S3910-119

In Committee

ReSCUE Oceans Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 25, 2026

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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

Government Operations Environment Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 25, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …

Feb 25, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 25, 2026

Mr. Schatz (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Environment Education
Actor Mappings
"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

1 term
"protocol" §id16c24e957d7f42848fd7c6d5faef7e9c

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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