Senate bill · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-65
Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act
Became law on Dec 26, 2025.
Official title: A bill to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Dan Sullivan R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2025
- Passed SenateMay 20, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseDec 15, 2025 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 18, 2025
- Became lawDec 26, 2025
Latest action: Dec 26, 2025 — Became Public Law No: 119-65.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 216.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 216, Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act” on March 3, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 5, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61233
- CBO publication date
- March 3, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 216, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-12 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 8, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/12
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 216, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f95f2cd55ad3456258f04250b15e9a8ee33c6babf2b0702c3f8c7c8df8007156
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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
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan.
- S. 254 (119th) ARTIST Act
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- S.J.Res. 80 (119th) A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…
- S. 93 (119th) Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025
- S. 688 (119th) Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
- S. 3022 (119th) Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act
Related bills
- H.R. 2620 (119th) Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments ActPublic law contains the text
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.