OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Foreign Relations FOR

Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017 [H.R.468] [S.125]

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

Bills named: H.R. 468 (115th), S. 125 (115th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Ocean Acidification (Ocean Acidification Research Partnerships Act [H.R.845], Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2017 [H.R.2203], Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017 [H.R.2719]); Fisheries (Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act [H.R.200], Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act [H.R.1411], Finding Innovative Lionfish Elimination Technologies Act of 2017 [H.R.943], Local Fishing Access Act [H.R.1195], Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 [H.R.2023]); Ocean and coastal planning (Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act [H.R.1176], Digital Coast Act [S.110], Gulf States Protection and Restoration Coordination Act [S.1373]) Misc. (Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of 2017 [H.R.1726], Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2017 [H.R.237], National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017 [S.129])

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

Bills named: H.R. 2719 (115th), H.R. 200 (115th), H.R. 1726 (115th), H.R. 1176 (115th), S. 110 (115th), H.R. 1411 (115th), H.R. 1195 (115th), H.R. 237 (115th), H.R. 2023 (115th), H.R. 943 (115th), S. 129 (115th), H.R. 2203 (115th), H.R. 845 (115th), S. 1373 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations for Commerce/Justice/Science (H.R.3267) as well as Interior (H.R.3354) and Energy & Water (H.R.3266) and omnibuses / "minibuses." We focused on funding for NOAA and specific programs within it, including fisheries and ocean acidification and Coastal Zone Management Grants, as well as combating amendments targeting said programs. Action on Interior and E&W focused on anti-rider efforts.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3266 (115th), H.R. 3267 (115th), H.R. 3354 (115th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Offshore oil and gas, specifically in the Arctic (Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf [H.J.Res.70] [H.J.Res.47] [H.J.Res.34], Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 [H.R.1784], Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act [H.R.2261], Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 [S.1460] and potential amendments)

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

Bills named: S. 1460 (115th), H.R. 2261 (115th), H.J.Res. 70 (115th), H.J.Res. 47 (115th), H.J.Res. 34 (115th), H.R. 1784 (115th)

Animals ANI

Efforts to curtail Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species Act, or National Environmental Policy Act protections, as well as other regulations (Saving Americas Endangered Species Act [H.R.2603]). Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule [H.J.Res.38]

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

Bills named: H.J.Res. 38 (115th), H.R. 2603 (115th)