3.0.0 858 2023-01-11T13:19:23Z 2023-01-11T13:19:23Z Senate S S 2009-04-22 111 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-22T17:24:30Z 2009-04-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2009-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-04-22 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-04-22 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-04-22 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-04-22 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Atmospheric science and weather Climate change and greenhouse gases Department of Commerce Ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government information and archives Government trust funds Great Lakes International organizations and cooperation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Minority education Postal service Science and engineering education Student aid and college costs Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-14T20:09:54Z National Oceans Protection Act of 2009 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to secure the full range of benefits of healthy ocean and Great Lakes ecosystems.

Establishes a national ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes policy and related principles. Requires each federal agency, as possible and in accordance with other laws, to interpret and administer policies, regulations, and laws in accordance with such policy.

Ernest "Fritz" Hollings National Ocean Policy and Leadership Act - Formally establishes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a civilian agency and transfers to NOAA's administrator any NOAA-related authority previously vested in the Secretary of Commerce.

Establishes: (1) a National Ocean Advisor and a Council on Ocean Stewardship in the Executive Office of the President; and (2) a Presidential Panel of Advisers on Oceans and Climate.

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: (1) the Committee on Ocean Science, Education, and Operations; (2) a marine biodiversity research program; (3) a network of regional Ocean Ecosystem Resource Information Systems; (4) a national interagency ocean and coastal public education program; (5) the National Ocean Science and Technology Scholarship Program; (6) the NOAA Office of Education; and (7) an educational partnership with minority-serving institutions.

Requires a national mass media campaign to increase public awareness of oceans.

Establishes the Ocean and Great Lakes Conservation Trust Fund.

Requires payments to coastal states for Regional Ocean Strategic Plan activities.

Authoirzes the United States Postal Service (USPS) to consider printing a special postage stamp to enable the public to help protect, maintain, and restore marine ecosystems.

]]> National Oceans Protection Act of 2009 Display Title National Oceans Protection Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect the oceans and Great Lakes, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Oceans Protection Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Ernest "Fritz" Hollings National Ocean Policy and Leadership Act Introduced in Senate 2009-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s858is/xml/BILLS-111s858is.xml 2009-04-22 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.