Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2006
Latest action · Feb 27, 2006 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.
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes as additional coral reef conservation project approval criteria that a project will: (1) minimize vessel impacts on coral reefs; and (2) promote and assist entities to work with local communities, and appropriate governmental and nongovernmental organizations, to support community-based planning and management initiatives for the protection of coral reef systems.
Authorizes the Administrator to undertake emergency response actions to prevent or minimize the destruction or loss of, or injury to, coral reefs or coral ecosystems from vessel impacts, derelict fishing gear, vessel anchors and anchor chains, or damage from unforeseen or disaster-related circumstances.
Authorizes, under the national program to conserve coral reefs and coral ecosystems, activities designed to minimize the likelihood of vessel impacts or other physical damage to coral reefs, including activities to identify certain at-risk coral reefs.
Authorizes the Administrator to make community-based planning grants to certain entities to work with local communities and appropriate federal and state entities to implement plans for increased protection of high priority coral reefs.
Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) maintain an inventory of all vessel grounding accidents involving coral reef resources; and (2) identify certain at-risk coral reefs that have a high incidence of vessel impacts, including appropriate measures to reduce such impacts.
Reauthorizes the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and authorizes appropriations through FY2012 for: (1) the coral reef conservation program; and (2) community-based planning grants.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2006 to Mar 30, 2006, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Mar 30, 2006 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2006Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
- Feb 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
- Feb 16, 2006Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1390 | Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2005 | Related bill | Dec 15, 2005 |
| HR 5622 | Coral Reef Conservation Legacy Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Authorization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Coral reefs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental education
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fishing boats
- Fund raising
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine ecology
- Marine pollution
- Marine resources conservation
- Marine safety
- Navigational aids
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Oceanographic research
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Salvage
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Ships
- Social Welfare
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water pollution control
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2006Introduced in House
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