COASTAL ZONES

Amendments

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3599, H3603, H3604, H3606, H3607, H3608, H3612, H3613 [1JN]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 764), S6085 [28JY]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), S7163, S7167 [6OC]

SBA: establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), S7422 [21OC], H8223 [16NO]

Announcements

Moment of silence for victims killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, S2262 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast (see H.R. 332), H358 [13JA]

Arctic Ocean: prohibit drilling (see S. 1794), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 3632), H6306 [28SE]

Business and industry: impose penalties and provide for recovery of removal costs and damages for oil spills from offshore foreign units (see H.R. 1684), H2109 [26MR]

——— modify certain penalties to deter oil spills (see S. 1311), S2794 [12MY]

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see S. 1423), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 1865), H2306 [16AP]

California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (see S. 1971), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 3565), H6178 [18SE]

——— include the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 908), H1032 [12FE]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 68), H5769 [29JY]

——— strengthen authority to prevent and respond to the threat of damage from pollution of the sea by crude oil from oil drilling in foreign countries (see S. 1999), S6381 [5AU]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 1276), H1611 [4MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from Coastal Plain in Alaska (see S. 494), S982 [12FE]

Dept. of the Interior: allow offshore South Atlantic energy production, provide revenue sharing from such leases, establish veterans workforce training, and create partnerships with institutions of higher education (see S. 1279), S2759 [11MY]

——— establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the coast of Florida (see S. 1171), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2276, 2279), H2877 [12MY]

——— permanently prohibit conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean (see S. 1042), S2351 [22AP] (see H.R. 1977), H2417 [22AP]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 1952), H2416 [22AP]

——— prohibit hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in Pacific Outer Continental Shelf region until completion of an environmental impact study (see H.R. 1951), H2416 [22AP]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 2155), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 3927), H7741 [4NO]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of New Jersey (see H.R. 569), H639 [27JA]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida (see H.R. 1895), H2318 [20AP]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (see S. 59), S58 [7JA]

Ecology and environment: establish a fund to promote protection and conservation of U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems (see S. 2025), S6605 [10SE]

EPA: improve beach monitoring by requiring coastal States to adopt water quality standards, conduct quicker water testing, and improve monitoring and public notification programs (see S. 2335), S8241 [1DE] (see H.R. 4136), H8645 [30NO]

——— repeal authorization for program development and implementation grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification (see H.R. 2556), H3560 [21MY]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 1967), H2417 [22AP]

Fish and fishing: authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities (see H.R. 2012), H2464 [23AP]

——— authorize grants for data collection for use in stock assessments of red snapper and other reef fish species in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3521), H6074 [16SE]

——— authorize grants for data collection for use in stock assessments of red snapper and other reef fish species in the South Atlantic (see H.R. 3644), H6704 [29SE]

——— grant exclusive fishery management authority over red snapper fish in the Gulf of Mexico to certain States (see S. 105), S59 [7JA]

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 981), H1068 [13FE]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 1335), H1613 [4MR]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), consideration (see H. Res. 274), H3386 [19MY]

——— transfer to States the authority to manage red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3094), H5290 [16JY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1826), H2269 [15AP]

Florida: correct boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P16 (see H.R. 890), H981 [11FE]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (see S. 1058), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 2220), H2792 [1MY]

Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (see S. 2206), S7491 [26OC] (see H.R. 2743), H4242 [11JN]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (see S. 1886), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 2744), H4242 [11JN]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 269), S6938 [24SE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 764), S1585 [17MR] (see S. 2328), S8160 [19NO] (see H.R. 1900), H2353 [21AP]

Native Americans: authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives (see H.R. 2719), H4135 [10JN]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (see S. 533), S1031 [23FE] (see H.R. 34), H37 [6JA]

——— conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 2553), H3560 [21MY]

——— 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 of coastal region (see S. 2325), S8160 [19NO]

——— provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities (see H.R. 1277), H1611 [4MR]

