| Bill Number: | HR 6 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) |
| Status | 8/08/05 Signed by the President and became
Public Law No 109-058 |
| Caption | To ensure jobs for our future with secure,
affordable, and reliable energy. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00006: |
| Bill Number | HR 50 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) |
| Status | 5/19/05 Hearings held by the Subcommittee
on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans |
| Caption | To provide for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00050: |
| Bill Number | HR 465 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American
Samoa) |
| Status | 2/10/05 Referred to House Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | To provide for the establishment of a
tsunami hazard mitigation program for all United States insular areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00465: |
| Bill Number | HR 499 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) |
| Status | 2/09/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Energy and Mineral Resources and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Oceans |
| Caption | To provide for the development of a global
tsunami detection and warning system, to improve existing communication
of tsunami warnings to all potentially affected nations, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00499: |
| Bill Number | HR 882 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) |
| Status | 3/03/05 Referred to House Subcommittee
on Environment, Technology, and Standards |
| Caption | To require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish a tsunami
hazard mitigation program for all United States coastal States and insular
areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00882: |
| Bill Number | HR 889 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Don Young (R-AK) |
| Status | 07/12/06 Became Public Law 109-241. |
| Caption | To authorize appropriations for the Coast
Guard for fiscal year 2006, to make technical corrections to various laws
administered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00889: |
| Bill Number | HR 890 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 3/3/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on
Environment, Technology, and Standards and Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | A bill to provide for the establishment
of national and global tsunami warning systems and to provide assistance
for the relief and rehabilitation of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami
and for the reconstruction of tsunami-affected countries. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00890: |
| Bill Number | HR 907 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY) |
| Status | 3/03/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Energy and Mineral Resources |
| Caption | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements
and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities otherwise
authorized by that Act. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00907: |
| Bill Number | HR 1431 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Nick Rahall II (D-WV) |
| Status | 5/3/06 Subcommittee on Oceans
and Fisheries hearings held |
| Caption | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act to modify requirements for the appointment
and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils, and
for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01431: |
| Bill Number | HR 1442 |
| Sponsor | Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-WI) |
| Status | 10/06/06 Became Public Law 109-304. |
| Caption | A bill to complete the codification of
title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as positive law. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01442: |
| Bill Number | HR 1489 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 04/19/05 Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Oceans hearings held |
| Caption | A bill to authorize the Secretary of
Commerce to establish a coastal ocean observation system. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01489: |
| Bill Number | HR 1584 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Kurt Weldon (R-PA) |
| Status | 05/26/05 Referred to Subcommittee on
Environment, Technology, and Standards and referred to Subcommittee on
Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | A bill to develop and maintain an integrated
system of coastal and ocean observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans,
and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of tsunamis and other natural hazards,
to enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, and for
other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01584: |
| Bill Number | HR 1591 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 5/4/05 Referred to the Subcommittee of
Water Resources and the Environment and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Oceans |
| Caption | To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01591: |
| Bill Number | HR 1596 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA) |
| Status | 4/18/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Energy and Natural Resources |
| Caption | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act to promote uses on the Outer Continental Shelf. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01596: |
| Bill Number | HR 1636 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) |
| Status | 4/12/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation and the Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment |
| Caption | To establish national standards for discharges
from cruise vessels into the waters of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01636: |
| Bill Number | HR 1674 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) |
| Status | 12/20/06 Became Public Law 109-424. |
| Caption | Bill to authorize and strengthen the
tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be carried out by the National
Weather Service, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01674: |
| Bill Number | HR 1712 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) |
| Status | 5/18/06 introductory remarks made |
| Caption | To expand the boundaries of the Gulf
of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National
Marine Sanctuary. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01712: |
| Bill Number | HR 1798 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 4/26/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Energy and Mineral Resources and executive comment requested from
Interior |
| Caption | A bill to amend the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling
on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic
planning areas. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01798: |
| Bill Number | HR 2059 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 5/10/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans and executive comment requested from Commerce |
| Caption | To prohibit the commercial harvesting
