House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Help Our Kelp Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish and carry out a grant program to conserve, restore, and manage kelp forest ecosystems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jared Huffman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1124.
- 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. 171, No. 26, February 7, 2025, Page H585):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1124, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1124
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Huffman.
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- H.R. 2598 (119th) IDEA Full Funding Act
- H.R. 3067 (119th) Arctic Refuge Protection Act
- H.R. 2849 (119th) West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 6090 (119th) FRESHER Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 513 (119th) Help Our Kelp Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.