House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2719.
- 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. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4609):Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2719, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2719
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
25 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 20 Democrats
5 of 25 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 3705 (115th) Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017
- H.R. 2504 (115th) To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.
- H.R. 2436 (115th) Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017
- H.R. 3444 (115th) Food Recovery Act of 2017
- H.R. 3941 (115th) Local FARMS Act
- H.R. 1954 (115th) Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.