3.0.0 2154 2019-11-15T21:52:17Z 2019-11-15T21:52:17Z Senate S S 2012-03-05 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-05T21:29:01Z Arctic Ocean Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2012 112 2147 S 2012-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1199-1200) Related bill CRS 2012-03-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2012-03-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK N Science, Technology, Communications Alaska Arctic Ocean Climate change and greenhouse gases Ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fishes Government trust funds Mammals Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation Navigation, waterways, harbors Research administration and funding Sales and excise taxes Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Science, Technology, Communications 00 2012-03-05 Introduced in Senate 2012-04-12T21:02:18Z Arctic Science Endowment Act - Establishes the Arctic Ocean Research, Monitoring, and Observation Program to be administered by the North Pacific Research Board with input and assistance from the Arctic Research Commission.

Requires the Program to include marine, coastal, and estuarine: (1) research of fisheries, ecosystem food webs, and spatial distributions of fish and other wildlife; (2) monitoring and observation, including expansion of the Alaska Ocean Observing System in the Arctic; (3) research, monitoring, observation, and modeling to support planning, environmental review, decisionmaking, evaluation, impact and natural resources damage assessment, and adaptive management with respect to industrial and other human activities in the Arctic, environmental change, and the interactive and cumulative effects in the Arctic.

Directs: (1) the Board and Commission to jointly prepare an Arctic Ocean science plan, and (2) the Board to submit the plan to the National Research Council. Requires that the plan be reviewed and updated at least once every five years.

Establishes a grant program to award grants for research, monitoring, and observation under the science plan.

Directs the Commission to annually review and recommend to the Board ongoing and future strategies and priorities.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Arctic Ocean Research, Monitoring, and Observation Trust Fund to carry out the Program.

]]> Arctic Science Endowment Act Short Titles as Introduced Arctic Science Endowment Act Display Title Arctic Science Endowment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for research, monitoring, and observation of the Arctic Ocean and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-03-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2154is/xml/BILLS-112s2154is.xml 2012-03-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.