CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION Federal legislators realize the condition of the Florida Keysâ reef and have resurrected old legislation to help save it. Rubio Scott The coral reef is not only key to the quality of life in the Florida Keys, but also crucial to the local economy. However, the Keys’ reef is battling a deadly disease and is undergoing unprecedented decline. Federal legislators realize the reef’s condition and have resurrected old legislation to help save it. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, Florida Republicans, and Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, Democrats from Hawaii, have reintroduced the bipartisan Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2021.