Update to Save Our Seas Act aims to reduce marine debris

U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, and Don Young, R-Alaska, who serve as co-chairs of the House Oceans Caucus, have introduced an update to the Save Our Seas Act designed to strengthen efforts to remove and prevent marine debris. According to a news release from Bonamici's website, the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, H.R. 3969, will address the large amount of plastic in the ocean by improving the domestic cleanup and response to marine debris, incentivizing international engagement on the issue and strengthening domestic infrastructure to dispose of waste materials.

This legislation builds on the Save Our Seas Act, which was signed into law last year.