A bill to establish 4 regional institutes as centers of excellence for research, planning, and related efforts to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas.

3.0.0 3515 2020-02-12T18:55:58Z 2020-02-12T18:55:58Z Senate S S 2008-09-18 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-18T19:22:34Z 2008-09-18 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N Public Lands and Natural Resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Coastal zone Economics and Public Finance Education Environmental Protection Environmental research Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Great Lakes Higher education Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oceanography Research centers Science, Technology, Communications Water Resources Development Public Lands and Natural Resources

00 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-08T20:50:54Z Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish an Institute for Ocean and Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change at an institution of higher education in each of four separate regions of the United States; and (2) award grants to such educational institutions for research, planning, and related activities to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas, including the Great Lakes.

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A bill to establish 4 regional institutes as centers of excellence for research, planning, and related efforts to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas. Display Title A bill to establish 4 regional institutes as centers of excellence for research, planning, and related efforts to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas. Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish 4 regional institutes as centers of excellence for research, planning, and related efforts to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3515is/xml/BILLS-110s3515is.xml 2008-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.