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SB1381: Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023

: Benjamin Cardin (D-US) : May 25, 2026 Updated: Dec 11, 2023
Environmental protection
Bill ProgressIntroduced
  1. 1Introduced (current step)
  2. 2Passed One Chamber
  3. 3Passed Both Chambers
  4. 4Became Law

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Summary

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which certain Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes.

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This bill gives the Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service power to work with partners to protect and restore coastal areas that provide habitat for fish and wildlife. The bill focuses on landscapes where certain species that the federal government has a legal duty to protect depend on living. The Service would assess, protect, restore, and enhance these coastal habitats with willing partners. The bill is currently introduced, meaning it has been formally submitted but not yet assigned to a for review.

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