OCEANOGRAPHY

Amendments

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend (S. 1813), 15902, 15903 [26JN]

NOAA: consolidate and authorize fisheries programs (S. 991), 31447-31458 [15OC], 32181 [16OC], 33816 [18OC]

Analyses

Authorizing Appropriations for Certain Fisheries Activities (S. 991), 31292-31296 [15OC]

Articles and editorials

Harpooning Congress, 13651 [12JN]

Perils of Plastic Pollution, 15980 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend (see S. 2431)

Coastal zone: Federal/State seabed boundary agreements (see H.R. 4606)

Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4212)

Fish and fisheries: reduce adverse impact of drift nets (see S. 2611; H.R. 5208)

Fish and fishing: Federal licensing fee for certain recreational activities (see S. Res. 405)

Libya: U.S. legitimate right to self-defense in international waters (see H. Con. Res. 312)

Mines and mineral resources: exploration and commercial recovery in areas under U.S. jurisdiction (see H.R. 5464)

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: terminate (see H.R. 4676)

NOAA: designate Administrator as Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (see S. 2583)

Passenger ships: security (see H.R. 4176)

Sewage sludge: domestically built requirement for transporting vessels (see H.R. 5706)

States: boundary agreements on ocean floor ownership (see S. 2068)

Titanic (vessel): shipwreck designated international memorial (see S. 2048)

Wilderness areas: establish (see H.R. 5347)

Letters

Outer Continental Shelf Paperwork and Reporting Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 17030 [21JY]

———Dept. of the Interior, 17031 [21JY]

Provisions of the budget reconciliation bill relative to the Continental Shelf: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 4889 [14MR]

Memorials of legislature

Pennsylvania, 396 [23JA]

Petitions

Burn of toxic chemicals in ocean area research: Stone Harbor, NJ, Borough Council, 8062 [18AP]

Remarks in House

Continental Shelf: division of offshore leasing revenues, 3785-3790, 3793, 3797, 3798, 3800 [6MR]

———offshore leasing moratorium, 8032 [17AP], 14749 [19JN]

Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4212), 2646 [24FE], 17032 [21JY]

Merchant Marine Act: amend (H.R. 3141), 18834 [1AU], 19634 [6AU]

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: terminate (H.R. 4676), 8572 [23AP]

National Seabed Hard Minerals Act: enact (H.R. 5464), 22206 [15AU]

NOAA: consolidate and authorize fisheries programs (S. 991), 21038-21051 [12AU], 32181 [16OC]

Ocean Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 5347), 19636 [6AU]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements (S. 1068), 17029 [21JY]

Redfish Conservation and Management Act: enact (H.R. 4690), 8840 [28AP]

Searsport, ME: anniversary of Penobscot Marine Museum, 20201 [8AU]

Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Program: participation and development, 1448 [4FE]

U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone: require that foreign vessels meet minimum health and safety standards (H.R. 4897), 12036 [22MY]

U.S.-flag vessels: authorize the foreign acquisition of subsidized (H.R. 3141), 18834 [1AU], 19634 [6AU]

Whales: condemning administration's exemption of Japan from statutory fishery sanctions requirements (H. Con. Res. 54), 13650 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend (S. 1813), 4040 [7MR], 15902-15905 [26JN]

Continental Shelf: development, 4888, 4892, 4897 [14MR]

Deep Seabed Hard Minerals resources Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 4212), 29487 [8OC]

Fish and fisheries: reduce adverse impact of drift nets (S. 2611), 15978 [26JN]

Fish and fishing: Federal licensing fee for certain recreational activities (S. Res. 405), 10426 [13MY]

Louisiana: distribution of amounts due under H.R. 3128, 4891 [14MR]

NOAA: consolidate and authorize fisheries programs (S. 991), 30286 [10OC], 31281-31297 [15OC], 33816 [18OC]

———designate Administrator as Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (S. 2583), 14955 [23JN]

Reports filed

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1813) (S. Rept. 99-287), 8683 [24AP]

Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act Reauthorization: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4212) (H. Rept. 99-609), 11448 [20MY]

———Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4212) (H. Rept. 99-609), 13073 [10JN]

Elimination of Unnecessary Paperwork Reporting Requirements: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (S. 1068) (H. Rept. 99-558), 8886 [29AP]

Reduce Adverse Impact of Drift Nets on Living Marine Resources: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2611) (S. Rept. 99-529), 29026 [6OC]

Texts of

H.R. 4212, Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act reauthorization, 17032 [21JY]

H.R. 5464, National Seabed Hard Minerals Act, 22206 [15AU]

S. 991, authorization of appropriations for certain fisheries activities, 21038-21048 [12AU]

S. 991, authorizing appropriations for certain fisheries activities, 31281-31291 [15OC]

S. 1068, elimination of unnecessary paperwork and reporting requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act amendments, 17029 [21JY]

S. 2611, reduce adverse impact of drift nets on living marine resources, 15979 [26JN]

S. Res. 405, Federal licensing fee for certain recreational activities, 10426 [13MY]