NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION see also Department of Commerce

Amendments

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), S959, S961 [12FE], S3771 [17JN]

Endangered Species Act: require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), H6978 [28JY], H7015, H7016, H7017, H7018, H7019 [29JY]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), consideration (H. Res. 693), H6993 [29JY]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (S. 376), S703, S704 [3FE]

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1068), S902, S903, S907 [11FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3724, S3769, S3770, S3771 [17JN], S3815, S3816, S3817, S3818, S3819, S3820 [18JN], S3869, S3871, S3872, S3873, S3874, S3875, S3876, S3877, S3878, S3879, S3880, S3881, S3882, S3883 [19JN], S4186 [26JN], S4339 [9JY], H4834 [23MY], H4837 [27MY], H4880, H4881, H4882, H4883, H4884, H4885, H4888, H4889, H4890, H4891, H4892, H4895, H4897, H4898, H4899, H4900, H4901, H4902, H4903, H4904, H4905, H4906, H4911, H4912 [28MY], H4927, H4929, H4936, H4940, H4941, H4942, H4943, H4944, H4945, H4946, H4947, H4948, H4949, H4950, H4951, H4953, H4955, H4957, H4959, H4961, H4963, H4970, H4972, H4974, H4975, H4976, H4977, H4979, H4981, H4982, H4985, H4986, H4987, H4988, H4990, H4991, H4992, H4993, H4994, H4995, H4996, H4997, H4998, H4999, H5001, H5002, H5003, H5024, H5025 [29MY]

Analyses

Corps of Engineers Coastal Zone Resiliency Projects Implementation: N. Scott Murphy, Corps of Engineers, S3268 [22MY]

Articles and editorials

Tsunamis—Warning Systems Improved Since Great Alaska Earthquake but Unlikely To Help, S1802 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast (see H.R. 5389), H7184 [31JY]

Climate Change Education Program: establish (see H.R. 4461), H3196 [10AP]

Coastal zones: develop information platform to integrate coastal data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinate collection of geospatial data to inform and improve management (see S. 2890), S5783 [18SE]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (see H.R. 4097), H2000 [26FE]

Corps of Engineers: update and improve reservoir operations (see H.R. 3988), H1592 [4FE]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see S. 2630), S4620 [17JY] (see H.R. 4317), H2743 [27MR]

——— establish objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 5329), H7182 [31JY]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see S. 2752), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4316), H2743 [27MR]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see S. 2748), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4318), H2743 [27MR]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (see S. 2635), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 4315), H2743 [27MR]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), consideration (see H. Res. 693), H6975 [28JY]

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5545), H7882 [18SE]

Fish and fishing: clarify, for purposes of Federal marine fisheries management laws, the landward boundary of exclusive economic zone between areas south of Montauk, NY, and Point Judith, RI (see H.R. 4722), H4828 [22MY]

——— conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see S. 2080), S1315 [5MR]

——— promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them (see S. 2824), S5628 [16SE]

——— provide for equitable management of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data (see H.R. 3869), H223 [14JA]

——— repeal requirement establishing catch limits for Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery (see H.R. 4465), H3196 [10AP]

Great Lakes: conduct assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters (see S. 2556), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 5713), H7995 [14NO]

Marine resources: identify, declare, and respond to marine disease emergencies (see H.R. 5546), H7882 [18SE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2030), S948 [12FE]

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 5426), H7387 [9SE]

Oceans: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 4692), H4684 [20MY]

Renewable energy: establish an integrated and comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric research, prediction, and environmental information program to support renewable energy (see S. 2705), S5135 [30JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2437), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4660), H4433 [15MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), consideration (see H. Res. 585), H4474 [19MY]

Tsunamis: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (see S. 2181), S1819 [27MR] (see H.R. 5309), H7181 [31JY]

Water: create electronic database of research and information on causes of, and corrective actions being taken for algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters (see S. 2798), S5564 [11SE] (see H.R. 5456), H7454 [11SE]

