Bills · 119th Congress · Environmental Protection

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced4/10/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 6/3/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 374–49 on June 3, 2026 (Roll Call 196 →). Received in the Senate on June 4, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 6/3/26Suspension 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. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic211 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Not voting
  • Republican162 Yea · 49 Nay · 6 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.

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Sponsor
Rep. Rick Larsen ( Democrat · WA-2)
Cosponsors
6
Introduced
4/10/25
Policy area
Environmental Protection

What happens next

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

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (18)
  1. 4/10/25Introduced in House
  2. 4/10/25Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  3. 5/13/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  4. 5/20/25Subcommittee Hearings Held
  5. 7/15/25Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
  6. 7/15/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. 7/15/25Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
  8. 1/12/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-437.
  9. 1/12/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.
  10. 6/2/26Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  11. 6/2/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3769-3771; text: CR H3769-3770)
  12. 6/2/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2860.
  13. 6/2/26At 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.
  14. 6/3/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3810-3811)
  15. 6/3/26Passed/agreed to in 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).
  16. 6/3/26On 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).
  17. 6/3/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. 6/4/26Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.