US Congress House Bill 1967 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to authorize any federal agency with a representative serving on the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, either individually or in cooperation with other agencies, to carry out a program to award prizes competitively under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 for the purpose of stimulating innovation to advance the nation's ability to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidification or its impacts or to develop management or adaptation options for responding to ocean acidification. Grants priority to establishing programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean acidification.

Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2015

Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2015-04-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2015-04-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1967/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1967/BILLS-114hr1967ih.pdf