Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Refuge Act of 2005
Latest action · May 20, 2005 Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Refuge Act of 2005 - Designates the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Refuge.
Establishes within the National Ocean Service of the Department of Commerce the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Refuges.
Gives the Secretary of Commerce, acting through such Office, the primary jurisdiction and ultimate management authority and control over the Refuge area and its resources.
Sets forth protection and conservation measures, including making it illegal to touch living coral or live rock in the Refuge.
Directs the Secretary to conduct such enforcement activities as are necessary and reasonable to carry out this Act.
Makes any person who destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any Refuge resource liable to the United States for a specified amount.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 10, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Mary Bono | May 10, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 16, 2005 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2005 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 16, 2005 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
- May 20, 2005Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
- May 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- May 16, 2005Introduced in House
- May 16, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E988-989)
- May 16, 2005Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Refuge, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Refuge Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Animals
- Aquatic pests
- Archaeology
- Arrest
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Boundaries
- Civil actions and liability
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Coral reefs
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Cultural property
- Damages
- Department of Commerce
- Disaster relief
- Dredging
- Ecosystem management
- Emergency Management
- Endangered species
- Energy
- Environmental law enforcement
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Firearms
- Fishery management
- Fishing
- Forfeiture
- Glass and glass industry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Habitat conservation
- Hawaii
- Hawaiians
- Historic sites
- History
- Hunting
- Informers
- Injunctions
- Islands
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Licenses
- Liens
- Limitation of actions
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine ecology
- Marine parks and reserves
- Marine pollution
- Marine resources conservation
- Marine transportation
- Metals
- Mollusks
- Non-native species
- Obstruction of justice
- Ocean mining
- Offshore structures
- Paper and paper products
- Pest control
- Plastics
- Prospecting
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Reefs
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Research natural areas
- Restoration ecology
- Searches and seizures
- Ships
- Submarine oil well drilling
- Subpoena
- Surety and fidelity
- Transportation and Public Works
- Warrants (Law)
- Waste disposal in the ocean
- Water pollution control
- Wildlife refuges
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2005Introduced in House
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