NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Analyses

Oceans and Human Health Act (S. 1218), S7622 [10JN]

Articles and editorials

Colorado Science Jobs on the Line, H7357 [23JY]

Feds To Cut Research Dollars, H7357 [23JY]

Science Community Faces Cuts, H7357 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions

Chesapeake Bay: establish programs to enhance protection (see S. 831), S5059 [9AP]

Climate: develop and coordinate a research program to assist understanding, assessment, and prediction of abrupt climate change (see S. 1164), S7188 [2JN]

Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 861), S5173 [10AP]

Coastal zones: reauthorize coastal services, training, education, and technical support programs and establish a performance evaluation system (see H.R. 1026), H1463 [27FE]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1097), H1640 [5MR]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1945), H3636 [1MY]

———establish individual fishery quota systems (see S. 1106), S6977 [22MY]

———establish requirements for fishing quota systems (see H.R. 2621), H6262 [26JN]

———study fishery observer data to map migratory patterns and delineate winter areas and feeding grounds of Atlantic striped bass in the mid-Atlantic exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 2889), H7616 [24JY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 482), S2920 [27FE]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (see S. 1308), S8300 [20JN]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see S. 1398), S9328 [14JY] (see H.R. 2720), H6706 [14JY]

Great Lakes Water Level Observation Network: funding (see H.R. 2775), H7085 [17JY]

Marine resources: improve conservation and management of coastal and ocean resources (see H.R. 959), H1460 (see H.R. 984), H1462 [27FE]

Marshall Islands: convey a decommissioned NOAA ship to Utrok Atoll (see H.R. 2584), H5814 [24JN]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see S. 1339), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 1764), H3303 [10AP]

Oceans: establish an interagency research program to improve understanding of the role of the oceans and human health and a similar program at NOAA (see S. 1218), S7618 [10JN]

Reauthorize (see S. 1401), S9328 [14JY]

Senate: ratify certain legal appointments and promotions in the commissioned corps (see S. 886), S5174 [10AP]

U.S. Weather Research Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 268), H135 [8JA]

Water: authorize certain hydrographic services programs and name a cove in Alaska in honor of Eric S. Koss (see H.R. 958), H1460 [27FE]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay legislation: Robert M. Ferris, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S5068 [9AP]

———Robert S. Bloxom, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S5068 [9AP]

Remarks in House

Cabrillo Power, LLC: Walter Jones NOAA Excellence in Business Leadership Award recipient, E493 [18MR]

Fish and fishing: establish requirements for fishing quota systems (H.R. 2621), E1385 [27JN]

Funding, H7251, H7265 [22JY], H7356 [23JY]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (H.R. 2720), E1476 [14JY]

Heiman, Kim: Walter B. Jones NOAA Excellence Award recipient, E378 [6MR]

Marshall Islands: convey a decommissioned NOAA ship to Utrok Atoll (H.R. 2584), H12125, H12126 [21NO]

Oceans: environmental protection and conservation of resources, H4777-H4781 [2JN]

U.S. Weather Research Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 268), E36 [8JA]

Remarks in Senate

All Hazards Emergency Warning Network: funding, S4806 [3AP], S9785 [23JY]

Brown, Clyde: NOAA Environmental Hero Award recipient, S10610 [31JY]

Chesapeake Bay: establish programs to enhance protection (S. 831), S5062-S5064 [9AP]

———oyster restoration funding, S2433, S2434 [13FE]

Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (S. 861), S5186-S5188 [10AP]

Ecology and environment: use of science in developing environmental policy, S10012-S10023 [28JY]

Fish and fishing: establish individual fishery quota systems (S. 1106), S6985-S6988 [22MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 482), S2940 [27FE]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (S. 1308), S8304 [20JN]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (S. 1398), S9330-S9332 [14JY]

Oceans: establish an interagency research program to improve understanding of the role of the oceans and human health and a similar program at NOAA (S. 1218), S7621 [10JN]

Senate: ratify certain legal appointments and promotions in the commissioned corps (S. 886), S9268 [10JY]

Reports

Climate Information and Potential Impacts for Eritrea and Ethiopia, H3435 [29AP]

Reports filed

Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 861) (S. Rept. 108-158), S12277 [1OC]

Hydrographic Services Programs Authorization and Naming of Cove in Alaska in Honor of Eric S. Koss: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 958) (H. Rept. 108-400), H12306 [21NO]

NOAA Commissioned Corps Legal Appointments and Promotions Ratification: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 886) (S. Rept. 108-58), S7234 [3JN]

NOAA Decommissioned Ship Conveyance to Utrok Atoll: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2584) (H. Rept. 108-378), H11391, H11514 [18NO]

NOAA Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1401) (S. Rept. 108-219), S16119 [9DE]

Oceans and Human Health Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1218) (S. Rept. 108-203), S15186 [19NO]

Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1945) (H. Rept. 108-272), H8282 [16SE]

Statements

Continuing Appropriations: Senator McCain, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S2418-S2420 [13FE]

Texts of

H.R. 2584, NOAA conveyance of decommissioned ship to Utrok Atoll, H12125 [21NO]

S. 831, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education, Training, and Restoration Act, S5067 [9AP]

S. 861, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act, S5187 [10AP]

S. 886, ratify certain legal appointments and promotions in the NOAA commissioned corps, S9268 [10JY]

S. 1106, Fishing Quota Act, S6985-S6987 [22MY]

S. 1218, Oceans and Human Health Act, S7623-S7625 [10JN]

S. 1308, Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion from the Grants Pass Irrigation District, S8305 [20JN]