Rick Larsen

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025 This bill revises and reauthorizes for seven years the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative and its Northwest Straits Advisory Commission. The initiative and the commission work to protect and restore marine waters, habitats, and species of the Northwest Straits region (i.e., the waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and of Puget Sound from the Canadian border to the south end of Snohomish County in Washington state). Among other duties, the commission must provide resources and technical support for marine resources committees, develop scientifically sound restoration and protection recommendations, and serve as a public forum for informal policy discussions about the marine ecosystem of the Northwest Straits region.

End Fentanyl Trafficking with Local Task Forces Act of 2026

The federal government would provide money to law enforcement agencies and communities to help stop the illegal drug trade involving opioids like fentanyl and heroin. These grants would support efforts such as investigating drug trafficking networks, training officers, and funding treatment and prevention programs in areas hit hardest by the opioid crisis. Police departments, prosecutors, public health officials, and addiction treatment providers would be the main groups receiving and using these funds.

Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2026

The bill would strengthen the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to seasonal flu outbreaks and potential pandemics by improving disease surveillance, vaccine development, and emergency response coordination. It would affect public health agencies, healthcare workers, vaccine manufacturers, and the general public by establishing better systems to detect flu threats early and distribute vaccines and medical supplies quickly during health emergencies.

PROTECT Act of 2025

Protection for Reservation Occupants against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today Act of 2025 or the PROTECT Act of 2025 This bill expands special tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ) to include certain controlled substance-related offenses and firearms offenses. It also allows tribal courts to execute warrants for electronic material. STCJ allows participating tribes to investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence both Indian and non-Indian offenders who commit covered crimes in Indian country against Indian victims. Covered crimes currently include assault of tribal justice personnel, child violence, dating violence, domestic violence, obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, and a violation of a protection order. The bill expands STCJ to allow participating tribes to prosecute individuals for controlled substance-related offenses (i.e., drug trafficking, unlawful drug possession, or unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia) and firearms offenses (i.e., use or possession of a firearm in furtherance of a covered crime or by a person who has been convicted of domestic violence). Additionally, the bill allows participating tribes to exercise STCJ over a controlled substance-related offense or a firearms offense if neither the defendant nor the alleged victim is an Indian. (Currently, this exception only applies in cases of obstruction of justice or assault of tribal justice personnel.) The bill allows offenders convicted pursuant to STCJ to be incarcerated through the Bureau of Prisons Tribal Prisoner Program. The bill gives tribal courts the same authority as state courts to compel service providers to disclose stored electronic communication information through court-issued warrants, court orders, or administrative subpoenas.

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 13, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Instructs that action required to be taken with respect to the preparation of a comprehensive management plan to provide for the protection of the Creek's river values be completed through revision of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River comprehensive management plan.