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Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act
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Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act This bill reauthorizes and modifies administration of Marine Debris Program (MDP) activities and the Marine Debris Foundation. (The program and the foundation support efforts to assess, prevent, and otherwise address marine debris and its adverse impacts on the U.S. economy, the marine environment, and navigation safety.) First, the bill reauthorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Marine Debris Program through FY2029. The bill authorizes NOAA to provide contributions for MDP project costs on an in-kind basis in an amount that NOAA determines represents the value it derives from the project. The bill also authorizes NOAA to enter into agreements other than cooperative agreements, contracts, and grant agreements for projects. Next, the bill modifies requirements for the Marine Debris Foundation and reauthorizes it for FY2025. Among other changes, the bill designates the current Chief Operating Officer (i.e., the first officer or employee appointed by the board) as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and specifies that the board has the authority to appoint, review the performance of, and remove the CEO. The bill authorizes the CEO to appoint, supervise, and remove foundation employees and officers. Further, the bill directs the foundation to develop and implement best practices for conducting outreach to Indian tribes and tribal governments. The foundation must locate its principal office in the National Capital Region or a coastal shoreline community. Finally, the bill authorizes the foundation to match contributions from regional organizations, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and foreign governments.
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2026 · first_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
Became Public Law No: 119-65.
Became Public Law No: 119-65.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 216.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5867-5869)
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H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.4832 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025; H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act; H.R.6832 - PACK Act; H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act; H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026; S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act; S.351 - STEWARD Act of 2025; S.3122 - Better FDA Act of 2025; Basel Convention Implementation legislation; Draft Legislation - Save our Seas Act 3.0; Global Plastics Agreement advocacy; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Polyether Polyols; Standards for Air Curtain Incinerators That Only Burn Wood Wastes, Yard Wastes and Clean Lumber; Provision for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: Temporary Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery; USDA BioPreferred program and the use of mass balance attribution.
Client expense: $4,430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2026 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Monitor and evaluate federal initiatives, both authorizing and appropriations related, and regulatory matters regarding: international and foreign assistance funding; marine conservation; marine mammal conservation, including right whales; the Arctic region; illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; sustainable aquaculture; wildlife trafficking; international fishing subsidies; ocean plastic pollution; oceans-related climate change; and the international treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Other Specific Activities: FISH Act (S. 688 / H.R. 3756) - support Protecting Global Fisheries Act (S. 1369) - support HARPOON Act (S. 2674) - support Bycatch Reduction Act (S. 4938) Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act (S. 216) - support Support strengthening US tools to combat IUU fishing, increase transparency and traceability requirements for seafood Support capacity building efforts to strengthen fisheries management and combat IUU fishing and forced labor Support addressing forced labor in seafood supply chains Marine Aquaculture Research Act (S. 2586) - support
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2026 · third_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), climate-ready fisheries, shifting fish stocks, Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, bycatch, ocean exploration and mapping, seabed mining, climate change, marine debris, issues pertaining to the Water Resources and Development Act, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, coastal conservation, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, NOAA Organic Act, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA, shipping emissions, ocean carbon dioxide removal, placing a fee on plastic production, plastics provisions in a potential farm bill plastic pollution, flood protection, navigation improvements, ecosystem restoration, and coastal/estuarine resilience. Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution H.R.1124 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 S.513 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 H.R.1918 - Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 H.R.2620 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act H.R.2786 - To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes H.R.2673 - Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R.2849 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2862 - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection H.R.2882 - Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.2865 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2886 - Defend Our Coast Act S.1432 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 S.1472 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2820 - California Clean Coast Act of 2025 H.R.6076 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act Fisheries H.R.3714 - Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.3718 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025 SHIFT Act S.2357 - Young Fishermens Development Extension Act H.R.4800 - Fisheries Modernization Act of 2025 H.R.5699 - Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025 H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025 H.R.5745 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act S.3658 - A bill to support healthy fisheries in dynamicoceanconditions, and for other purposes. H.Con.Res.85 - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act on April 13, 2026, and recognizing its significant impact on the sustainable and profitable management of the Nation's fishery resources. H.R.8542 - Offshore Parity Act of 2026 H.Res.1343 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and celebrating the maritime heritage, ocean leadership, fisheries stewardship, and coastal communities of the United States. S.Res.759 - A resolution recognizing World Oceans Day and celebrating the maritime heritage, ocean leadership, fisheries stewardship, and coastal communities of the United States. H.R.9933 - South Atlantic Red Snapper Fair Access Act of 2026 Boating H.R.3151 - SHIPS For America Act S.1541 - SHIPS For America Act H.R.4325 - Clean Shipping Act Clean Shipping Act (Senate bill) H.R.4341 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 S.2243 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 Zero Emission Vessel Innovation Act H.R.5970 - Save Our Ships Act H.R.7332 - Whale CHARTS Act of 2026 H.R.9454 - Next Generation Shipping Act S.4935 - Next Generation Shipping Act H.R.9497 - Water Resources Development Act of 2026 H.J.Res.210 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision". S.J.Res.209 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision". H.J.Res.213 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision". S.J.Res.210 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision". Other H.R.2772 - To Direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study and report to Congress regarding recreational vessel operator training H.J.Res.62 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources." Res.482 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and the need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources H.R.2294 - To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 H.R.663 - To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes H.R.664 - American Seabed Protection Act H.R.5692 - To accelerate the competitiveness of the United States in marine energy technologies, and for other purposes H.R.1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025 S.4938 - Bycatch Reduction Act H.R.9953 - Bycatch Reduction Act H.J.Res.205 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for Californias Advanced Clean Car Program and a Within the Scope Confirmation for Californias Zero Emission Vehicle Amendments for 2017 and Earlier Model Years. H.Res.1524 - Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 19 through September 26, 2026, as "National Estuaries Week". S.Res.864 - Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 19 through September 26, 2026, as "National Estuaries Week".
