H.R. 886: Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 11 Mar 2024. Introduced 9 Feb 2023.

Official title: 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.

Vote results

How each member voted

House

Yea (326): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Nay (73): Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Ken Buck (R-CO-4).

Not voting (32): Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3).

Speaker, not listed (1): Mike Johnson (R-LA-4).

Not in office (13): Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Summary

Main subject: Amends the Marine Debris Act and the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to change how the NOAA Marine Debris Program and the Marine Debris Foundation are administered, and to move and renumber provisions of those laws. Sec. 2, Sec. 3, Sec. 4

Its core areas: NOAA Marine Debris Program agreements, funds and resources; Marine Debris Foundation board, officers, powers and office location; Marine Debris Act authorization of appropriations; Marine Debris Act definitions and transferred provisions.

Unexpected Items: 0 provisions

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 2 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

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