OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) Appropriations (specifically, funding for NOAA) and Interior & Environment for FY12, [H.R. 2596 / S. 1572 and H. 2112 (Minibus)], respectively. CJS Appropriations for FY13.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2596 (112th), S. 1572 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Offshore 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)

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

Bills named: H.R. 3429 (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; H.R.521 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically-engineered fish)

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

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

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

National Endowment for the Oceans [S.973, S.1991], RESTORE Act [S. 1400, H.R. 3096], 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 counciles; 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])

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

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