Cloture motions

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3654 [12JN], S3712 [17JN]

Letters

Address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and control, and helping community detection, control, and mitigation: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5128 [9JN]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space and Technology (House), H5129 [9JN]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H5129 [9JN]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H6146 [14JY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6146 [14JY]

Shark Conservation Act: Charlton H. Bonham, California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, E166 [5FE]

——— Eileen Sobeck, NOAA, E165 [5FE]

Motions

Endangered Species Act: require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), H7022 [29JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3621 [12JN], S3675 [16JN], S3691 [17JN], H5014 [29MY]

Remarks in House

Capitol Hill Ocean Week: observance, E1011 [18JN]

Climate: research funding, H4892–H4895 [28MY]

Climate Change Education Program: establish (H.R. 4461), H3223 [28AP]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (H.R. 4097), E247, E254 [26FE]

Dept. of Commerce: issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (H.R. 2646), E893 [30MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Commerce: act through NOAA to initiate immediate action to create jobs (H.R. 70), H5795 [26JN]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), H5126–H5130 [9JN]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking, H6844 [25JY], H6990–H6993, H7009, H7010 [29JY], E1304 [1AU]

——— ensure fulfillment of Federal trust responsibility with respect to Indian tribes relative to Internet publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, H7022 [29JY]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees, H6844 [25JY], H6990–H6993 [29JY], E1304 [1AU]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act, H6844 [25JY], H6990–H6993, H7010, H7011 [29JY]

——— prohibit automatically defining all data submitted by State, county, or tribal governments as the ‘‘best scientific and commercial data available’’, H7018, H7019 [29JY]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), H6844 [25JY], H6983, H7007–H7024 [29JY], E1279 [30JY], E1304, E1315 [1AU]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), consideration (H. Res. 693), H6989–H6995 [29JY]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), motion to recommit, H7022 [29JY]

Fish and fishing: Atlantic Ocean horseshoe crab populations survey funding, H4896 [28MY]

——— fisheries habitat restoration funding, H4936 [29MY]

——— fisheries management program funding, H4891 [28MY]

——— improve methods for conducting more accurate fishery stock assessments, H4938, H4939 [29MY]

——— Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery program funding for minimum riparian buffers, H4974, H4975 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, H4992 [29MY], E951 [11JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: prohibit funding for assessing or collecting cost recovery fee for West Coast trawl program, H4991, H4992 [29MY], E893 [30MY]

——— reauthorize, H5257, H5258 [11JN]

Funding, H4879 [28MY]

Great Lakes: conduct assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters (H.R. 5713), E1580 [14NO]

House of Representatives: tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 4660, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, E886 [30MY]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), H1691–H1693 [10FE]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1786), H6143, H6144–H6147 [14JY]

Oceans: improve ability to address severe marine debris events, H2775 [1AP]

——— Integrated Ocean Acidification research program funding, H4895, H4896 [28MY]

——— provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities to address marine debris impacts of 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, H2775 [1AP]

Office of Marine and Aviation Operations: marine research funding, H4890 [28MY]

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research: weather research funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H4889 [28MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction excluding the FBI, H4976 [29MY]

——— making appropriations, H439, H443 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4812 [22MY], H4868–H4908 [28MY], H4926, H4927–H5016 [29MY], H5058 [30MY], H5358 [12JN], H6734 [23JY], E874, E876, E878 [29MY], E879, E881, E886, E892, E893, E897 [30MY], E916, E931 [9JN], E951 [11JN], E969 [12JN], E1034 [20JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), consideration (H. Res. 585), H4496–H4501 [20MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to recommit, H5014, H5015 [29MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), unanimous-consent agreement, H4955 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding for any unauthorized program, H5003 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H4977 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to States or local governments with laws, policies, or procedures in contravention of Federal immigration laws, H5003, H5004 [29MY]

