3.0.0 8627 2023-01-11T13:44:30Z 2023-01-11T13:44:30Z House HR 2020-10-20 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 179 (Tuesday, October 20, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BROWN of Maryland:H.R. 8627.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Commerce Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 3)[Page H5699]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Discharged from 2020-11-17T15:04:10Z Referred to 2020-11-06T18:26:55Z Hearings by 2020-11-17T17:47:47Z Referred to 2020-10-20T13:02:05Z Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020 116 8632 HR 2020-11-17 Committee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS OCEAN Act of 2020 116 5056 S 2020-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related 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 2020-11-06 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Committee 2020-10-20 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2020-10-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-10-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001304 Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] Anthony Brown D MD G. 4 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Aquatic ecology Chesapeake Bay Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Research administration and funding Seafood Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2020-10-20 Introduced in House 2020-11-20T17:36:26Z This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants to certain entities, including the academic community and seafood industry, to conduct research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems.

Grant awards may not exceed 85% of the research project's total cost unless NOAA waives such requirement. Additionally, NOAA must ensure that grant funding is apportioned according to the historic baseline (i.e., the estimated population of oysters in an estuary in 1850) oyster population of each estuary of the United States.

]]> To express the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be the primary representative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Chesapeake Bay, to require the Secretary of the Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide grants supporting research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems, and for other purposes. Display Title To express the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be the primary representative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Chesapeake Bay, to require the Secretary of the Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide grants supporting research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To express the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be the primary representative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Chesapeake Bay, to require the Secretary of the Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide grants supporting research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8627ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8627ih.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.