OCEAN AND COASTAL LEGISLATION
Following release of the reports by the Pew and U.S. Oceans Commissions, numerous ocean and coast related bills and resolutions were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Below are summaries of bills from the 109th Congress.
House of Representatives
| Bill Number | HR 6 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) |
| Status | 8/08/05 Signed by the President and became Public Law No 109-058 |
| Caption | To ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00006: |
| Bill Number | HR 50 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) |
| Status | 5/19/05 Hearings held by the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans |
| Caption | To provide for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00050: |
| Bill Number | HR 465 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) |
| Status | 2/10/05 Referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | To provide for the establishment of a tsunami hazard mitigation program for all United States insular areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00465: |
| Bill Number | HR 499 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) |
| Status | 2/09/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | To provide for the development of a global tsunami detection and warning system, to improve existing communication of tsunami warnings to all potentially affected nations, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00499: |
| Bill Number | HR 882 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) |
| Status | 3/03/05 Referred to House Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards |
| Caption | To require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish a tsunami hazard mitigation program for all United States coastal States and insular areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00882: |
| Bill Number | HR 889 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Don Young (R-AK) |
| Status | 07/12/06 Became Public Law 109-241 |
| Caption | To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2006, to make technical corrections to various laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00889: |
| Bill Number | HR 890 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 3/3/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards and Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | A bill to provide for the establishment of national and global tsunami warning systems and to provide assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami and for the reconstruction of tsunami-affected countries. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00890: |
| Bill Number | HR 907 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY) |
| Status | 3/03/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources |
| Caption | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities otherwise authorized by that Act. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00907: |
| Bill Number | HR 1431 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Nick Rahall II (D-WV) |
| Status | 5/3/06 Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries hearings held |
| Caption | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to modify requirements for the appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01431: |
| Bill Number | HR 1442 |
| Sponsor | Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-WI) |
| Status | 10/06/06 Became Public Law 109-304. |
| Caption | A bill to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as positive law. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01442: |
| Bill Number | HR 1489 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 04/19/05 Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans hearings held |
| Caption | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal ocean observation system. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01489: |
| Bill Number | HR 1584 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Kurt Weldon (R-PA) |
| Status | 05/26/05 Referred to Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards and referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | A bill to develop and maintain an integrated system of coastal and ocean observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of tsunamis and other natural hazards, to enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01584: |
| Bill Number | HR 1591 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 5/4/05 Referred to the Subcommittee of Water Resources and the Environment and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01591: |
| Bill Number | HR 1596 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA) |
| Status | 4/18/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources |
| Caption | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to promote uses on the Outer Continental Shelf. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01596: |
| Bill Number | HR 1636 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) |
| Status | 4/12/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment |
| Caption | To establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into the waters of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01636: |
| Bill Number | HR 1674 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) |
| Status | 12/20/06 Became Public Law 109-424. |
| Caption | Bill to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be carried out by the National Weather Service, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01674: |
| Bill Number | HR 1712 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) |
| Status | 5/18/06 introductory remarks made |
| Caption | To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01712: |
| Bill Number | HR 1798 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 4/26/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and executive comment requested from Interior |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01798: |
| Bill Number | HR 2059 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 5/10/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and executive comment requested from Commerce |
| Caption | To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02059: |
| Bill Number | HR 2129 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) |
| Status | 5/18/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment, the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research, and the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards |
| Caption | To improve the coordination of programs for the Great Lakes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02129: |
| Bill Number | HR 2130 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 7/21/05 Reported our of House Committee on Resources and placed on calendar |
| Caption | To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize research programs to better understand and protect marine mammals, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02130: |
| Bill Number | HR 2323 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) |
| Status | 9/27/05 Introductory remarks made on the measure |
