# 116-hr-2247: Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act

116-hr-2247, Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-2247
- Congress: 116
- Title: Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced: 2019-04-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act or the PUGET SOS Act This bill provides support for the restoration and protection of the Puget Sound, an estuary in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington.  Specifically, the bill establishes (1) a Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency, and (2) the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force. Finally, the bill establishes a State Advisory Committee.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2019-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7640: Local Journalism Sustainability Act
- 116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act
- 116-hr-7420: Voices for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-2247 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2247)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2247 (as of 2025-11-18).