3.0.0 1344 2023-01-11T13:23:45Z 2023-01-11T13:23:45Z Senate S S 2013-07-23 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2013-11-06T22:15:44Z Markup by 2013-07-30T21:32:36Z Referred to 2013-07-23T20:10:56Z S. Rept. 113-117 Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2013 113 272 S 2013-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2013-11-06 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 237. Calendars 2013-11-06 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-117. Committee 2013-11-06 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-117. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2013-07-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2013-07-23 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2013-07-23 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 Arctic and polar regions Ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Pacific Ocean Research administration and funding Research ethics Science, Technology, Communications 00 2013-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2013-10-29T19:54:49Z Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2013 - Amends the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 to direct the Arctic Research Commission to award merit-based grants to federal, state, local, or tribal governments and academic and private organizations to conduct research on or related to the Arctic in accordance with the national Arctic research program plan.

Authorizes the Commission to enter into agreements with appropriate agencies or organizations to administer grants made pursuant to this Act for Arctic research, including reimbursement from funds of the Commission to administer such grants.

Instructs the Commission to adopt conflict of interest and recusal requirements that apply to decisions of the Commission and to all Commission members as if each member is an affected individual within the meaning of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Requires disclosure of any financial interest in or relationship to a party that is applying for funding from the Commission held by the Commission member.

Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, with respect to the North Pacific Research Board, to: (1) authorize the Board to adopt rules of procedure and establish committees as necessary to carry out the purposes of the Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund, (2) require all of the Board's decisions to be made by majority vote of the full board in regular session, (3) direct the Board to adopt the same conflict of interest requirements as those for the Commission, and (4) allow the Secretary of Commerce to accept funds from a source other than the federal government for use by the Board to carry out its functions.

]]> 01 2013-11-06 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2013-11-15T21:24:57Z Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 to direct the Arctic Research Commission to establish (under current law, assist in establishing) a national Arctic research program plan to implement the Arctic research policy.

Directs the Commission to award merit-based grants to federal, state, local, or tribal governments and academic and private organizations to conduct research on or related to the Arctic in accordance with the national Arctic research program plan.

Authorizes the Commission to enter into agreements with appropriate agencies or organizations to administer grants made pursuant to this Act for Arctic research, including reimbursement from funds of the Commission to administer such grants.

Instructs the Commission to adopt conflict of interest and recusal requirements which shall apply to decisions of the Commission and to all Commission members which at a minimum are substantially equivalent to those requirements set forth in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as if each member is an affected individual within the meaning of such Act. Requires disclosure of any financial interest in or relationship to a party that is applying for funding from the Commission held by the Commission member.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, with respect to the North Pacific Research Board, to: (1) authorize the Board to adopt rules of procedure and establish committees as necessary to carry out the purposes of the Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund, (2) require all of the Board's decisions to be made by majority vote of the full board in regular session, (3) direct the Board to adopt the same conflict of interest requirements as those for the Commission, and (4) allow the Secretary of Commerce to accept funds from a source other than the federal government for use by the Board to carry out its functions.

]]> Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2013 Display Title Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote research, monitoring, and observation of the Arctic and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2013 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Arctic Research, Monitoring, and Observing Act of 2013 S Senate Reported to Senate 2013-11-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1344rs/xml/BILLS-113s1344rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1344is/xml/BILLS-113s1344is.xml 2013-11-06 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 237. 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.