| Caption | To establish a program of research and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02323: |
| Bill Number | HR 2376 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) |
| Status | 5/20/05 Referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| Caption | To designate the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Refuge, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02376: |
| Bill Number | HR 2673 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Joel Hefley (R-CO) |
| Status | 6/08/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and executive comments requested from Commerce |
| Caption | To protect diverse and structurally complex areas of the seafloor in the United States exclusive economic zone by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02673: |
| Bill Number | HR 2864 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Don Young (R-AK) |
| Status | 09/19/06 Conference committee established. |
| Caption | To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02864: |
| Bill Number | HR 2939 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Kurt Weldon (R-PA) |
| Status | 06/29/05 Referred to Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards |
| Caption | A bill to establish a national policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a Committee on Ocean Policy, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02939: |
| Bill Number | HR 3187 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ) |
| Status | 6/30/05 Referred to the House Committee on Resources |
| Caption | To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal watersheds and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03187: |
| Bill Number | HR 3278 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Thomas Allen (D-ME) |
| Status | 7/21/05 Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and executive comments requested from Commerce |
| Caption | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to establish requirements for fishing quota systems, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03278: |
| Bill Number | HR 3469 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) |
| Status | 8/8/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | To prohibit the import, export, and take of certain coral reef species, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03469: |
| Bill Number | HR 3692 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 9/26/05 Referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
| Caption | To establish a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Coast Guard to help identify, determine sources of, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety, in coordination with non-Federal entities, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03692: |
| Bill Number | HR 3778 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL) |
| Status | 9/26/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards |
| Caption | To establish ocean bottom trawl areas in which trawling is permitted, to protect deep-sea corals and sponges, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03778: |
| Bill Number | HR 3824 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) |
| Status | 9/29/05 Passed the House and was sent to the Senate |
| Caption | To amend and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03824: |
| Bill Number | HR 3835 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ) |
| Status | 5/3/06 Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans hearings held |
| Caption | To establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03835: |
| Bill Number | HR 4075 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) |
| Status | 12/06/06 Passes Senate wtih an amendment and an amendment to the title by unanimous consent. |
| Caption | To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to provide for better understanding and protection of marine mammals, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04075: |
| Bill Number | HR 4686 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 4/27/06 Placed on calendar |
| Caption | To reauthorize various fisheries management laws, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04686: |
| Bill Number | HR 4761 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) |
| Status | 07/10/06 Received in the Senate. 08/03/06 Read for the first time in the Senate. 09/05/06 Read for the second time in the Senate. |
| Caption | To provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04761: |
| Bill Number | HR 4771 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL) |
| Status | 02/17/06 Referred to the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
| Caption | To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to require application to all vessels equipped with ballast water tanks, including vessels that are not carrying ballast water, the requirement to carry out exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.4771: |
| Bill Number | HR 4778 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) |
| Status | 3/20/06 Referred to House Committee on Armed Service Subcommittee on Readiness |
| Caption | To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a survey and monitoring of off-shore sites in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands where chemical munitions were disposed of by the Armed Forces, to support research regarding the public and environmental health impacts of chemical munitions disposal in the ocean, and to require the preparation of a report on remediation plans for such disposal sites. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR04778:@@@X |
| Bill Number | HR 4782 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) |
| Status | 02/24/06 Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources and executive comments requested from Interior |
| Caption | To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04782: |
| Bill Number | HR 4783 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL) |
| Status | 02/24/06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and executive comments requested from Interior |
| Caption | To prohibit offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04783: |
| Bill Number | HR 4788 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) |
| Status | 02/27/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce. |
| Caption | To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.4788.IH: |
| Bill Number | HR 4940 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) |
| Status | 4/25/06 Committee hearings held |
| Caption | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04940: |
| Bill Number | HR 4953 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) |
| Status | 3/21/06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and executive comment requested from Interior |
| Caption | To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04953: |
| Bill Number | HR 5018 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) |
| Status | 07/17/06 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 323 |
| Caption | To reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.+5018: |
| Bill Number | HR 5030 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) |
