OCEANOGRAPHY

Amendments

Arctic Research and Policy Act: enact (S. 373), 9719, 9722, 9724 [24AP]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: enact (H.R. 5492), 32036 [11OC]

NOAA: authorize certain ocean and coastal programs (S. 2538), 26422, 26496 [21SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2900), 394 [25JA], 460, 463-465, 470 [26JA]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1098), 5622 [15MR]

———marine fisheries program appropriations (S. 2463), 17866, 17920 [21JN], 18883 [26JN]

Analyses

Coastal Migratory Fish Conservation Act (S. 2667), 11985 [11MY]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act Amendments (S. 1102), 25428 [14SE]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 2463, NOAA marine fisheries program appropriations, 18885 [26JN], 19764 [28JN]

Articles and editorials

Closing of Ocean Dumping Site Off Coast of New Jersey, 10177 [26AP]

EPA Refuses To Issue Permits for Gulf Ships To Burn Waste, 14154 [24MY]

EPA—What Really Happened, 21567-21569 [30JY]

Fishing for Trouble—Cancer Epidemic in Fish Is Warning Us—``You May Be Next'', 24093 [10AU]

Mondale, Hart and Asbestos, 25383 [13SE]

Suing the Manufacturer, 25384 [13SE]

Superfund for Lawyers, 25383 [13SE]

Superfund Scramble, 25383 [13SE]

U.S. Orders Toxic Pesticide Dumped in Gulf of Mexico, 23579 [9AU]

Understanding the Sea, 22724 [8AU]

Vanishing coast, Seawalls and Jetties Aggravate the Erosion Process (sundry excerpts), 26323 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions

Acid rain: study of effects on Atlantic striped bass (see H.R. 5978)

Atlantic striped bass: conservation and management (see S. 2667, 2758; H.R. 5492)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see S. 2892)

Depts. of Commerce and Transportation: improvement of certain maritime programs (see H.R. 5833)

Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishing Agreement: implementation (see H.R. 5147)

Ecology: U.S. participation in international monitoring programs (see H.R. 5958)

Foreign icebreakers: authorize operation within U.S. waters (see H.R. 6333)

Gorda Ridge Outer Continental Shelf: mineral leasing prohibition (see H.R. 5403)

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2584; H.R. 4997)

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: amend (see H.R. 4829, 5157)

Marine Resources Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 5549)

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: abolish (see H.R. 6015)

———qualifications for appointments (see S. 2875)

National Commission on Environmental Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 5958)

National Marine Fisheries Service: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2463)

National Scuba Week (see S.J. Res. 347; H.J. Res. 508)

National Week of the Ocean (see S.J. Res. 265; H.J. Res. 478)

New York Bight Apex: permanent ban on sewage sludge dumping (see S. 2648)

NOAA: authorize certain ocean and coastal programs (see S. 2538)

———marine fisheries program appropriations (see S. 2463)

———user fees for mapping and charting activities (see H.R. 6435)

Ocean Day (see H.J. Res. 511)

Offshore installations: improve safety (see H.R. 6291)

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: paperwork reduction (see H.R. 6189)

Removal of wrecks: Government recovery of costs incurred (see S. 3025; H.R. 6341)

Petroleum: oil spill cleanup authority and liability (see S. 2421; H.R. 4985)

Sewage sludge: permanent ban on dumping along New Jersey coast (see S. 2648)

States: licensing of marine recreational fishermen (see H.R. 4778)

Wrecked vessel statute: repeal (see H.R. 5458)

Year of the Ocean (see S.J. Res. 257; H.J. Res. 511)

Documents

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, 24586 [7SE]

Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests, 24589 [7SE]

Factsheets

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act (S. 2463), 30786 [9OC]

Letters

Cartagena Convention: Monitor Consortium, 23245 [9AU]

Closing of ocean dumping site off coast of New Jersey: Senator Lautenberg, 10176 [26AP]

———Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 10177 [26AP]

———(sundry), 32002 [11OC]

Emergency dumping permit to release toxic waste into the Gulf of Mexico: Representative Kleczka, 23579 [9AU]

National Scuba Week: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 4840 [7MR]

NOAA appropriations: Representative Fascell, 5625 [15MR]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act (S. 2463): sundry, 30787, 30799, 30801 [9OC]

