Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

A bill to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

2/13/2008--Introduced.
Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act - Declares it is U.S. policy to protect and preserve living and other resources of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Farallones NMS) and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Cordell Bank NMS) marine environments. Makes certain adjustments to expand the boundaries of the Farallones NMS and the Cordell NMS. Prohibits within the Farallones NMS and the Cordell Bank NMS:
(1) the leasing, exploration, development, production, or transporting by pipeline of minerals or hydrocarbons;
(2) the conduct of aquaculture (with exceptions); and
(3) subject to limitation, the discharge of materials, substances, or introduced species or a harmful change in the salinity. Prohibits the conduct of aquaculture within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete:
(1) an interim supplemental management plan for each sanctuary that focuses on protective resource management in the areas added by this Act; and
(2) a revised comprehensive management plan for each of the sanctuaries. Requires the Secretary to review the operations of the Farallones NMS to determine whether area added to it by this Act shall be designated as a new and separate NMS.


... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

Sponsor

• Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  close

Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2635

Number	Status	Purpose

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget

	OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 13, 2008

Show All Actions (3 actions)Hide Actions

All Bill Actions

• Feb 25, 2008: Star Print ordered on the bill.
• Feb 13, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Introduced on Feb 13, 2008.

---

Related Bills:

• H.R.1187

Related Issue Areas:

• Pests
• Water use
• Water resources
• Water pollution control
• 46 more
• Water pollution
• Waste disposal in the ocean
• Transportation
• Technology
• Ships
• Shellfish
• Saline waters
• Public lands
• Planning
• Pipelines
• Petroleum engineering
• Oil and gas leases
• Non-native species
• Natural resources
• Mining leases
• Mining engineering
• Marine safety
• Marine resources conservation
• Marine pollution
• Marine parks and reserves
• Maps
• Law
• Land transfers
• Government publicity
• Government information
• Fishing boats
• Fisheries
• Fines (Penalties)
• Executive departments
• Environmental protection
• Environmental monitoring
• Environmental education
• Energy
• Ecosystem management
• Ecological research
• Department of Commerce
• Data banks
• Criminal justice
• California
• Boundaries
• Aquaculture
• Animals
• Animal pests
• Agriculture
• Administrative procedure
• Marine resources

Data from the Congressional Research Service

Users tracking S.2635 (2) are also tracking:

Show More User Statistics... Hide User Statistics

In the News

We are not currently finding any news articles on this topic using our daily automated search of Google News. However, if you know of a relevant news article to display here, OpenCongress site editors have the ability to add it manually. Simply e-mail us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: We'll post relevant links as quickly as possible. Also, if this topic is important to you, you could write a letter to the editor -- if a news article refers this specific topic by name, a link to that news article is likely to appear here soon.

Information made available by:

Blog Coverage

February 12, 2008 S. 2635, A bill to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the ...

S. 2635 would expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: washingtonwatch.com - Welcome to washingtonwatc...

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See most useful blog posts

Information made available by: