OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Commerce / Justice / Science and appropriations for FY13 [S.2323, H.R.5326] and FY14; Department of the Interior, Environment appropriation for FY13 [H.R.6091] and FY14

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

Bills named: S. 2323 (112th), H.R. 6091 (112th), H.R. 5326 (112th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

National Endowment for the Oceans [S.973, S.1991], RESTORE Act [S. 1400, H.R. 3096], (Transportation reauthorization [H.R.7, H.R.4348 and S.1813 all included amendments related to the previous two items as well), Marine Debris (Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments of 2011 [H.R. 1171], Trash Free Seas Act [S. 1119]), National Ocean Policy, Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011 [H.R. 2484, S.1701] Fisheries issues (NOAA and its relevant fisheries councils; Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011 [H.R. 2304, S.1916], Billfish Conservation Act [H.R. 2706, S. 1451], Flexibility and Access in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011 [H.R. 3061], American Angler Preservation Act [H.R. 1646], Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2011 [H.R. 2772], A bill to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing [S.1980], Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act [S.1717], Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act of 2012 [H.R. 4208, S. 2184], Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 [H.R.4089], Atlantic Fisheries Statutes Reauthorization Act of 2012 [H.R.6096])

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

Bills named: H.R. 3096 (112th), H.R. 3061 (112th), S. 1400 (112th), S. 1991 (112th), H.R. 1171 (112th), H.R. 2706 (112th), S. 2184 (112th), H.R. 2304 (112th), H.R. 2772 (112th), S. 973 (112th), H.R. 1646 (112th), H.R. 7 (112th), H.R. 4348 (112th), H.R. 4089 (112th), H.R. 6096 (112th), S. 1980 (112th), S. 1119 (112th), S. 1451 (112th), H.R. 4208 (112th), S. 1701 (112th), H.R. 2484 (112th), S. 1813 (112th), S. 1916 (112th), S. 1717 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Offshore and Arctic drilling (Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act [H.R.3429], to establish in the Department of the Interior an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals and a Bureau of Ocean Energy, and Ocean Energy Safety Service, and an Office of Natural resources Revenue, and for other purposes; National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act [H.R.2150]; Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act [H.R.4301] cont. Domestic Energy and Jobs Act [H.R.4480]; Congressional Replacement of President Obamas Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan [H.R.6082]; Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012 [S.3438]; Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2012 [S.3613])

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

Bills named: H.R. 4480 (112th), H.R. 3429 (112th), H.R. 4301 (112th), S. 3613 (112th), H.R. 2150 (112th), H.R. 6082 (112th), S. 3438 (112th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Approval and labeling of genetically modified salmon (H.R.520 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish; S.229 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically-engineered fish; H.R.521 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically engineered fish)

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

Bills named: H.R. 520 (112th), H.R. 521 (112th), S. 229 (112th)