Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act

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Introduced 2026-09-24Topic: land use zoning

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This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor and research waste dumped in and around the San Pedro Basin off the coast of California. The waste covered includes DDT, its breakdown products and manufacturing byproducts, and other industrial wastes such as military explosives, radioactive waste, and refinery byproducts. NOAA would study how the waste affects the marine food web, develop tools to study waste at other ocean sites, and explore using bioremediation at the San Pedro dump sites. NOAA could give grants for related research and must report to Congress within 3 years on a research and cleanup strategy and on other offshore dump sites. The bill authorizes $6 million per year for fiscal years 2028 through 2034.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-09-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-09-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-09-24		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-09-24		Introduced in House	introduce

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