US HB21 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 71-1-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-18 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-18 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Ocean Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to secure for future U.S. generations the full range of benefits of healthy marine ecosystems. Specifies a national ocean policy and related principles. Requires each federal agency to act in accordance with that policy. Reestablishes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its leadership. (NOAA was created by the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970.) Includes in NOAA the National Weather Service and the Science Advisory Board. Establishes a National Ocean Advisor in the Executive Office of the President. Reestablishes in the Executive Office of the President the Committee on Ocean Policy, which was originally established by executive order. Establishes a Council of Advisors on Ocean Policy to advise the President. Designates nine ocean regions to promote coordinated regional efforts to implement the national ocean policy. Requires the NOAA Administrator to establish or designate a Regional Ocean Partnership for each region and requires each Partnership to prepare a Regional Ocean Strategic Plan. Establishes the Ocean and Great Lakes Conservation Trust Fund. Requires payments to coastal states for Regional Ocean Strategic Plan activities.Requires the United States Postal Service (USPS) to print a special postage stamp to enable the public to help protect, maintain, and restore marine ecosystems.
Title
Ocean Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2009-06-18 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | |
2009-02-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. | |
2009-01-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. | |
2009-01-06 | Referred to House Science and Technology | |
2009-01-06 | Referred to House Natural Resources | |
2009-01-06 | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Atlantic Ocean
Atmospheric science and weather
Caribbean Sea
Department of Commerce
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental protection
Executive agency funding and structure
Executive Office of the President
Government trust funds
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Pacific Ocean
Postal service
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Aquatic ecology
Atlantic Ocean
Atmospheric science and weather
Caribbean Sea
Department of Commerce
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental protection
Executive agency funding and structure
Executive Office of the President
Government trust funds
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Pacific Ocean
Postal service
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/21/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr21/BILLS-111hr21ih.pdf |