Coastal Resources Conservation Act of 2001
Latest action · Feb 7, 2002 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 20, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Makes Coastal Zone Management Fund amounts available to offset costs of implementing coastal zone management programs.
Permits (rather than requires) the Secretary of Commerce to provide training, education, and technical assistance for coastal zone management and authorizes the Secretary to receive assistance therein from other Federal agencies and qualified persons.
Revises review requirements for coastal State management programs.
Makes the Walter B. Jones Excellence in Coastal Zone Management Awards program discretionary. (Currently the Secretary of Commerce is required to implement the program.)
Establishes the National Estuarine Reserve System (in lieu of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System). Sets forth System requirements, including the designation of other reserves and the promotion and coordination of coastal and estuarine research, education, and resource stewardship.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 20, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GU | Robert A. Underwood | Original | Dec 20, 2001 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2002Executive Comment Received from Commerce.
- Feb 7, 2002Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 7, 2002Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Dec 20, 2001Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
- Dec 20, 2001Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Animals
- Artificial reefs
- Authorization
- Awards, medals, prizes
- Coastal zone
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Commerce
- Ecological research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Environmental education
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Estuarine area conservation
- Estuarine pollution
- Exotic animals
- Exotic plants
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fund raising
- Gifts
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Historic sites
- History
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Islands
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine ecology
- Marine parks and reserves
- Marine resources conservation
- Nonpoint source pollution
- Nonprofit organizations
- Overhead costs
- Performance measurement
- Pest control
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research natural areas
- Restoration ecology
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Water Resources Development
- Watershed management
- Wildlife reintroduction
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