House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Blue Carbon Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10491.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 188, December 18, 2024, Page H7360):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Blue carbon ecosystem research and conservationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10491, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 21, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Huffman.
- H.R. 2950 (118th) Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023
- H.R. 3324 (118th) To extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal year 2029.
- H.R. 4519 (118th) IDEA Full Funding Act
- H.R. 724 (118th) Arctic Refuge Protection Act
- H.R. 6053 (118th) Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023
- H.R. 470 (118th) West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.