| Status | 04/19/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce. Referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
| Caption | To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish vessel ballast water management requirements, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5030: |
| Bill Number | HR 5051 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 04/19/06 Referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce. |
| Caption | To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2007 through 2012, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR05051: |
| Bill Number | HR 5100 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) |
| Status | 04/19/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce. Referred to Subcommitte on Environment, Technology and Standards, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
| Caption | To establish a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5100: |
| Bill Number | HR 5213 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) |
| Status | 05/03/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce. Referred to the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans. |
| Caption | To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salmon and to develop and implement a research and recovery plan for Klamath River salmon, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5213.IH: |
| Bill Number | HR 5353 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) |
| Status | 05/11/06 Referred to House Committee on International Relations. |
| Caption | To permit United States companies to participate in the exploration for and the extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5353.IH: |
| Bill Number | HR 5461 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) |
| Status | 05/23/06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Evironment, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marirtime Transportation, and the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. |
| Caption | To authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out water resources projects and activities for the coastal area of Louisiana, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.05461: |
| Bill Number | HR 5649 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL) |
| Status | 06/28/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of the Interior. |
| Caption | To provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5649.IH: |
| Bill Number | HR 5672 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) |
| Status | 7/13/2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516. |
| Caption | Making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5672: |
| Bill Number | HR 5872 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ) |
| Status | 08/07/06 Executive comment requested from the Departmet of Interior and the Department of Commerce. Referred to the Subcommitee on Fisheries and Oceans, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
| Caption | To restore, protect, and preserve the natural, chemical, physical and biological integrity, and the economic potentialities, of the New York/New Jersey Bight through designation and establishment of the New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone and the regulation of various activities therein, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5872.IH: |
| Bill Number | HR 5946 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) |
| Status | 01/12/07 Became Public Law 109-479. |
| Caption | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize activities to promote improved monitoring and compliance for high seas fisheries, or fisheries governed by international fishery management agreements, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5946: |
| Bill Number | HR 6202 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) |
| Status | 10/02/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Interior and referred to House Subcommittee on National Parks. |
| Caption | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Ka'u Coast on the island of Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.6202.IH: |
| Bill Number | HR 6241 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) |
| Status | 10/04/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce and referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans. |
| Caption | To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.6241: |
| Bill Number | HRES 391 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) |
| Status | 07/27/05 Referred to House Committee on Rules |
| Caption | A resolution that there is hereby established a Task Force on Ocean Policy. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.res.00391: |
| Bill Number | HRES 599 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 12/14/05 Failed to pass |
| Caption | A resolution establishing the Task Force on Ocean Policy. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.res.00599: |
| Bill Number | HRES 824 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL) |
| Status | 05/22/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce and referred to the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, and the House Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards. |
| Caption | Recognizing the effects of harmful algal blooms, including Red Tide, on the environment, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:hres824: |
| Bill Number | HRES 856 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) |
| Status | 06/09/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce and referred to the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans. |
| Caption | Recognizing the national marine sanctuaries program as critical to managing the ocean and Great Lake resources of the United States, and commending local and State partners and volunteers of the program for their contribution. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.+Res.+856: |
| Bill Number | HCONRES 120 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) |
| Status | 4/29/05 Referred to the House Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. |
| Caption | Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the world's freshwater resources. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.con.res.00120: |
| Bill Number | HCONRES 164 |
| Sponsor | Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA) |
| Status | 05/23/05 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations |
| Caption | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the policy of the United States at the 57th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.con.res.00164: |
| Bill Number |
S 10 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) |
| Status | 8/8/05 Became Public Law 109-58 |
| Caption | An original bill to enhance the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00010: |
| Bill Number | S 34 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Joseph Liberman (D-CT) |
| Status | 1/24/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to provide for the development of a global tsunami detection and warning system, to improve existing communication of tsunami warnings to all potentially affected nations, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00034: |