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2026 · third_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
H.R.2620/S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act. To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. H.R.7543/S.4181 - Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act. To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes. In addition to contacts associated with the legislation described above: Resin stewardship programs
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Monitor and evaluate federal initiatives, both authorizing and appropriations related, and regulatory matters regarding: international and foreign assistance funding; marine conservation; marine mammal conservation, including right whales; the Arctic region; illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; sustainable aquaculture; wildlife trafficking; international fishing subsidies; ocean plastic pollution; oceans-related climate change; and the international treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Other Specific Activities: FISH Act (S. 688 / H.R. 3756) - support Protecting Global Fisheries Act (S. 1369) - support Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act (S. 216) - support Support strengthening US tools to combat IUU fishing, increase transparency and traceability requirements for seafood Support capacity building efforts to strengthen fisheries management and combat IUU fishing and forced labor Support addressing forced labor in seafood supply chains Marine Aquaculture Research Act (S. 2586) - support
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2026 · second_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), climate-ready fisheries, shifting fish stocks, Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, bycatch, ocean exploration and mapping, seabed mining, climate change, marine debris, issues pertaining to the Water Resources and Development Act, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, coastal conservation, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, NOAA Organic Act, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA, shipping emissions, ocean carbon dioxide removal, placing a fee on plastic production, plastics provisions in a potential farm bill plastic pollution, flood protection, navigation improvements, ecosystem restoration, and coastal resilience. Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution H.R.1124 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 S.513 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 H.R.1918 - Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 H.R.2620 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act H.R.2786 - To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes H.R.2673 - Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R.2849 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2862 - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection H.R.2882 - Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.2865 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2886 - Defend Our Coast Act S.1432 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 S.1472 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2820 - California Clean Coast Act of 2025 H.R.6076 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act Fisheries H.R.3714 - Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.3718 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025 SHIFT Act S.2357 - Young Fishermens Development Extension Act H.R.4800 - Fisheries Modernization Act of 2025 H.R.5699 - Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025 H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025 H.R.5745 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act S.3658 - A bill to support healthy fisheries in dynamicoceanconditions, and for other purposes. H.Con.Res.85 - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act on April 13, 2026, and recognizing its significant impact on the sustainable and profitable management of the Nation's fishery resources. H.R.8542 - Offshore Parity Act of 2026 H.Res.1343 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and celebrating the maritime heritage, ocean leadership, fisheries stewardship, and coastal communities of the United States. S.Res.759 - A resolution recognizing World Oceans Day and celebrating the maritime heritage, ocean leadership, fisheries stewardship, and coastal communities of the United States. Boating H.R.3151 - SHIPS For America Act S.1541 - SHIPS For America Act H.R.4325 - Clean Shipping Act Clean Shipping Act (Senate bill) H.R.4341 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 S.2243 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 Zero Emission Vessel Innovation Act H.R.5970 - Save Our Ships Act H.R.7332 - Whale CHARTS Act of 2026 H.R.9454 - Next Generation Shipping Act S.4935 - Next Generation Shipping Act H.R.9497 - Water Resources Development Act of 2026 Other H.R.2772 - To Direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study and report to Congress regarding recreational vessel operator training H.J.Res.62 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources." Res.482 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and the need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources H.R.2294 - To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 H.R.663 - To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes H.R.664 - American Seabed Protection Act H.R.5692 - To accelerate the competitiveness of the United States in marine energy technologies, and for other purposes H.R.1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025 S.4938 - Bycatch Reduction Act
2026 · second_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
H.R.2620/S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act. To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. H.R.7543/S.4181 - Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act. To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes. In addition to contacts associated with the legislation described above: Resin stewardship programs
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Monitor and evaluate federal initiatives, both authorizing and appropriations related, and regulatory matters regarding: international and foreign assistance funding; marine conservation; marine mammal conservation, including right whales; the Arctic region; illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; sustainable aquaculture; wildlife trafficking; international fishing subsidies; ocean plastic pollution; oceans-related climate change; and the international treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Other Specific Activities: FISH Act (S. 688) - support Protecting Global Fisheries Act (S. 1369) - support Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act (S. 216) - support Support strengthening US tools to combat IUU fishing, increase transparency and traceability requirements for seafood Support capacity building efforts to strengthen fisheries management and combat IUU fishing and forced labor Support addressing forced labor in seafood supply chains Marine Aquaculture Research Act (S. 2586) - support