Superfund compensation options: Senator Stafford, 25382 [13SE]

Lists

Organizations supporting ratification of Cartagena Convention, 23245 [9AU]

Memorials of legislature

California, 20702 [24JY], 21385 [27JY]

Massachusetts, 4346 [5MR]

Remarks in House

Abandoned Shipwreck Act: enact (H.R. 3194), 24631 [10SE]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: enact (S. 373), 9711-9725 [24AP]

Artificial reefs: national standards to facilitate establishment, 30050 [4OC]

Atmospheric, Climatic, and Ocean Research Act: enact (H.R. 3597), 453 [26JA]

Burford, Anne M.: appointment to the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, 20928 [25JY], 22074 [1AU]

City Island, NY: North Wind Undersea Institute, 4713 [6MR]

Coastal States Marine Resources Act: enact, 21743 [31JY]

Greenhouse effect: analysis and proposals, 2641 [9FE]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1102), 25427-25446 [14SE]

Marine Resources Development Bank Act: enact (H.R. 5549), 10581 [1MY]

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: abolish (H.R. 6015), 20763 [24JY]

———appointment of Anne M. Burford, 20928 [25JY], 22074 [1AU]

———dissolve (S. 1098), 21567 [30JY]

National Day of the Seal: observance, 4242, 4244 [1MR]

National Maritime Day: observance, 14357 [24MY]

National Scuba Week: designate (H.J. Res. 508), 4840 [7MR]

National Week of the Ocean: designate (H.J. Res. 478), 3878 [29FE], 10408 [1MY]

New York Bight: sludge disposal, 28038 [1OC]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2900), 452-476 [26JA]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2900), S. 1097 passed in lieu, 476 [26JA]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1098), 5622 [15MR]

———marine fisheries program appropriations (S. 2463), 18882 [26JN]

———marine fisheries program appropriations (S. 2463), appointment of conferees, 18885 [26JN]

———user fees for mapping and charting activities (H.R. 6435), 31742 [10OC]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act: enact (H.R. 5), 18885 [27JN]

Ocean Day: observance, 5116 [8MR], 20421 [29JN]

Ocean research programs, 458, 459 [26JA]

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Program: reauthorize, 30050 [4OC]

Persian Gulf: efforts to keep open, 5401 [13MR]

Radioactive waste: ocean disposal, 22540 [6AU]

Striped bass: FDA requirements for acceptable PCB levels, 14768 [31MY]

———imposed moratorium on fishing (H.R. 4884), 2809 [21FE]

U.S. coastal waters: dumping of toxic chemicals, 23579 [9AU]

Undersea mining: prohibit in certain California and Oregon offshore areas (H.R. 5403), 8515 [10AP]

Waste: permits for ocean dumping (H.R. 4829), 28035-28042 [1OC]

West coast fishing industry: economic injury disaster loans (H.R. 4660), 447, 492 [26JA]

Year of the Ocean: designate (H.J. Res. 511), 19000, 19008 [26JN], 19417, 19421 [27JN], 20421 [29JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 257), 18888 [26JN]

———observance, 5116 [8MR], 23210 [8AU]

Remarks in Senate

Atlantic striped bass: implementation of protective measures, 11979-11985 [11MY]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: introduction (S. 2758), 16162 [13JN]

Coastal Migratory Fish Conservation Act: introduction (S. 2667), 11979-11985 [11MY]

———introduction (S. 2667), referred to committee, 12006 [11MY]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (S. 2892), 21621, 21622 [31JY], 25382 [13SE]

———amend (S. 2892), referral, 26448 [21SE]

``Living With the Shore'': series of books on shoreline and barrier islands, 31294 [10OC]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2584), 9664 [24AP]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1102), House amendments, 28202 [2OC]

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: authorizing appropriations (S. 2875), 21193-21195 [26JY]

———required qualifications (S. 2875), 21193-21195 [26JY]

National Scuba Week: designate (S.J. Res. 347), 23851 [10AU]

National Sea Grant College program: accomplishments, 31822 [11OC]

———proposed termination, 1787 [3FE]

New Jersey: EPA closing of ocean dumping site, 10175 [26AP]