| Bill Number | S 39 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) |
| Status | 7/1/05 Passed the Senate with amendment and referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | A bill to establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00039: |
| Bill Number | S 50 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) |
| Status | 7/1/05 passed the Senate with amendment and referred to the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | A bill to authorize and strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00050: |
| Bill Number | S 360 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) |
| Status | 9/15/05 Placed on the Senate Legislative calendar |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00360: |
| Bill Number | S 361 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) |
| Status | 7/1/05 Passed Senate with Amendment and referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | A bill to develop and maintain an integrated system of ocean and coastal observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans and Great Lakes, improve warning of tsunamis and other natural hazards, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00361: |
| Bill Number | S 362 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) |
| Status | 12/22/06 Became Public Law 109-449. |
| Caption | A bill to establish a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Coast Guard to help identify, determine sources of, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety, in coordination with non-Federal entities, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00362: |
| Bill Number | S 364 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) |
| Status | 7/13/05 Placed on Senate calendar |
| Caption | A bill to establish a program within the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to integrate Federal coastal and ocean mapping activities. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00364: |
| Bill Number | S 452 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) |
| Status | 2/17/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to provide for the establishment of national and global tsunami warning systems and to provide assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami and for the reconstruction of tsunami-affected countries. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00452: |
| Bill Number | S 508 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) |
| Status | 3/3/05 Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works |
| Caption | A bill to provide for the environmental restoration of the Great Lakes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00508: |
| Bill Number | S 728 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) |
| Status | 07/19/06 Senate incorporated this measure in HR 2864 as an amendment. |
| Caption | A bill to provide for the consideration and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00728: |
| Bill Number | S 734 |
| Sponsor | Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) |
| Status | 4/6/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to provide for agreements between Federal agencies to partner or transfer funds to accomplish erosion goals relating to the coastal area of Louisiana, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00734: |
| Bill Number | S 770 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) |
| Status | 4/13/05 Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00770: |
| Bill Number | S 793 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) |
| Status | 4/14/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into the waters of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00793: |
| Bill Number | S 880 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) |
| Status | 3/9/06 Introductory remarks made on the measure |
| Caption | A bill to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00880: |
| Bill Number | S 878 |
| Sponsor | Sen. John Corzine (D-NJ) |
| Status | 4/21/05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00878: |
| Bill Number | S 1026 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) |
| Status | 5/12/05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
| Caption | A bill to ensure that offshore energy development on the outer Continental Shelf continues to serve the needs of the United States, to create opportunities for new development and the use of alternative resources, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01026: |
| Bill Number | S 1195 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) |
| Status | 6/8/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to provide the necessary authority to the Secretary of Commerce for the establishment and implementation of a regulatory system for offshore aquaculture in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.1195.IS: |
| Bill Number | S 1215 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) |
| Status | 3/27/06 Placed on Senate legislative calendar |
| Caption | A bill to authorize the acquisition of interests in underdeveloped coastal areas in order better to ensure their protection from development. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.1215: |
| Bill Number | S 1224 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) |
| Status | 6/9/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to protect the oceans, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01224: |
| Bill Number | S 1280 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) |
| Status | 10/27/05 Senate passed companion measure H.R. 889 in lieu of this measure |
| Caption | A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01280: |
| Bill Number | S 1346 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) |
| Status | 12/20/06 Became Public Law 109-436. |
| Caption | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of maritime sites in the State of Michigan. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01346: |
| Bill Number | S 1465 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) |
| Status | 7/22/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to strengthen programs relating to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes science training by providing coordination of efforts, greater interagency cooperation, and the strengthening and expansion of related programs administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and to diversify the ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes science community by attracting underrepresented groups. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01465: |
| Bill Number | S 1549 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) |
| Status | 7/28/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to improve the conservation and management of Pacific whiting, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01549: |
| Bill Number | S 1635 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) |
| Status | 9/8/05 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to establish ocean bottom trawl areas in which trawling is permitted, to protect deep sea corals and sponges, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01635: |
