House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Alan S. Lowenthal Blue Whales, Blue Skies Act
Official title: To direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program to reduce air pollution and harmful underwater acoustic impacts and the risk of fatal vessel whale strikes by recognizing voluntary reductions in the speed of vessels transiting the western coast of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Salud Carbajal D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9185.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 96, June 8, 2026, Page H3992):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9185, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 24, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 8726 (118th) Alan S. Lowenthal Blue Whales, Blue Skies ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.