Orange County, CA: eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, preserve rocks and small islands along the coast, and incorporate them into the California Coastal National Monument (see H.R. 4233), H9270 [10DE]

Outer Continental Shelf: extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 2630), H3877 [3JN]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.: designate (see H.R. 134), H40 [6JA]

SBA: establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (see S. 1811), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 208), H154 [8JA]

States: extend the seaward boundaries of certain States (see S. 55), S57 [7JA]

Taxation: provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 1736), S4953 [9JY] (see H.R. 4088), H8410 [19NO]

Topsail, NC: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06 (see H.R. 151), H41 [6JA]

Water pollution: improve ability of NOAA, Coast Guard, and coastal States to sustain healthy oceans and coastal ecosystems by maintaining capabilities relative to oil spill preparedness, prevention, and response (see S. 1430), S3237 [21MY]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 2824), H4541 [18JN]

Letters

Geothermal energy development along the Gulf of Mexico coast to address energy insecurities caused by severe weather: Donna Campbell and Susan L. King, Texas State Legislature, H8930 [2DE]

Improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen: several individuals, H3611 [1JN]

Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H90 [7JA]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H90 [7JA]

Motions

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3621 [1JN]

Remarks in House

Climate: impact of global warming on Dungeness crab fishing, H9299 [11DE]

——— impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, H5947 [11SE], H7094 [22OC], H7187 [26OC], H9362 [16DE]

Coast Guard: anniversary, H5473 [27JY], E127 [28JA], E1163 [29JY]

——— Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study funding, H9242 [10DE]

Corps of Engineers: require issuance of permits for discharges of dredged or fill material impacting wetlands, H4855 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the coast of Florida, H4841, H4842 [7JY]

——— funding for Atlantic lease sales from the proposed plan for offshore oil and gas development, H4843 [7JY], H4940 [8JY]

——— prohibit funding to redirect certain Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing revenues, H4823 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: prohibit limitation of funding to implement National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H4793, H4794 [7JY]

Fish and fishing: grant States the authority to set the recreational seasons and bag limits for recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, H3597 [1JN]

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H3596, H3610–H3612 [1JN]

——— prohibit fast-track analyses of environmental concerns required under the National Environmental Policy Act, H3603, H3604 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H1856 [24MR]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3591–H3617, H3619–H3624 [1JN], E306 [4MR], E813 [2JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), consideration (H. Res. 274), H3491–H3496 [20MY]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), corrections in engrossment, H3624 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), motion to recommit, H3622 [1JN]

——— provide for additional information for stock assessments, use of students to collect marine recreational fishing data, and clarification of information for fishery management council reviews, H3608 [1JN]

——— provide for innovative data collection initiative to improve fish stock assessments and research of Gulf of Mexico fisheries, E839 [4JN]

——— provide for more input from communities and regional experts at fishery management councils and increase ability of local agencies to hold polluters more accountable, H3622 [1JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize, H3615–H3617 [1JN]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1826), E496 [15AP]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, H5657–H5664 [29JY]

——— recognize anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, commend efforts of National Hurricane Center, and encourage citizens to establish hurricane preparedness plan, H5604 [29JY]

International Coastal Cleanup Day: observance, H6123 [17SE]

National Ocean Council: develop a process for decommissioning oil and gas rigs that eliminates harm to the red snapper stock and improve habitat, H3606 [1JN]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 764), insert H.R. 3134 language upon passage, H6096 [17SE]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), H87–H92 [7JA]

——— authorize use of alternative fishery management measures in a recreational fishery, H3612, H3613 [1JN]

——— authorize use of Asset Forfeiture Fund for enhanced fishery research, at-sea and shoreside monitoring, conservation gear engineering, development of fishery impact statements, and regional fishery management councils priorities, H3605 [1JN]

——— Integrated Ocean Acidification research funding, H3689 [2JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce certain regulations restricting recreational red snapper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, H3584 [1JN], H3684, H3755 [2JN]

