AQUACULTURE

Bills and resolutions

China: prohibit importation of seafood and aquaculture products from China (see S. 3417), S5807 [6DE]

Corps of Engineers: permit sale of technologies to certain water and irrigation districts to expedite removal of harmful algal blooms (see H.R. 5756), H4713 [27SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate prohibition on indirect costs with respect to aquaculture assistance (see S. 2619), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 3542), H2455 [18MY]

——— establish Office of Aquaculture (see S. 2211), S2225 [22JN] (see H.R. 3951), H2786 [9JN]

——— require report to Congress on spending related to seafood purchases and grants (see H.R. 5087), H4151 [28JY]

FEMA: include algal blooms in definition of major disaster (see H.R. 132), H102 [9JA] (see H.R. 1008), H838 [14FE]

NOAA: clarify that during lapse in appropriations certain services relative to Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecasting System are excepted services under Anti-Deficiency Act (see H.R. 325), H232 [12JA]

——— establish assessment program for offshore aquaculture, establish Aquaculture Centers of Excellence, and require study and report (see H.R. 5944), H5007 [12OC]

——— establish regulatory system for sustainable offshore aquaculture in U.S. exclusive economic zone (see S. 1861), S2005 [7JN] (see H.R. 4013), H2807 [12JN]