3.0.0 3548 2022-11-01T13:50:48Z 2022-11-01T13:50:48Z House HR 2019-06-27 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 109 (Thursday, June 27, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BONAMICI:H.R. 3548.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H5259]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Discharged from 2020-11-17T15:02:54Z Referred to 2019-07-12T20:06:54Z Hearings by 2020-11-17T17:44:26Z Referred to 2019-06-27T13:02:35Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-06-27T13:02:45Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-06-27T13:02:40Z BLUE GLOBE Act 116 933 S 2020-07-22 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Identical bill CRS 2020-11-17 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Hearings Held. Committee 2020-11-17 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged. Committee 2019-07-12 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Committee 2019-06-27 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-06-27 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2019-06-27 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2019-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001278 Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Suzanne Bonamici D OR 1 N Y000033 Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] DON YOUNG R AK E. 0 2019-06-27 True G000582 Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon R PR 0 2019-07-02 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2019-07-11 False F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2019-07-30 False H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2019-09-10 False P000614 Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] Chris Pappas D NH 1 2019-09-18 False M001199 Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] Brian Mast R FL J. 18 2020-09-16 False M001206 Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] Joseph Morelle D NY D. 25 2020-09-30 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Air quality Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Aquatic ecology Census and government statistics Climate change and greenhouse gases Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Economic performance and conditions Employment and training programs Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Genetics Geography and mapping Government information and archives Great Lakes Higher education Human rights Human trafficking Hydrology and hydrography International organizations and cooperation Labor standards Lakes and rivers Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation Marine pollution Mining Minority education Minority employment Oil and gas Outdoor recreation Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Science and engineering education Travel and tourism Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Water quality Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2019-06-27 Introduced in House 2021-03-10T18:28:24Z Bolstering Long-Term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays, and Estuaries Act or the BLUE GLOBE Act

This bill addresses data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts.

Specifically, the bill

  • increases domestic and international coordination to enhance data management and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts;
  • creates the Interagency Ocean Exploration Committee to promote the exploration and improved understanding of the oceans;
  • revises the Ocean Policy Committee to the Committee on Ocean Policy;
  • establishes a technology innovation task force to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
  • requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a workforce development program, including to support undergraduate and graduate education in fields related to the advancement of the monitoring, collection, synthesis, and analysis of data regarding the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts;
  • requires NOAA to ensure that a goal of its cooperative institutes is to advance or apply emerging technologies;
  • requires NOAA to establish opportunities to engage indigenous, subsistence, and fishing communities to better understand their needs;
  • institutes an ocean innovation prize to catalyze the rapid development and deployment of data collection and monitoring technology;
  • reauthorizes several NOAA programs, including the Ocean Exploration Program;
  • directs relevant federal agencies to measure the value and impact of industries related to the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts on the U.S. economy; and
  • requires the National Academy of Sciences to assess the potential for an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Oceans.
]]> BLUE GLOBE Act Display Title BLUE GLOBE Act Official Title as Introduced To improve data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced BLUE GLOBE Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Bolstering Long-Term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays, and Estuaries Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3548ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3548ih.xml 2020-11-17 Committee Hearings Held. 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.