The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
S 50 Signed into law

Sponsored by Marco Rubio (R)

Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024

Adds Pensacola and Perdido Bays in Florida to a federal estuary cleanup program.

Tradeoff

Makes the two bays eligible for priority federal cleanup help. Blocks the from spending 2024 program money on them, and 2025 money unless funding rises by $850,000.

What's in it

See official bill text

The House passed this by on December 9, 2024. The Senate passed it by on March 12, 2024. It became law after both chambers approved it.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Jan 24, 2023)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Environment and Public Works(Jan 24, 2023)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Rubio's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 1694 · Mar 12, 2024)

    Drops Alabama from the Pensacola and Perdido Bays estuary and bars EPA from using estuary program funds in fiscal 2024, and in 2025 unless funding rises $850,000.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 12, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Environment and Public Works

    Discharged(Mar 12, 2024)

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Mar 15, 2024)

  7. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 9, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 12, 2024)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 17, 2024)