OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 3093, S. 1745), for issues related to ocean conservation and management, in particular programs under the National Marine Fisheries Service and National Ocean Service within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007 (S. 1609); Interior and the Environment Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 2643, S. 1696), issues related to marine National Wildlife Refuges and the Multinational Species Conservation Fund; efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; the Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007 (H.R. 1205, S. 1580); accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; Ballast Water Management Act of 2007 (S. 1578). Also worked on several bills relating to the effects of climate change on the oceans, and to create and fund strategies for ocean adaptation to climate change, including: Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 (H.R. 3221, the natural resources adaptation title), Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 (H.R. 2337); Global Warming and Acidification Coastal and Ocean Resiliency Act (S. 2211); Climate Change Adaptation Act (S. 2355).

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; UNDETERMINED

Bills named: S. 1580 (110th), H.R. 2337 (110th), H.R. 21 (110th), H.R. 3093 (110th), S. 1609 (110th), H.R. 2643 (110th), S. 1745 (110th), S. 2355 (110th), S. 1578 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), S. 2211 (110th), H.R. 1205 (110th), S. 1696 (110th)