of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic
zone. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02059: |
| Bill Number | HR 2129 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) |
| Status | 5/18/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Water Resources and the Environment, the Subcommittee on Fisheries
and Oceans, the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development
and Research, and the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards |
| Caption | To improve the coordination of programs
for the Great Lakes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02129: |
| Bill Number | HR 2130 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 7/21/05 Reported our of House Committee
on Resources and placed on calendar |
| Caption | To amend the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972 to authorize research programs to better understand and protect
marine mammals, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02130: |
| Bill Number | HR 2323 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) |
| Status | 9/27/05 Introductory remarks made on
the measure |
| Caption | To establish a program of research and
other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02323: |
| Bill Number | HR 2376 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) |
| Status | 5/20/05 Referred to House Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans and House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation |
| Caption | To designate the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands National Marine Refuge, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02376: |
| Bill Number | HR 2673 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Joel Hefley (R-CO) |
| Status | 6/08/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans and executive comments requested from Commerce |
| Caption | To protect diverse and structurally complex
areas of the seafloor in the United States exclusive economic zone by establishing
a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear
used on bottom trawls, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02673: |
| Bill Number | HR 2862 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) |
| Status | 11/22/05 Signed by the President and
became Public Law No 109-108 |
| Caption | An Act making appropriations for the
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and related agencies, for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02862: |
| Bill Number | HR 2864 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Don Young (R-AK) |
| Status | 09/19/06 Conference committee established. |
| Caption | To provide for the conservation and development
of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the
United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02864: |
| Bill Number | HR 2939 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Kurt Weldon (R-PA) |
| Status | 06/29/05 Referred to Subcommittee on
Environment, Technology, and Standards |
| Caption | A bill to establish a national policy
for our oceans, to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
to establish a Committee on Ocean Policy, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02939: |
| Bill Number | HR 3187 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ) |
| Status | 6/30/05 Referred to the House Committee
on Resources |
| Caption | To authorize the acquisition of land
and interests in land to improve the conservation of, and to enhance
the ecological values and functions of, coastal watersheds and estuarine
areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities,
and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03187: |
| Bill Number | HR 3278 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Thomas Allen (D-ME) |
| Status | 7/21/05 Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries
and Oceans and executive comments requested from Commerce |
| Caption | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act to establish requirements for fishing
quota systems, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03278: |
| Bill Number | HR 3469 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) |
| Status | 8/8/05 Referred to the Subcommittee on
Trade and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans |
| Caption | To prohibit the import, export, and take
of certain coral reef species, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03469: |
| Bill Number | HR 3692 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) |
| Status | 9/26/05 Referred to House Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans and House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation |
| Caption | To establish a program within the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Coast Guard
to help identify, determine sources of, assess, reduce, and prevent marine
debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation
safety, in coordination with non-Federal entities, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03692: |
| Bill Number | HR 3778 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL) |
| Status | 9/26/05 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans and the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology,
and Standards |
| Caption | To establish ocean bottom trawl areas
in which trawling is permitted, to protect deep-sea corals and sponges,
and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03778: |
| Bill Number | HR 3824 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) |
| Status | 9/29/05 Passed the House and was sent
to the Senate |
| Caption | To amend and reauthorize the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving and recovering
listed species, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03824: |
| Bill Number | HR 3835 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ) |
| Status | 5/3/06 Subcommittee on Fisheries
and Oceans hearings held |
| Caption | To establish a coordinated national ocean
exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.03835: |
| Bill Number | HR 4075 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) |
| Status | 12/06/06 Passes Senate wtih an amendment
and an amendment to the title by unanimous consent. |
| Caption | To amend the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972 to provide for better understanding and protection of marine
mammals, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04075: |
| Bill Number | HR 4686 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status | 4/27/06 Placed on calendar |
| Caption | To reauthorize various fisheries management
laws, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04686: |
| Bill Number | HR 4761 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) |
| Status | 07/10/06 Received in the Senate. 08/03/06 Read for the first time in the Senate. 09/05/06 Read for the second time in the Senate. |
| Caption | To provide for exploration, development,
and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental
Shelf, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04761: |
| Bill Number | HR
4771 |
| Sponsor |
Rep.
Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL) |
| Status |
02/17/06
Referred to the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
| Caption |
To
amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of
1990 to require application to all vessels equipped with ballast water
tanks, including vessels that are not carrying ballast water, the requirement
to carry out exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management
methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes, and for other
purposes. |
| Web
Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:23:./temp/~bdWoh9:: |
| Bill Number | HR 4778 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) |
| Status | 3/20/06 Referred to House Committee on
Armed Service Subcommittee on Readiness |
| Caption | To require the Secretary of the Army
to conduct a survey and monitoring of off-shore sites in the vicinity
of the Hawaiian Islands where chemical munitions were disposed of by the
Armed Forces, to support research regarding the public and environmental
health impacts of chemical munitions disposal in the ocean, and to require
the preparation of a report on remediation plans for such disposal sites. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR04778:@@@X |
| Bill Number | HR 4782 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) |
| Status | 02/24/06 Referred to Subcommittee on
Energy and Natural Resources and executive comments requested from Interior |
| Caption | To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing
off the coast of the State of California, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04782: |
| Bill Number | HR 4783 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL) |
| Status | 02/24/06 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Energy and Mineral Resources and executive comments requested from
Interior |
| Caption | To prohibit offshore drilling on the
outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04783: |
| Bill Number |
HR 4788 |
| Sponsor |
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) |
| Status |
02/27/06 Executive comment requested
from the Department of Commerce. |
| Caption |
To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation
Act of 2000, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:11:./temp/~bdY3Ab:: |
| Bill Number | HR 4940 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) |
| Status | 4/25/06 Committee hearings held |
| Caption | To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04940: |
| Bill Number | HR 4953 |
| Sponsor | Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) |
| Status | 3/21/06 Referred to the Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans and executive comment requested from Interior |
| Caption | To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great
Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study. |
| Web Link | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04953: |
| Bill Number |
HR
5018 |
| Sponsor |
Rep.
Richard Pombo (R-CA) |
| Status |
07/17/06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 323 |
| Caption |
To
reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act,
and for other purposes. |
| Web
Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:34:./temp/~bdcf7j:: |
| Bill Number |
HR 5030 |
| Sponsor |
Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) |
| Status |
04/19/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce.
Referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, Subcommittee on Coast
Guard and Maritime Transportation, and Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment. |
| Caption |
To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control
Act of 1990 to establish vessel ballast water management requirements, and
for other purposes. |
| Web Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:7:./temp/~bdLJxO:: |
| Bill Number |
HR 5051 |
| Sponsor |
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) |
| Status |
04/19/06 Referred to House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans
and Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce. |
| Caption |
To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years
2007 through 2012, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:13:./temp/~bdsarM:: |
| Bill Number | HR 5100 |
| Sponsor |
Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) |
| Status |
04/19/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce.
Referred to Subcommitte on Environment, Technology and Standards, Subcommittee
on Fisheries and Oceans, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,
and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
| Caption |
To establish a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes,
and for other purposes. |
| Web Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:14:./temp/~bdeSa7:: |
| Bill Number | HR 5213 |
| Sponsor |
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) |
| Status |
05/03/06 Executive comment requested from the Department of Commerce.
Referred to the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans. |
| Caption |
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide emergency disaster
assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by declining Klamath River
salmon and to develop and implement a research and recovery plan for Klamath
River salmon, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:16:./temp/~bdW8GQ:: |
| Bill Number |
HR 5353 |
| Sponsor |
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) |
| Status |
05/11/06 Referred to House Committee on International Relations. |
| Caption |
To permit United States companies to participate in the exploration
for and the extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a foreign
maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive economic
zone of the United States, and for other purposes. |
| Web Link |
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:24:./temp/~bdY4xA:: |
| Bill Number | HR 5461 |
| Sponsor |
Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) |