Oceans
S. 1296, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Whitehouse
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-R.I.
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. S4226

would revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the state of Rhode Island.

H.R. 2027, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Cicilline
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-R.I.
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H3755

would revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in Rhode Island.

H.R. 1890, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Tsongas
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mass.
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H3278

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require, as a condition and term of any exploration plan or development and production plan submitted under that Act, that the applicant for the plan must submit an oil spill containment and clean-up plan capable of handling a worst-case scenario oil spill.

S. 973, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Sponsor Name
Whitehouse
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-R.I.
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. S2928

would create the National Endowment for the Oceans to promote the protection and conservation of the U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems.

S. 962, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Sponsor Name
Murray
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Wash.
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. S2928

would reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits.

H.R. 1228, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Landry
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-La.
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H2037

would provide for payments to certain natural resource trustees to assist in restoring natural resources damaged as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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