OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Commerce / Justice / Science and appropriations for FY13 [S.2323, H.R.5326]; Department of the Interior, Environment appropriation for FY13 [H.R.6091]

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2323 (112th), H.R. 6091 (112th), H.R. 5326 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

National Endowment for the Oceans [S.973, S.1991], RESTORE Act [S. 1400, H.R. 3096], (Transportation reauthorization [H.R.7, H.R.4348 and S.1813 all included amendments related to the previous two items as well), Marine Debris (Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments of 2011 [H.R. 1171], Trash Free Seas Act [S. 1119]), National Ocean Policy, Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011 [H.R. 2484, S.1701] Fisheries issues (NOAA and its relevant fisheries councils; Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011 [H.R. 2304, S.1916], Billfish Conservation Act [H.R. 2706, S. 1451], Flexibility and Access in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011 [H.R. 3061], American Angler Preservation Act [H.R. 1646], Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2011 [H.R. 2772], A bill to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing [S.1980], Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act [S.1717], Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act of 2012 [H.R. 4208, S. 2184], Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 [H.R.4089])

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1717 (112th), H.R. 4208 (112th), S. 1813 (112th), S. 1400 (112th), H.R. 3096 (112th), H.R. 1171 (112th), S. 973 (112th), H.R. 2706 (112th), H.R. 2772 (112th), S. 1119 (112th), S. 2184 (112th), S. 1701 (112th), H.R. 4348 (112th), H.R. 1646 (112th), H.R. 3061 (112th), S. 1991 (112th), H.R. 2304 (112th), S. 1916 (112th), S. 1451 (112th), H.R. 2484 (112th), H.R. 4089 (112th), H.R. 7 (112th), S. 1980 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Offshore and Arctic drilling (Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act [H.R.3429], to establish in the Department of the Interior an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals and a Bureau of Ocean Energy, and Ocean Energy Safety Service, and an Office of Natural resources Revenue, and for other purposes; National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act [H.R.2150]; Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act [H.R.4301])

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3429 (112th), H.R. 4301 (112th), H.R. 2150 (112th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Approval and labeling of genetically modified salmon (H.R.520 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish; S.229 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically-engineered fish; H.R.521 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically engineered fish)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: S. 229 (112th), H.R. 520 (112th), H.R. 521 (112th)