National Ocean Policy Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6300
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2018-06-29
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Aquatic ecology

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental regulatory procedures

Executive agency funding and structure

Hydrology and hydrography

International law and treaties

International organizations and cooperation

Lakes and rivers

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Marine and inland water transportation

Marine pollution

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Seashores and lakeshores

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>National Ocean Policy Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for Executive Order 13547, titled &quot;Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes.&quot; (The order established a national policy to ensure the protection, maintenance, and restoration of the health of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems and resources, enhance the sustainability of ocean and coastal economies, preserve our maritime heritage, support sustainable uses and access, provide for adaptive management to enhance our understanding of and capacity to respond to climate change and ocean acidification, and coordinate with our national security and foreign policy interests.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6300 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29, 2018 Mr. Panetta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To give Executive Order 13547, relating to the stewardship of the ocean, the coasts, and the Great Lakes, the full force and effect of law, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Ocean Policy Act of 2018 . 2. Legal effect of Executive Order 13547 (a) Legal effect Executive Order 13547 (75 Fed. Reg. 43021), entitled Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes , signed on July 19, 2010, shall have the full force and effect of law. (b) Conforming change The Executive Order entitled Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States , signed on June 19, 2018, shall have no force or effect.