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.

Introduced in the 109th Congress

House of Representatives / Senate

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Senate

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: