EPA marine cleanup programs get five-year lifeline through 2030
H.R. 6076 — Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act · Filed by Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends EPA programs that combat plastic waste and marine debris by changing the authorization deadline from 2025 to 2030 in the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. It allows these environmental protection programs to continue operating for five additional years without requiring new legislative authorization.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative function is to extend the authorization period for existing EPA programs addressing marine plastic debris. It is a routine reauthorization that preserves environmental protections without creating new programs or mechanisms.
What the text implies
- Reauthorization through 2030 commits federal funding for marine debris programs for five additional years, locking in budget authority unless Congress acts to defund or modify the programs.
- The amendment does not specify funding levels, so actual program scope depends on appropriations decisions made separately by Congress.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Extending EPA marine debris and plastic-waste programs preserves federal environmental protections and cleanup efforts that benefit coastal communities and the general public. Allowing these programs to continue without interruption maintains public health and environmental safeguards.
Named in the bill
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, Section 302(g)
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Nov 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Nov 18, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $403,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 74 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Suzanne Bonamici, the sponsor, reported $461,650 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Ocean Conservancy — $403,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 16, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (352 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 16, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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