Obama, President: proposal to modify disposition of certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues, H3303 [18MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 2630), H3882 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding to research, investigate, or study offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, H4825, H4826 [7JY]

Pacifica, CA: anniversary of Pacific Coast Fog Fest, E1343 [24SE]

Power resources: address disparity between onshore and offshore energy policies relative to revenue sharing for States, H3301–H3304 [18MY]

Renewable energy: geothermal energy development along the Gulf of Mexico coast to address energy insecurities caused by severe weather, H8929 [2DE]

SBA: establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), H5096–H5099 [13JY]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), Senate amendments, H8223–H8227 [16NO], E1633 [17NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: prohibit funding to implement National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H3796, H3797 [3JN]

States: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, H3302 [18MY]

Texas: adoption of resolution to protect coastal borders and end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in sovereign waters, E1271 [11SE]

Remarks in Senate

California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (S. 1971), S6388 [5AU]

Climate: impact of global warming on Arctic biodiversity and landscape, S2468 [28AP]

——— impact of global warming on rising sea levels, S320 [21JA], S1124 [25FE], S1141 [26FE], S2349 [22AP], S4237 [17JN], S5121 [15JY], S7021 [30SE], S7987 [17NO]

Coast Guard: strengthen authority to prevent and respond to the threat of damage from pollution of the sea by crude oil from oil drilling in foreign countries (S. 1999), S6391 [5AU]

Dept. of Energy: authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from Coastal Plain in Alaska (S. 494), S989 [12FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to promote offshore energy production, S1882 [25MR]

——— finalize oil and gas leasing program and provide revenue sharing for States included in the Mid-Atlantic and the South Atlantic Planning Area, S377 [22JA], S522, S525 [27JA]

Ecology and environment: establish a fund to promote protection and conservation of U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems, S8857 [18DE]

Gulf of Mexico: anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S2262 [20AP]

——— tribute to victims killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, S2262 [20AP]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, S6375 [5AU]

——— anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and continuing impact on Louisiana and rebuilding of natural defenses against climate change, S6587 [10SE]

——— anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, S7614 [29OC]

——— impact of Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey, S7614, S7615 [29OC]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (S. 1058), S2354 [22AP]

National Estuaries Week: designate (S. Res. 269), S6949 [24SE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 764), S6085, S6086 [28JY]

——— reauthorize and amend (S. 2328), S8173 [19NO]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), S7167, S7171 [6OC]

Ora Estuaries (company): tribute, S2242 [16AP]

SBA: establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), S7406, S7407 [21OC]

Water pollution: improve ability of NOAA, Coast Guard, and coastal States to sustain healthy oceans and coastal ecosystems by maintaining capabilities relative to oil spill preparedness, prevention, and response (S. 1430), S3241 [21MY]

Wetland Resources LLC: tribute, S8792 [17DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 114–128), H3386 [19MY]

National Sea Grant College Program Act Reauthorization and Amendment: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 764) (S. Rept. 114–90), S5525 [23JY]

Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1335) (H. Rept. 114–116), H3250 [15MY]

Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 208) (H. Rept. 114–186), H4768 [25JN]

——— Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1811), S7271 [8OC]

Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 34) (S. Rept. 114–146), S6892 [22SE]

Statements

State-Based Solution to Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper, H3611 [1JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 274, consideration of H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, H3491 [20MY]

H.R. 34, Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act, S7167–S7171 [6OC], H87–H90 [7JA]

H.R. 208, Recovery Improvements for Small Entities (RISE) After Disaster Act, H8223–H8226 [16NO]

H.R. 208, Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act, H5096 [13JY]

S. 764, National Sea Grant College Program Act reauthorization and amendments, S6085 [28JY]

S. 1058, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act, S2356 [22AP]

S. 2328, National Sea Grant College Program Act reauthorization and amendment, S8173 [19NO]

S. Res. 269, National Estuaries Week, S6941 [24SE]