| Bill Number | S 1753 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) |
| Status | 12/8/05 Placed on Senate calendar |
| Caption | A bill to establish a unified national hazard alert system, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01753: |
| Bill Number | S 1810 |
| Sponsor | Sen. John Warner (R-VA) |
| Status | 10/3/05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to allow certain coastal States to share in qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01810: |
| Bill Number | S 2012 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) |
| Status | 4/4/06 Placed on Senate legislative calendar |
| Caption | A bill to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02012: |
| Bill Number | S 2029 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) |
| Status | 11/17/05 Placed on Senate Legislative calendar |
| Caption | An original bill to amend and enhance certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02029: |
| Bill Number | S 2239 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) |
| Status | 07/31/06 Introductory remarks made on measure. |
| Caption | A bill to prohibit offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02239: |
| Bill Number | S 2294 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) |
| Status | 3/9/06 Introductory remarks made |
| Caption | A bill to permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02294: |
| Bill Number | S 2295 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) |
| Status | 2/16/06 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
| Caption | A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a survey and monitoring of off-shore sites in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands where chemical munitions were disposed of by the Army Forces, to support research regarding the public and environmental health impacts of chemical munitions disposal in the ocean, and to require the preparation of a report on remediation plans for such disposal sites. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02295: |
| Bill Number | S 2316 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) |
| Status | 2/16/06 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02316: |
| Bill Number | S 2384 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) |
| Status | 03/08/06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| Caption | A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing and provide a portion of the revenues from that leasing to producing States and coastal political subdivisions. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.2384.IS: |
| Bill Number | S 2422 |
| Sponsor | Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) |
| Status | 3/15/06 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to establish a Conservation and Habitat Restoration Fund and to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants to States for coastal zone management, coastal wetlands conservation, coastal land protection, and fisheries habitat restoration, and to improve understanding of coastal areas, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02422: |
| Bill Number | S 2430 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) |
| Status | 10/11/06 Became Public Law 109-326. |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02430: |
| Bill Number | S 2440 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) |
| Status | 3/16/06 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Caption | A bill to provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, to strengthen the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02440: |
| Bill Number | S 2545 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) |
| Status | 04/05/06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| Caption | A bill to establish a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.2545: |
| Bill Number | S 2649 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) |
| Status | 04/25/06 Read Twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| Caption | A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by the declining Klamath River salmon and to develop and implement a research and recovery plan for Klamath River salmon, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02649: |
| Bill Number | S 2787 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) |
| Status | 09/21/06 Introductory remarks made on measure. |
| Caption | A bill to permit United States persons to participate in the exploration for and the extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:34:./temp/~bd1K37:: |
| Bill Number | S 4058 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) |
| Status | 11/16/06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| Caption | A bill to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.4058.IS: |
| Bill Number | S 4111 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) |
| Status | 12/08/06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| Caption | A bill to provide for certain water resources projects in the State of Louisiana. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:45:./temp/~bdpdSp:: |
| Bill Number | SRES 33 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) |
| Status | 3/15/05 Introductory remarks made |
| Caption | A resolution urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.res.00033: |
| Bill Number | SRES 99 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) |
| Status | 4/6/05 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Caption | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to condemn the inhumane and unnecessary slaughter of small cetaceans, including Dall's porpoise, the bottlenose dolphin, Risso's dolphin, false killer whales, pilot whales, the striped dolphin, and the spotted dolphin in certain nations. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.res.00099: |
| Bill Number | SRES 510 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) |
| Status | 06/13/06 Introductory remarks made on the measure and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
| Caption | A resolution designating the period beginning on June 28, 2006, and ending on July 5, 2006, as "National Clean Beaches Week", supporting the goals and ideals of that week, and recognizing the considerable value and role of beaches in the culture of the United States. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.+Res.+510: |
| Bill Number | SCONRES 33 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) |
| Status | 5/16/05 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Caption | A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the policy of the United States at the 57th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.con.res.00033: |
| Bill Number | SCONRES 99 |
| Sponsor | Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) |
| Status | 06/12/06 Introductory remarks made and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| Caption | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the policy of the United States at the 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.CON.RES.99: |