Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 108-hr-4900
Sponsor: Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advice and consent of the Senate
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Algal blooms
Animals
Aquaculture
Arctic and polar regions
Auditing
Authorization
Biological diversity
Black colleges
Citizen lawsuits
Climate
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coastal zone
Commerce
Communication in science
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continental shelf
Coral reefs
Data banks
Department of Commerce
Developing countries
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Education
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental education
Environmental monitoring
Environmental technology
Estuaries
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Federal-territorial relations
Fishery management
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
Government internships
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governors
Graduate education
Grants-in-aid
Great Lakes
Habitat conservation
Higher education
Injunctions
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
International environmental cooperation
Judicial review
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine animals
Marine biology
Marine ecology
Marine mammals
Marine parks and reserves
Marine resources conservation
Marine safety
Mentoring
Meteorological research
Meteorology
Mining royalties
Minorities
Minority education
National Sea Grant Program
Native Americans
Navigation
Non-native species
Ocean
Ocean mining
Oceanographic research
Oceanography
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Parties to actions
Performance measurement
Petroleum in submerged lands
Presidential appointments
Public service advertising
Public-private partnerships
Regional planning
Remote sensing
Research and development
Research grants
Restoration ecology
Revenue sharing
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists in government
Secondary education
Shore protection
Space activities
Standards
Strategic planning
Submarine oil well drilling
Sunset legislation
Teacher education
Technological innovations
Telecommunication systems
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Watersheds
Weather forecasting

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act - Specifies a national oceans policy. Establishes national standards to require any Federal agency or federally funded activities that affect U.S. ocean waters or ocean resources to be conducted in a manner that protects and maintains healthy marine ecosystems and, where appropriate, restores degraded marine ecosystems.
 
Re-establishes in the Department of Commerce (what already exists under Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), administered by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Directs the President to submit to Congress recommendations for reorganizing functions of existing Federal agencies to establish a Department of Natural Resources having authority for Federal programs relating to land, air, and water resources, including freshwater and ocean resources.
 
Establishes: (1) a National Oceans Advisor; (2) a National Oceans Council; and (3) the Council of Advisors on Oceans Policy.
 
Designates certain ocean regions for ecosystem-based management. Establishes a NOAA Regional Office and a Regional Ocean Council for each ocean region. Requires each Regional Ocean Council to prepare a Regional Ocean Ecosystem Plan for each ocean region.
 
Establishes a Committee on Ocean Science, Education, and Operations (OSEO Committee). Directs the Chair of the National Oceans Council to develop a National Strategy for Ocean and Coastal Science.
 
Establishes: (1) a Subcommittee on Ocean Education within the OSEO Committee; (2) an interagency ocean and coastal education program; (3) a National Ocean Science and Technology Scholarship Program; and (4) a NOAA Office of Education.
 
Directs the Administrator to conduct a national media campaign to increase public awareness and interest in the oceans, through mass media advertising.
 
Establishes: (1) an Office of Ocean Exploration within the Ocean and Atmospheric Research and Data Services Office; and (2) a Subcommittee on Ocean Exploration within the OSEO Committee.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Ocean and Great Lakes Conservation Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2004-08-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2004-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House