OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Animals ANI

Issues pertaining to marine wildlife, marine mammals, Marine Mammal Protection Act, proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act. Marine Wildlife and Fisheries: H.R.158 - SAVE Right Whales Act

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 158 (116th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, red tide/blue-green algae generally, red snapper fishing regulations, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, USCG PARS, implementation of EO 13840, climate change and our oceans, regional ocean data portals and ocean data legislation generally. Ocean Acidification/Harmful Algal Blooms/Water Quality: H.R.335/S.10 - South Florida Coastal Waters Act of 2019 H.R.414 - Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act H.R.462 - Everglades for the Next Generation Act H.R.988 - NEAR Act of 2019 H.R.1237 - COAST Research Act of 2019 H.R.1716/S.778 - Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019 H.R.1834 - Defending Our National Marine Sanctuaries from Damaging Chemicals Act of 2019 H.R.1921 - Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2019 S.914 - Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2019 Marine Wildlife and Fisheries: H.R.158 - SAVE Right Whales Act H.R.1979/S.906 - Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act S.908 - Fluke Fairness Act of 2019 Ocean and Coastal Planning/ Ocean Data/Ocean Climate: H.R.9 - Climate Action Now Act S.810 COASTAL Implementation Act of 2019 S.933 BLUE GLOBE Act

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Bills named: S. 933 (116th), H.R. 1716 (116th), H.R. 462 (116th), S. 778 (116th), H.R. 988 (116th), H.R. 1979 (116th), H.R. 335 (116th), H.R. 158 (116th), H.R. 1237 (116th), H.R. 414 (116th), H.R. 9 (116th), H.R. 1921 (116th), S. 908 (116th), S. 810 (116th), S. 10 (116th), S. 906 (116th), H.R. 1834 (116th), S. 914 (116th)

Science/Technology SCI

Issues pertaining to scientific integrity [H.R.1709/S.775 Scientific Integrity Act].

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: S. 775 (116th), H.R. 1709 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations bills related to ocean specific issues, such as NOAA funding (marine debris, fisheries, ocean acidification, Sea Grant, regional ocean portals, Coastal Zone Management Grants, marine mammal & other species, PFMC Climate and Communities, Marine Operations & Maintenance) , DOI funding (BOEM,BSEE, and other OCS related amendments and riders), USCG funding specifically for icebreaker funds, and amendments that targeted programs. H.R. 21 - Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R.266 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R.268 - Making Supplemental Appropriations for FY 2019 H.R.648 - 2nd Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.J.Res.27 - FY2019 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act H.J.Res.28 - FY2019 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act H.J.Res.31 - Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Bills named: H.R. 21 (116th), H.J.Res. 31 (116th), H.J.Res. 28 (116th), H.R. 268 (116th), H.J.Res. 27 (116th), H.R. 648 (116th), H.R. 266 (116th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Offshore oil and gas, OCSLA reforms, DoI five year plan, offshore oil safety rules (well control rule), oil spill response, offshore wind energy. Offshore Oil: H.R.205 - Protecting and Securing Floridas Coastline Act of 2019 H.R.279 - California Clean Coast Act of 2019 H.R.286 - Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R.287 - New England Coastal Protection Act H.R.291 - Coastal Economies Protection Act H.R.309 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2019 H.R.310 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2019 H.R.337 - Defend our Coast Act H.R.341 - COAST Anti-Drilling Act H.R.1149 - Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act H.R.1335 - Safe COAST Act H.R.1606/S.828 - Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act H.R.1941 - Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act S.13 - Florida Shores Protection and Fairness Act

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1335 (116th), H.R. 310 (116th), S. 13 (116th), H.R. 1606 (116th), H.R. 1149 (116th), H.R. 287 (116th), H.R. 286 (116th), S. 828 (116th), H.R. 205 (116th), H.R. 337 (116th), H.R. 291 (116th), H.R. 341 (116th), H.R. 279 (116th), H.R. 309 (116th), H.R. 1941 (116th)