COASTAL ZONES
Amendments
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), S10394, S10397 [10OC], H3602 [17JN], H3689, H3690 [19JN], H8064 [12NO]
Bills and resolutions
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H686 [5MR]
Brevard County, FL: modify project that mitigates the adverse impacts of shoreline erosion (see H.R. 4876), H3229 [5JN]
California: provide companies with oil, gas, and mineral leases, on the Outer Continental Shelf, with credits of equal value for energy production in the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 1952), S853 [14FE]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 2608), S5366 [11JN]
Corps of Engineers: make beneficial use of dredged material for shoreline protection and restoration (see H.R. 5137), H4766 [16JY]
———treat recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental protection and restoration (see S. 2636), S5696 [18JN]
Crime: prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. (see S. 2661), S5851 [20JN] (see H.R. 3726), H284 [12FE]
Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see S. 2593), S5205 [6JN] (see H.R. 4003), H1002 [19MR]
Georgia: protect marine species (see S. 2627), S5584 [14JN]
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: exclude certain properties (see H.R. 5151), H4872 [17JY]
Maryland: authorize Dept. of the Interior assistance to eradicate nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (see H.R. 4044), H1088 [20MR]
Massachusetts: clarify boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Plum Island Unit (see H.R. 5571), H7303 [8OC]
National Marine Fisheries Service: establish a pelagic longline highly migratory species bycatch and mortality reduction research program (see H.R. 4895), H3291 [6JN]
National Park Service: require inventory, evaluation, and documentation of surviving historic Life-Saving Service stations (see H.R. 4115), H1153 [9AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S3560 [30AP]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), consideration (see H. Res. 446), H3667 [18JN]
National security: establish a system of Interagency Homeland Security Fusion Centers and require that budget requests for Coast Guard non-homeland security missions are not reduced (see S. 2940), S8673 [17SE]
New Jersey: restrict ocean dumping at the Historic Area Remediation Site to dumping of dredged material that does not exceed certain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) levels (see S. 2725), S6649 [11JY] (see H.R. 5092), H4552 [11JY]
———status of EPA and Corps of Engineers memorandum of agreement relative to Historic Area Remediation Site ocean sediment polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) levels (see H.R. 5470), H6775 [26SE]
NOAA: establish a tsunami hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 3720), H284 [12FE]
———improve conservation and management of coastal and ocean resources (see H.R. 4966), H3720 [19JN]
Smith Island, MD: authorize environmental restoration project (see S. 2984), S8980 [20SE]
Virginia: clarify boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Plum Island Unit (see S. 3152), S10888 [13NO]
Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H366 [13FE]
Cost Estimates
NOAA Act (H.R. 4966): CBO, E2148 [16DE]
Remarks in House
California: opposition to offshore drilling, H3425 [11JN]
Corps of Engineers: make beneficial use of dredged material for shoreline protection and restoration (H.R. 5137), E1269 [16JY]
Environmental Defense Center: anniversary, E1982 [12NO]
Maryland: authorize Dept. of the Interior assistance to eradicate nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (H.R. 4044), H2396-H2398 [14MY]
National Park Service: require inventory, evaluation, and documentation of surviving historic Life-Saving Service stations (H.R. 4115), E508 [12AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students, H3690-H3692 [19JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3683-H3693 [19JN], E1137 [24JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), consideration (H. Res. 446), H3681-H3683 [19JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), Senate amendment, H8064-H8067 [12NO], E2035 [14NO]
New Jersey: restrict ocean dumping at the Historic Area Remediation Site to dumping of dredged material that does not exceed certain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) levels (H.R. 5092), H4523 [11JY]
NOAA: establish a tsunami hazard mitigation program (H.R. 3720), E130 [12FE]
Remarks in Senate
California: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, S8416 [10SE]
———provide companies with oil, gas, and mineral leases, on the Outer Continental Shelf, with credits of equal value for energy production in the Gulf of Mexico, S3408, S3409 [25AP]
———provide companies with oil, gas, and mineral leases, on the Outer Continental Shelf, with credits of equal value for energy production in the Gulf of Mexico (S. 1952), S859 [14FE], S896 [15FE]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (S. 2608), S5369, S5370 [11JN]
Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S4044 [8MY]
———protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (S. 2593), S5207 [6JN]
Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf, S5340 [11JN]
Georgia: protect marine species (S. 2627), S5597 [14JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), S10397 [10OC]
———reauthorize (S. 2428), S3570 [30AP]
Power resources: Federal compensation for coastal States impacted by the production of energy, S1888, S1889 [14MR], S2607 [12AP]
Smith Island, MD: authorize environmental restoration project (S. 2984), S8981 [20SE]
Wildlife refuges: effects of offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, S1520, S1521 [5MR]
Reports filed
Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2608) (S. Rept. 107-296), S9901 [3OC]
Consideration of H.R. 3389, National Sea Grant College Program Act Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 446) (H. Rept. 107-514), H3667 [18JN]
Dept. of the Interior Assistance to Maryland To Eradicate Nutria and Restore Marshland Damaged by Nutria: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4044) (H. Rept. 107-442), H2163 [7MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2428) (S. Rept. 107-187), S6249 [27JN]
———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3389) (H. Rept. 107-369), H779 [7MR]
———Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 3389) (H. Rept. 107-369), H1288 [15AP]
NOAA Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4966) (H. Rept. 107-759), H7929 [15OC]
Nutria Eradication and Marshland Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 4044), S9425 [26SE]
Smith Island, MD, Environmental Restoration Project Authorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2984) (S. Rept. 107-328), S10843 [12NO]
Texts of
H. Res. 446, consideration of H.R. 3389, National Sea Grant College Program Act reauthorization, H3681 [19JN]
H.R. 3389, National Sea Grant College Program Act reauthorization, H3689 [19JN], H8064 [12NO]
H.R. 4044, Nutria Eradication and Marshland Restoration Act, H2397 [14MY]
S. 2428, National Sea Grant College Program Act reauthorization, S3571 [30AP]