MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE for MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

National Marine Sanctuaries Reauthorization (no bill yet) H.R. 3534 - Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 House of Representatives Organic Act (no bill yet) S. 3344 - BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010 Costa Rican Government Bill 17.383 - Law to rectify the Leatherback Marine National Park's Boundaries and Creation of Guanacaste's Leatherback National Wildlife Refuge. S. 3344 - BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010. H.Res. 518 - Honoring the life of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, explorer, researcher, and pioneer in the field of marine conservation. House Marine Spatial Planning Bill (no Bill number yet)

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 3344 (111th), H.Res. 518 (111th), H.R. 3534 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbying for FY2011 (no Bill number yet) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - appropriations relating to marine conservation programs including: NOAA overall budget, Hawaiian monk seal funding, Marine Protected Areas Center, National Marine Sanctuaries Program, Marine Debris Program, Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Marine National Monuments, National Ocean Policy and Marine Spatial Planning implementation within NOAA and Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Program. Lobbying for FY2011 (no Bill number yet) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - appropriations relating to US Fish and Wildlife Service on marine refuges, monuments, and The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Lobbying for FY2011 (no Bill number yet) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - appropriations relating to the US Coast Guard, specifically on marine debris appropriations. In response to Presidental Memorandum (June 12, 2009) concerning a National Ocean Policy and Marine Spatial Planning. Lobbying for federal policy and associated budgets with the Office of Management and Budget and Department of Commerce.

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)