OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues relating to appropriations including the Commerce, Justice, Science, Interior and Environment, State and Foreign Operations, Energy and Water, and Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, including issues relating to ocean specific issues, such as NOAA funding, marine debris, ocean acidification, Sea Grant, regional ocean data portals, fisheries service, as well as BOEM (renewable energy and issues relating to offshore oil and gas), and shipping and ports (issues relating to MARAD and port infrastructure grant programs).

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

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, ocean exploration and mapping, climate change, marine debris, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA. Marine Wildlife, Fisheries Potential legislation regarding MSA reauthorization and climate-ready fisheries Climate Change H.R.1-- Lower Energy Costs Act (regarding marine renewables, offshore drilling, and permitting) Potential legislation regarding shipping emissions, offshore oil and gas drilling, offshore wind and marine renewables, hydrogen energy, and ocean carbon dioxide removal S.647 -- Hydrogen for Ports Act of 2023 Marine Debris H.R.886/S.318-- To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes Potential legislation regarding plastic pollution Other H.R.1705/ S.919-- To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes. H.R.913/S.373-- RISEE 'Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems' Act Potential legislation regarding coastal conservation

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Maritime Administration (MARAD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Bills named: S. 647 (118th), H.R. 886 (118th), H.R. 913 (118th), H.R. 1705 (118th), S. 919 (118th), S. 318 (118th), S. 373 (118th), H.R. 1 (118th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Legislation relating to offshore oil and gas, OCSLA reforms, DOI Five Year Plan, offshore oil safety rules (Arctic drilling rule), oil spill response, offshore wind energy, port infrastructure, clean shipping, CZMA, and renewable marine resources. H.R.470-- To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington. H.R.1443-- To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. H.R.1320/S.617 -- COAST Anti-Drilling Act H.R.470/S.22 -- West Coast Ocean Protection Act Potential legislation related to offshore oil and gas drilling, offshore wind energy, and marine renewable energy.

Contacted: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Maritime Administration (MARAD); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 617 (118th), H.R. 470 (118th), S. 22 (118th), H.R. 1443 (118th), H.R. 1320 (118th)

Animals ANI

Issues pertaining to marine wildlife and protected areas, marine mammals, Ringed and Bearded Seal habitat designation, Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, Endangered Species Act, and Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES