OCEAN CONSERVANCY for OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Foreign Relations FOR

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

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

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

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

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

Animals ANI

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

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

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

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Ocean Acidification (Ocean Acidification Research Partnerships Act [H.R.845]); 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]); Ocean and coastal planning (Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act [H.R.1176], Digital Coast Act [S.110]) 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: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations for Commerce/Justice/Science (H.R.5393 and S.2837) as well as Interior (H.R.5538 and S.3068) and Energy & Water (H.R.5055 and S.2804) and Continuing Resolutions and omnibuses. 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: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 5055 (115th), S. 2837 (115th), S. 3068 (115th), S. 2804 (115th), H.R. 5538 (115th), H.R. 5393 (115th)