Congress 108 - HR 4900 - Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act

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Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Advice and consent of the Senate Agriculture and Food Air pollution control Algal blooms Animals Aquaculture Arctic and polar regions Auditing Authorization Biological diversity Black colleges Citizen lawsuits Climate Climate change and greenhouse gases Coastal zone Commerce Communication in science Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continental shelf Coral reefs Data banks Department of Commerce Developing countries Ecological research Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Education Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Energy Environmental assessment Environmental education Environmental monitoring Environmental Protection Environmental technology Estuaries Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Federal officials Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Federal-territorial relations Fishery management Gas in submerged lands Government attorneys Government internships Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governors Graduate education Grants-in-aid Great Lakes Habitat conservation Higher education Injunctions International Affairs International cooperation in science International environmental cooperation Judicial review Law Legal fees Licenses Maps Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine animals Marine biology Marine ecology Marine mammals Marine parks and reserves Marine resources conservation Marine safety Mentoring Meteorological research Meteorology Mining royalties Minorities Minority education National Sea Grant Program Native Americans Navigation Non-native species Ocean Ocean mining Oceanographic research Oceanography Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Parties to actions Performance measurement Petroleum in submerged lands Presidential appointments Public Lands and Natural Resources Public service advertising Public-private partnerships Regional planning Remote sensing Research and development Research grants Restoration ecology Revenue sharing Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientists in government Secondary education Shore protection Space activities Standards Strategic planning Submarine oil well drilling Sunset legislation Teacher education Technological innovations Telecommunication systems Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Watersheds Weather forecasting

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Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act - Specifies a national oceans policy. Establishes national standards to require any Federal agency or federally funded activities that affect U.S. ocean waters or ocean resources to be conducted in a manner that protects and maintains healthy marine ecosystems and, where appropriate, restores degraded marine ecosystems.

Re-establishes in the Department of Commerce (what already exists under Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), administered by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Directs the President to submit to Congress recommendations for reorganizing functions of existing Federal agencies to establish a Department of Natural Resources having authority for Federal programs relating to land, air, and water resources, including freshwater and ocean resources.

Establishes: (1) a National Oceans Advisor; (2) a National Oceans Council; and (3) the Council of Advisors on Oceans Policy.

Designates certain ocean regions for ecosystem-based management. Establishes a NOAA Regional Office and a Regional Ocean Council for each ocean region. Requires each Regional Ocean Council to prepare a Regional Ocean Ecosystem Plan for each ocean region.

Establishes a Committee on Ocean Science, Education, and Operations (OSEO Committee). Directs the Chair of the National Oceans Council to develop a National Strategy for Ocean and Coastal Science.

Establishes: (1) a Subcommittee on Ocean Education within the OSEO Committee; (2) an interagency ocean and coastal education program; (3) a National Ocean Science and Technology Scholarship Program; and (4) a NOAA Office of Education.

Directs the Administrator to conduct a national media campaign to increase public awareness and interest in the oceans, through mass media advertising.

Establishes: (1) an Office of Ocean Exploration within the Ocean and Atmospheric Research and Data Services Office; and (2) a Subcommittee on Ocean Exploration within the OSEO Committee.

Establishes in the Treasury the Ocean and Great Lakes Conservation Trust Fund.

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Aug 9, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
Aug 6, 2004

Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
Aug 6, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Jul 22, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 22, 2004

Introduced in House

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