ReSCUE Oceans Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, ReSCUE Oceans Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Environment, Education.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Removing and Sequestering Carbon Unleashed in the Environment and Oceans Act or the ReSCUE...
- Section id16c24e957d7f42848fd7c6d5faef7e9c: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term carbon removal credit means 1 metric tonne of carbon dioxide or equivalent (tCOe) that— is removed through marine carbon...
- Section id8080bb23a154495e92ebcca138b388e7: 3. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— to support research, development, and field trials of safe and responsible marine carbon dioxide removal; to ensure...
- Section id2be4de3b144149c6b8661e4daaf9a4a1: 4. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed in derogation of applicable law regulating or restricting the use of the contiguous zone, the...
- Section id3e464175743541d5ae4ea796880e4fc3: 5. Research security The activities authorized under this Act shall be carried out in a manner consistent with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, ReSCUE Oceans Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Environment, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, ReSCUE Oceans Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Schatz (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a systematic approach for generating a carbon removal credit that follows a transparent and thorough science-based methodology— for the development of projects to remove greenhouse gas emissions or sequester carbon
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