ReSCUE Oceans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7656 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7656 To support marine carbon dioxide removal activities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2026 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To support marine carbon dioxide removal activities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Removing and Sequestering Carbon Unleashed in the Environment and Oceans Act'' or the ``ReSCUE Oceans Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Purposes. Sec. 4. Rule of construction. Sec. 5. Research security. TITLE I--MATTERS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Sec. 101. Establishment of program for advancing marine carbon dioxide removal. Sec. 102. Monitoring of marine carbon dioxide removal. Sec. 103. Research areas for marine carbon dioxide removal. Sec. 104. Interagency working group for marine carbon dioxide removal. Sec. 105. Biennial report on marine carbon dioxide removal. Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE II--MATTERS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Sec. 201. Researching marine carbon dioxide removal. TITLE