 For YHN News, I'm Elizabeth Kramer. Congressman Jerry Carl, a Republican of Mobile, has announced that legislation to help protect and promote the underwater forest in the Gulf of Mexico has officially passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The 60,000-year-old forest, located a few miles off the coast of Gulf Shores, would be classified as a National Marine Sanctuary. All Alabama congressional members voted for the bill with one abstention.