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Keeping Ecosystems Living and Productive Act or the KELP Act
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award grants to carry out projects related to the conservation, restoration, or management of kelp forest ecosystems.
NOAA shall award grants for projects that
address greatest relative regional declines in kelp forest ecosystems;
focus on, among other things, long term ecosystem resilience, kelp forest seeding and connectivity, or urchin removal and other actions to reestablish trophic structure; or
are identified by federal or state restoration and management plans as focal areas for recovery of kelp forests and associated species.
People & committees
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · D–CA
Legislative record
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 415.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-574.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-574.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 19.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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