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2026 · first_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.4832 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025; H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act; H.R.6832 - PACK Act; H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act; H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026; S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act; S.351 - STEWARD Act of 2025; S.3122 - Better FDA Act of 2025; Basel Convention Implementation legislation; Draft Legislation - Save our Seas Act 3.0; Global Plastics Agreement advocacy; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Polyether Polyols; Standards for Air Curtain Incinerators That Only Burn Wood Wastes, Yard Wastes and Clean Lumber; Provision for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: Temporary Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery; USDA BioPreferred program and the use of mass balance attribution.
Client expense: $3,760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2026 · first_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), climate-ready fisheries, shifting fish stocks, Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, ocean exploration and mapping, seabed mining, climate change, marine debris, issues pertaining to the Water Resources and Development Act, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, coastal conservation, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, NOAA Organic Act, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA, shipping emissions, ocean carbon dioxide removal, placing a fee on plastic production, plastics provisions in a potential farm bill, and plastic pollution. Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution H.R.1124 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 S.513 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 H.R.1918 - Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 H.R.2620 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act H.R.2786 - To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes H.R.2673 - Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R.2849 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2862 - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection H.R.2882 - Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.2865 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2886 - Defend Our Coast Act S.1432 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 S.1472 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2820 - California Clean Coast Act of 2025 H.R.6076 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act Fisheries H.R.3714 - Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.3718 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025 SHIFT Act S.2357 - Young Fishermens Development Extension Act H.R.4800 - Fisheries Modernization Act of 2025 H.R.5699 - Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025 H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025 H.R.5745 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act S.3658 - A bill to support healthy fisheries in dynamicoceanconditions, and for other purposes. Boating H.R.3151 - SHIPS For America Act S.1541 - SHIPS For America Act H.R.4325 - Clean Shipping Act Clean Shipping Act (Senate bill) H.R.4341 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 S.2243 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 Zero Emission Vessel Innovation Act H.R.5970 - Save Our Ships Act H.R.7332 - Whale CHARTS Act of 2026 Other H.R.2772 - To Direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study and report to Congress regarding recreational vessel operator training H.J.Res.62 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources." Res.482 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and the need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources H.R.2294 - To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 H.R.663 - To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes H.R.664 - American Seabed Protection Act H.R.5692 - To accelerate the competitiveness of the United States in marine energy technologies, and for other purposes H.R.1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025
2025 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Monitor and evaluate federal initiatives, both authorizing and appropriations related, and regulatory matters regarding: international and foreign assistance funding; marine conservation; marine mammal conservation, including right whales; the Arctic region; illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; sustainable aquaculture; wildlife trafficking; international fishing subsidies; ocean plastic pollution; oceans-related climate change; and the international treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Other Specific Activities: FISH Act (S. 688) - support Protecting Global Fisheries Act (S. 1369) - support Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act (S. 216) - support Support strengthening US tools to combat IUU fishing, increase transparency and traceability requirements for seafood Support capacity building efforts to strengthen fisheries management and combat IUU fishing and forced labor Support addressing forced labor in seafood supply chains Marine Aquaculture Research Act (S. 2586) - support
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2025 · fourth_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
H.R.1355 - Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2025; H.R.161 - New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act; H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.3474 - Federal Mechanical Insulation Act; H.R.3898 - PERMIT Act; H.R.4552 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; H.R.4690 - Reliable Federal infrastructure Act; H.R.4776 - SPEED Act; H.R.4832 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025; H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act; H.R.6938 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026; S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act; S.351 - STEWARD Act of 2025; S.2354 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; S.2465 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; S.2651 - ROAD to Housing Act of 2025; Bioattributed product policy; Clean Industrial Technology Act -- DOE Industrial Demonstration Program; Draft legislation on plastics recycling and development. Draft legislation that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy, commonly referred to as the "Farm Bill." - Energy title. Utilization of mass balance attribution in the BioPreferred program; Global Plastics Agreement, Basel Convention Ratification; Make America Healthy Again initiative; Permitting modernization and advanced recycling; Regulatory treatment of advanced recycling.
