OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing; Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013 [H.R.3099, S.1161]); Offshore Fairness Act [H.R.1430, S.681]; REFI Pacific Act [H.R.2646, S.1275]; Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act [H.R.3063]; Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act [S.1521]; Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization language in both the House and Senate (Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management [H.R.4742]); National Ocean Policy provisions / amendments to various appropriations packages (Commerce-Justice-Science [H.R.4660], Interior & EPA [H.R.5171], Energy & Water Development [H.R.4923], Continuing Appropriations Resolution [H.J.Res 124])

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

Bills named: S. 1521 (113th), H.R. 2646 (113th), H.R. 4660 (113th), S. 1161 (113th), H.R. 1430 (113th), H.R. 4923 (113th), S. 1275 (113th), H.R. 4742 (113th), S. 681 (113th), H.R. 5171 (113th), H.R. 3063 (113th), H.R. 3099 (113th), H.J.Res. 124 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations for FY15 and FY16, especially NOAA funding generally as well as lines within NOAA such as Regional Coastal Resilience Grants; Commerce-Justice-Science [H.R.4660, S.2437]; Interior & EPA [H.R.5171]; Energy & Water Development [H.R.4923]; Continuing Appropriations Resolution [H.J.Res 124]

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

Bills named: H.J.Res. 124 (113th), H.R. 4660 (113th), H.R. 4923 (113th), H.R. 5171 (113th), S. 2437 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Monuments (Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act [H.R. 1459] and the expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument); Ocean Acidification (Coastal Communities Acidification Act of 2014 (H.R.4692), Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2014 [H.R.4732]); Marine Debris (Land Based Marine Debris Reduction Act of 2014 (H.R.5283); 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act [H.R.4315]; Various environmental provisions in the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act [H.R.4315]

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

Bills named: H.R. 5283 (113th), H.R. 4692 (113th), H.R. 1459 (113th), H.R. 4315 (113th), H.R. 4732 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Provisions that would expanded offshore drilling (Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 [H.R.4899], Offshore Energy and Jobs Act (H.R.2231), H.Res 641)

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

Bills named: H.R. 4899 (113th), H.Res. 641 (113th), H.R. 2231 (113th)