# 115-hr-3682: Blue Whales and Blue Skies Act

115-hr-3682, Blue Whales and Blue Skies Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3682
- Congress: 115
- Title: Blue Whales and Blue Skies Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Introduced: 2017-09-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Blue Whales and Blue Skies Act This bill requires the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish the Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program and annually award Blue Whales and Blue Skies Excellence Awards to owners of certain vessels for successfully participating in, and complying with, the program. The program encourages the reduction in the speed of certain vessels transiting the Greater Santa Barbara Channel Region in California in order to reduce air pollution, harmful underwater acoustic impacts, and the risk of fatal whale strikes. The program must be modeled after the pilot Vessel Speed Reduction Program, except financial incentives for participation in the program may not be provided. The program must require, at a minimum, that each vessel of the awardee transit that region at speeds of 12 knots or lower. In addition, the program must require vessels to participate in the Port of Los Angeles or Port of Long Beach vessel speed reduction programs if the vessels call at those ports. The Office must create an official seal to be recognized as the symbol of excellence in compliance with the program. Within four years after this bill's enactment, the Office must consider and report on the feasibility of extending the program to encompass all shipping channels along the U.S. Pacific Coast between Canada and Mexico.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2017-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2017-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2017-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2018-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2018-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-3682 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3682)

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