Client expense: $6,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2025 · fourth_quarter · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), climate-ready fisheries, shifting fish stocks, Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, ocean exploration and mapping, seabed mining, climate change, marine debris, issues pertaining to the Water Resources and Development Act, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, coastal conservation, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, NOAA Organic Act, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA, shipping emissions, ocean carbon dioxide removal, placing a fee on plastic production, plastics provisions in a potential farm bill, and plastic pollution. Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution H.R.1124 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 S.513 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 H.R.1918 - Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 H.R.2620 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act H.R.2786 - To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes H.R.2673 - Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R.2849 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2862 - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection H.R.2882 - Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.2865 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2886 - Defend Our Coast Act S.1432 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 S.1472 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2820 - California Clean Coast Act of 2025 H.R.6076 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act Fisheries H.R.3714 - Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.3718 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025 SHIFT Act S.2357 - Young Fishermens Development Extension Act H.R.4800 - Fisheries Modernization Act of 2025 H.R.5699 - Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025 H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025 H.R.5745 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act Boating H.R.3151 - SHIPS For America Act S.1541 - SHIPS For America Act H.R.4325 - Clean Shipping Act Clean Shipping Act (Senate bill) H.R.4341 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 S.2243 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 Zero Emission Vessel Innovation Act H.R.5970 - Save Our Ships Act Other H.R.2772 - To Direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study and report to Congress regarding recreational vessel operator training H.J.Res.62 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources." Res.482 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and the need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources H.R.2294 - To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 H.R.663 - To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes H.R.664 - American Seabed Protection Act H.R.5692 - To accelerate the competitiveness of the United States in marine energy technologies, and for other purposes
2025 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Issues related to the flexible packaging industry, including recycling and plastics policies Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (RIAA) H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act - Public Law No: 119-65 Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R.3604/ S. 1926 - Reducing Waste in National Parks Act H.R.4466 - CIRCLE Act H.R. 6832 - Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act of 2025 (PACK Act) S. 2654/H.R.4832 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act S. 2353/ H.R.4486 - the Microplastics Safety Act H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act S.2110 - REUSE Act of 2025 H.Res.927 - Design for Recycling Resolution H.Res.885 - Supporting the designation of November 15, 2025, as "America Recycles Day" to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, recycling, and advance the circular economy
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Oversight of EPA rules and regulations Issues related to paint recycling and overall recycling Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act S.623 / H.R.1415 - No IRIS Act S. 216 the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting reform and NEPA legislation H.R. 6832 - Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act of 2025 (PACK Act) H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · first_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
H.R.2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.2620, Save Our Seas Act 2.0 Amendments Act; House Concurrent Res. 14 - budget resolution; Senate Concurrent Res. 7 - budget resolution; S.216, Save Our Seas Act 2.0 Amendments Act; S.351, STEWARD Act of 2025; S.J. Res. 19, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)"; Re-introduction of Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act of 2024; Clean Air Act chemical sector rules; Climate, Air, Sustainable Chemistry; Draft Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Draft House Science Committee microplastics research legislation; Draft legislation on Science Advisory Boards; Emissions and regulatory reform; Executive Order 14208 Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a legally binding instrument for plastic pollution; FY26 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - related to chemicals and plastic recycling; Draft National Defense Authorization Act concerning water resources; Open Competition; Permitting legislation; Recycling, Advanced Recycling, Chemical Recycling; Unintroduced legislation dealing with plastic exposure and human health research; Unintroduced legislation dealing with plastics recycling research and development; Unintroduced legislation and reintroduction of the Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Unintroduced legislation that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy, commonly referred toas the "Farm Bill"; Unintroduced Save Our Seas 3.0; USDA BioPreferred program and the use of mass balance attribution;
Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3001-3002; text: CR S3001-3002)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-12.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
| January 23, 2025 |
| Enrolled Bill | -- |
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $202,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $143,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Client expense: $4,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE