed community vulnerability assessments, research planning, or climate action plans related to ocean and coastal acidification and their impacts on coastal communities. The program must (1) support collaborative interagency relationships and information sharing involving state, local, and tribal entities; (2) assist these entities in improving their existing programs to better address ocean and coastal acidification; and (3) assist these entities in identifying whether other communities can use these activities as a model.

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Sponsor
Rep. Chellie Pingree ( Democrat · ME-1)
Cosponsors
21
Introduced
1/31/23
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (15)
  1. 1/31/23Introduced in House
  2. 1/31/23Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  3. 3/29/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  4. 3/29/23Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
  5. 5/5/23Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-48.
  6. 5/5/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 32.
  7. 5/9/23Mr. Miller (OH) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  8. 5/9/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2144-2147)
  9. 5/9/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 676.
  10. 5/9/23At 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.
  11. 5/9/23Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2151-2152)
  12. 5/9/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 351 - 58 (Roll no. 203). (text: CR H2144-2145)
  13. 5/9/23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 351 - 58 (Roll no. 203). (text: CR H2144-2145)
  14. 5/9/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. 5/10/23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.