Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Marine resources conservation

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.350 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes.

2008-05-14T00:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1112 Recognizing 2008 as the International Year of the Reef.

2008-04-16T00:00:00Z

Recognizing 2008 as the International Year of the Reef.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5741 Shark Conservation Act of 2008

2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5618 National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008

2008-03-13T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009

2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5540 Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act

2008-03-05T00:00:00Z

To amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.

Bill Introduced: S.2707 Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act

2008-03-05T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.300 Recognizing the necessity for the United States to maintain its significant leadership role in improving the health and promoting the resiliency of coral reef ecosystems, and for other purposes.

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the necessity for the United States to maintain its significant leadership role in improving the health and promoting the resiliency of coral reef ecosystems, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2635 Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

Bill Introduced: H.R.5106 National Marine Mammal Research Program Act of 2007

2008-01-23T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Marine Mammal Commission to establish a national research program to fund basic and applied research on marine mammals, and for other purposes.

Bill Enacted: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

2007-12-19T00:00:00Z

An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

December 19, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-140.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

2007-12-19T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

2007-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

2007-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.4174 FOARAM Act

2007-11-14T00:00:00Z

To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Bill Introduced: S.2211 Global Warming and Acidification Coastal and Ocean Resiliency Act

2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

A bill to ensure the recovery, resiliency, and health of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2204 Global Warming and Acidification Coastal and Ocean Resiliency Act

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A bill to assist wildlife populations and wildlife habitats in adapting to and surviving the effects of global warming, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3352 Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2008

2007-08-02T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2854 New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone Act of 2007

2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

To restore, protect, and preserve the natural, chemical, physical, and biological integrity, and the economic potentialities, of the New York/New Jersey Bight through designation and establishment of the New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone and the regulation of various activities therein, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.505 Recognizing the innumerable contributions of the recreational boating community and the boating industry to the continuing prosperity and affluence of the United States.

2007-06-20T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the innumerable contributions of the recreational boating community and the boating industry to the continuing prosperity and affluence of the United States.