To provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H4EE31896E3E44848AB97A0E708977945: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act.
- Section HE5822CC3FB2E41B59BEFE9413121A4F1: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: An ancient cypress forest dating back 50,000 to 70,000 years has been exposed in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama...
- Section H37247AD37E624E6481464E6B1B43989C: 3. Policy and purpose It is the policy of the United States to protect and preserve the ancient cypress trees located off the coast of Alabama, known as the...
- Section HBF1C98362A30496B94ED413BA4BF741C: 4. Definitions In this Act— The term Sanctuary means the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary designated under section 5(a). the term Secretary...
- Section H3225C2D608AC4C98A62F708BAAF5E932: 5. Sanctuary designation The area described in subsection (b) is designated as the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary pursuant to title III of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …
Mr. Carl (for himself, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Ms. Sewell, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
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