The Save Our Seas Acts
What they say
His campaign biography says his Save Our Seas Act and Save Our Seas 2.0 Act were signed into law by President Trump and are the most comprehensive ocean cleanup legislation in history.
“His Save Our Seas (SOS) Act and SOS 2.0 Act, signed into law by President Trump”
What the record shows ·
He sponsored both. The Save Our Seas Act of 2018, S. 3508, became Public Law 115-265 on October 11, 2018, and the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, S. 1982, became Public Law 116-224 on December 18, 2020; both dates fall in President Trump's first term. The 2.0 Act is the law that established the Marine Debris Foundation, which his campaign also credits to him. A third bill of his, the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, S. 216, became Public Law 119-65 on December 26, 2025.
Limit: The laws are his by sponsorship and were signed when the claim says. “The most comprehensive ocean cleanup legislation in history” is a comparison no official source makes, and it is not judged here. A bill he introduced in 2017 under the name Save Our Seas Act, S. 756, was later used as the vehicle for the First Step Act, a criminal-justice law; it is not counted as an ocean law.