Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3086
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Department of State
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: 

Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016

 
This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to reauthorize through FY2021: (1) the Marine Debris Program, which includes activities for reducing debris in oceans and coastal areas; (2) an information clearinghouse on marine debris; and (3) enforcement of laws about discarded marine debris from ships.
 
The bill also revises the program by requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris.
 
 

action_date: 2016-12-10
text: 

Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program by requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris.
 
(Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine debris events.
 
(Sec. 4) The bill urges the President to: (1) work with foreign countries that produce the largest amounts of unmanaged municipal solid waste that reaches the ocean in order to find solution to the marine debris; and (2) study issues related to marine debris, including the economic impacts of marine debris.
 
(Sec. 5) The Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee must expand to include a senior official from the Department of State.
 
(Sec. 6) This bill reauthorizes through FY2021: (1) the Marine Debris Program, (2) an information clearinghouse on marine debris, and (3) enforcement of laws about discarded marine debris from ships. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2016-12-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-12-10
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7107)
action_date: 2016-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7107)
action_date: 2016-12-10
text: The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-12-10
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7106-7107)
action_date: 2016-11-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 691.
action_date: 2016-11-28
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-387.
action_date: 2016-11-28
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-387.
action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate