SOS 2.0 Act

Bill: 116-hr-3969
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Materials
Multilateral development programs
Performance measurement
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Roads and highways
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: 

Save Our Seas 2.0 Act or the SOS 2.0 Act

 
This bill establishes requirements and incentives to reduce, recycle, and prevent marine debris (e.g., plastics), including requirements to establish a Marine Debris Response Trust Fund, a Marine Debris Foundation, a Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations, a strategy to improve waste management and recycling infrastructure, a Waste Management Revolving Fund for states, a Waste Management Infrastructure Grant program, a Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant program, a Wastewater Infrastructure Grant program, and a Trash-Free Water Grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Introduced in House