OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Foreign Relations FOR

United States chairmanship of the Arctic Council, Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. Marine debris and plastics infrastructure at Our Oceans and UN conferences as well as otherwise engaging internationally (including Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016 [S.3086]). Foreign Oil Spill Protection Act [H.R.1684]. United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2015 [H.R. 1593].

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

Bills named: H.R. 1593 (114th), H.R. 1684 (114th), S. 3086 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Budget and appropriations for FY17, especially NOAA funding generally as well as lines within NOAA such as Regional Coastal Resilience Grants, and riders within base bills or offered as amendments, esp. those targeting National Ocean Policy. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015. Commerce-Justice-Science [H.R.5393, S.2837]; Energy & Water [H.R.5055, S.2804]; Interior & Environment [H.R.5538, S.3068]

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

Bills named: S. 2804 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th), S. 3068 (114th), H.R. 5055 (114th), H.R. 5393 (114th), S. 2837 (114th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization (Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act [H.R.1335]); Fisheries (Red Snapper Regulatory Reform Act [H.R.981], Gulf State Red Snapper Management Authority Act [H.R.1335], Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act [H.R.3521], Red Snapper Management Improvement Act[S.105], Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act [H.R.4576], South Atlantic Red Snapper Data Improvement Act [HR.3644], Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Act [H.R.3094], Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 [S.1334,HR.774], provisions of sportsmens packages [S.659, S.556]; Ocean acidification and communities or ecosystems affected by it (Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2015 [H.R.2553], Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2015 [H.R.1967], Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2015 [H.R. 2717], Coral Reef Sustainability through Innovation Act of 2016 [H.R.4811, S.2705], To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 [H.R.5771, H.R.5821]); Marine debris (including Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act [H.R. 1960], Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016 [S.3086]); National Ocean Policy; Gulf restoration efforts following Deepwater Horizon spill;

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

Bills named: S. 659 (114th), H.R. 3521 (114th), S. 3086 (114th), H.R. 1967 (114th), H.R. 2717 (114th), H.R. 5821 (114th), H.R. 3644 (114th), H.R. 5771 (114th), H.R. 981 (114th), H.R. 3094 (114th), S. 1334 (114th), H.R. 4576 (114th), S. 556 (114th), S. 105 (114th), H.R. 1335 (114th), H.R. 2553 (114th), S. 2705 (114th), H.R. 1960 (114th), H.R. 774 (114th), H.R. 4811 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Department of the Interior Five Year Plan, especially Alaska and Arctic lease areas. House and Senate energy packages (S.2012, House Energy Policy Modernization Act substitute language). Foreign Oil Spill Protection Act [H.R.1684]. Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act [S. 1278]. West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2015 [S.2155].

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

Bills named: H.R. 1684 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), S. 1278 (114th), S. 2155 (114th)