New York Bight Apex: permanent ban on sewage sludge dumping (S. 2648), 11275 [8MY]

NOAA: authorize certain ocean and coastal programs (S. 2538), 8090 [5AP], 26421 [21SE]

———marine fisheries program appropriations (S. 2463), 17920, 17921 [21JN], 29845 [4OC]

———marine fisheries program appropriations (S. 2463), appointment of conferees, 19764 [28JN]

———marine fisheries program appropriations (S. 2463), conference report, 25222-25231 [13SE]

———marine fisheries program appropriations (S. 2463), House amendments, 19763 [28JN]

———undersea research program funding, 22723 [8AU]

Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Fund: establish (S. 800), 31236 [10OC]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act: enact (S. 2463), conference report, 30784-30801 [9OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: funding for workshops, 28345 [2OC]

Sea grant program: authorizing appropriations (S. 655), indefinitely postponed, 25387 [13SE]

Sewage sludge: dumping restrictions, 32001-32002 [11OC]

———permanent ban on dumping along New Jersey coast (S. 2648), 11275 [8MY]

Superfund: comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability provisions, 28298-28306 [2OC]

Toxic chemicals: incineration at sea, 14154 [24MY]

Wrecks: Government recovery of costs incurred in removal from waterways (S. 3025), 27089 [26SE]

Year of the Ocean: designate (S.J. Res. 257), 4919 [8MR], 5946 [20MR], 15579 [8JN]

Reports

Accomplishments and Activities: Subcommittee on Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations, and Environment, 30546-30551 [5OC]

Activities Affecting Coastal Zone: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2324) (S. Rept. 98-512), 16158 [13JN]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (S. 2892): Senator Lautenberg (additional views), 28301 [2OC]

Conservation and Management of Atlantic Striped Bass: Committee on Rules (H.R. 5492) (H. Rept. 98-1081), 27385 [26SE]

Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region: Committee on Foreign Relations (Treaty Doc. 98-13) (Exec. Rept. 98-40), 22329 [3AU]

Federal OCS Revenue Sharing—A Critical Review of Issues (S. 2463): Dept. of the Interior, 30788 [9OC]

Fishery Program Amendments: committee of conference: (S. 2463), authorizing appropriations, 24634-24641 [10SE]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2584) (S. Rept. 98-450), 12440 [16MY]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act Amendment: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4892) (H. Rept. 98-766), 12322 [15MY]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 4829) (H. Rept. 98-766), 21716 [31JY]

Marine Sanctuaries: sundry excerpts, 28206 [2OC]

NOAA Management of Oceanic Resources and Services: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 3381) (H. Rept. 98-670), 8521 [10AP]

Qualifications of Members of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (excerpt), 21193 [26JY]

Year of the Ocean: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 257), 15340 [7JN]

Statements

Closing of Ocean Dumping Site Off Coast of New Jersey: Senator Lautenberg, 10178 [26AP]

Summaries

Cartagena Convention, 23244 [9AU]

Tables

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act (S. 2463), 30786 [9OC]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 478, National Week of the Ocean, 3879 [29FE]

H.J. Res. 508, National Scuba Week, 4841 [7MR]

H.R. 3194, Abandoned Shipwreck Act, 24631 [10SE]

H.R. 3597, Atmospheric, Climatic, and Ocean Research Act, 460 [26JA]

S. 1097, NOAA Atmospheric and Satellite Program Authorization Act, 472-476 [26JA]

S. 1102, Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act amendments, 25430 [14SE], 28202-28206 [2OC]

S. 2463, marine fisheries program appropriations, 17921 [21JN], 18883 [26JN], 19763 [28JN]

S. 2538, authorize certain NOAA ocean and coastal programs, 26423 [21SE]

S. 2584, authorizing appropriations for the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 9664 [24AP]

S. 2648, permanent ban on sewage sludge dumping along New Jersey coast, 11276 [8MY]

S. 2667, Coastal Migratory Fish Conservation Act, 11981-11984 [11MY]

S. 2758, Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, 16162 [13JN]

S.J. Res. 257, Year of the Ocean, 15579 [8JN], 18888 [26JN]

S.J. Res. 347, National Scuba Week, 23852 [10AU]