House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 18, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2553.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3564):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2553, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2531dafffb27794a00ef616b25a3c44761324b59db5cea00d5e41f4d200ba70f
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2553, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
38 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 29 Democrats
9 of 38 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Gwen Graham (D-FL), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), David Jolly (R-FL), William Keating (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Scott Peters (D-CA) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 1607 (114th) Ruth Moore Act of 2015
- H.R. 4245 (114th) To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
- H.R. 4184 (114th) Food Recovery Act of 2015
- H.R. 2228 (114th) Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2015
- H.R. 4454 (114th) Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act
- H.R. 5277 (114th) Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.