Shark Conservation Act: implementation, E165 [5FE]

Tsunamis: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 5309), H7263–H7267 [8SE]

Weather: climate research funding, H4879 [28MY]

——— prioritize and redirect resources to a program of attainable advances in improving weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events (H.R. 2413), H2759–H2763 [1AP], E529 [7AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agreement on Port State Measures To Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: ratify, S2155–S2158 [3AP]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 839), S1481 [10MR]

Corps of Engineers: conduct study to identify projects that will enhance ocean and coastal ecosystem resiliency, S3267, S3268 [22MY]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), S961 [12FE]

——— address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), House amendment, S3771 [17JN]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (S. 2080), S1317 [5MR]

——— implement treaties to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, S2155–S2157 [3AP]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), S1132 [25FE]

——— reauthorize (S. 376), S703, S704 [3FE]

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1068), S903, S907 [11FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, S411 [16JA], S6754 [12DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3392 [4JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3621, S3654 [12JN], S3675 [16JN], S3691 [17JN], S3776–S3784, S3788, S3792, S3798–S3800, S3804 [18JN], S3836–S3843, S3845, S3852 [19JN], S3887 [23JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4660), unanimous-consent request, S3843 [19JN]

Tsunamis: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (S. 2181), S1805 [27MR]

Reports filed

Agreement on Port State Measures To Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 113–1), S1651 [13MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4315, Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 693) (H. Rept. 113–563), H6975 [28JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4660, Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 585) (H. Rept. 113–455), H4474 [19MY]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 839) (S. Rept. 113–156), S2647 [5MY]

Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4318) (H. Rept. 113–540), H6397 [17JY]

Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4316) (H. Rept. 113–538), H6397 [17JY]

Marine Debris Emergency Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1425) (H. Rept. 113–398), H2853 [2AP]

National Fish Habitat Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2080) (S. Rept. 113–192), S3474 [5JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2431) (H. Rept. 113–348), H1686 [6FE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act Reauthorization and Amendment: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2030) (S. Rept. 113–279), S6234 [1DE]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1786) (H. Rept. 113–380), H2432 [13MR]

NOAA Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act Reauthorization and Amendment: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1068) (S. Rept. 113–133), S132 [8JA]

NOAA Funding to Eligible Entities for Activities To Address Marine Debris Impacts of 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Subsequent Tsunami: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1491) (H. Rept. 113–399), H2853 [2AP]

Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific (REFI Pacific) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1275) (S. Rept. 113–251), S5507 [10SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4660) (H. Rept. 113–448), H4433 [15MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2437) (S. Rept. 113–181), S3474 [5JN]

State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4317) (H. Rept. 113–539), H6397 [17JY]

21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4315) (H. Rept. 113–537), H6397 [17JY]

Weather Forecasting Improvement Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2413) (H. Rept. 113–383), H2565 [21MR]

Resolutions of ratification

Agreement on Port State Measures To Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, S1652 [13MR], S2158 [3AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4951, H4952, H4998 [29MY]

Tables

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4871–H4875 [28MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 585, consideration of H.R. 4660, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H4496 [20MY]

H. Res. 693, consideration of H.R. 4315, Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act, H6989 [29JY]

H.R. 1786, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program reauthorization, H6144 [14JY]

H.R. 2413, Weather Forecasting Improvement Act, H2759–H2761 [1AP]

H.R. 2431, National Integrated Drought Information System reauthorization, H1691 [10FE]

H.R. 4315, Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act, H7015 [29JY]

H.R. 5309, Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act, H7263–H7265 [8SE]

S. 376, Drought Information Act, S704 [3FE]

S. 1068, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act reauthorization and amendment, S908–S913 [11FE]

S. 1254, address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events, S961–S963 [12FE], H5126–H5128 [9JN]

S. 2080, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, S1317–S1322 [5MR]

S. 2635, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act, S4707 [22JY]