Support funding to research and combat the causes and consequences of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia.

William R. Keating · Massachusetts · Democratic

spending impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 94%

Occurrences

He has consistently fought for funding to research and combat the cause and consequences of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, including through legislation and grant applications.

Commitment to fund research on harmful algal blooms and hypoxia.

ENVIRONMENT | Congressman Bill Keating
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

The bill summary says H.R. 644 "extends through FY2030" and directs NOAA and EPA to carry out monitoring, predicting, preventing, mitigating, and responding activities related to harmful algal blooms and hypoxia.

Official bill text shows a concrete funding-and-program vehicle for HAB/hypoxia research and control, but it was only introduced and remained in committee.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.644 - Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%

The cosponsors list includes "Keating, William R. [D-MA]" for H.R.644.

Keating formally backed a 2025 HAB/hypoxia bill that would authorize and expand federal research and response activities, which is concrete support but not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.644 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

The page states that he has "consistently fought for funding to research and combat the cause and consequences of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, including through legislation and grant applications."

Keating's official office page describes a sustained advocacy record on this issue, but it is a self-reported claim rather than proof of enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

ENVIRONMENT | Congressman Bill Keating
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 84%

Assessments

delivered same_term

The promise was to support funding for research and response to harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, not necessarily to single-handedly enact a specific funding law. Keating has concrete same-term federal action consistent with that promise: he cosponsored H.R. 644 in the 119th Congress, a bill to extend and expand federal HAB and hypoxia research, monitoring, prevention, mitigation, and response activities through FY2030. His office also reports sustained advocacy through legislation and grant applications. Because the core commitment was support for funding and related federal action, the cosponsorship and advocacy are sufficient to count as delivered, even though the cited bill had not been enacted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%