Oceans
S. 46
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Sponsor Name
Rubio
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Fla.
Issue
3
Volume
51
Update Issue
4
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H153

would reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act and establish the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force.

H.R. 160
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Soto
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Fla.
Issue
3
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H49

would reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act and establish the U.S. States Coral Reef Task Force.

S. 2429
Update Type
Chamber Action
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. S7902

which would reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act and establish the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, was passed by the Senate.

S. 1342
Update Type
Chamber Action
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
36
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H6108

which would require the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update periodically the environmental sensitivity index products of NOAA for each coastal area of the Great Lakes, was passed by the House.

S. 914
Update Type
Chamber Action
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
36
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H6102

which would reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act, clarify the authority of the Administrator of NOAA with respect to post-storm assessments, and require the establishment of a National Water Center, was passed by the House.

Marine Plastic Pollution: How Global Extended Producer Responsibility Can Help
Author
Erin Eastwood, Justin Fisch, Lara McDonough, and Linda Sobczynski
Author Bios (long)

Erin Eastwood is a marine conservation biologist and Program Director for the National Ocean Protection Coalition. Justin Fisch is an attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco in the firm’s Environmental and Social Enterprise + Impact Investing groups. Lara McDonough is a third-year law student at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Linda Sobczynski is an associate in Farella Braun + Martel’s San Francisco office, whose practice spans a range of matters under California and federal environmental and energy laws.

Date
December 2020
Volume
50
Issue
12
Page
10976
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

Nearly nine million tons of plastic waste flow into our oceans each year, arriving in many ways—ranging from polluted rivers and waterways to the wastewater from our washing machines. Once in the ocean, this pervasive plastic pollution is nearly impossible to clean up. If there is anything positive to say about such a broad and complex challenge, it is that there are multiple ways to tackle the problem. Legal and policy solutions are increasingly moving away from the piecemeal, product-by-product approach of single-use plastic bans and toward more comprehensive frameworks and solutions.This Comment discusses one such approach to managing plastic waste in a more comprehensive and holistic manner, called extended producer responsibility.

H.R. 8750
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Velazquez
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.Y.
Issue
1
Volume
51
Update Issue
34
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H5730

would direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of NOAA, to establish a National Coastal Data Information System.

S. 1982
Update Type
Chamber Action
Issue
12
Volume
50
Update Issue
30
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H5192

which would improve efforts to combat marine debris, was passed by the House.

S. 1069
Update Type
Chamber Action
Issue
11
Volume
50
Update Issue
29
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. S6000

which would require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of NOAA, to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, state, regional, and federal capacities to manage the coastal region, was passed by the Senate.

H.R. 7713
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committees on Natural Resources, Armed Services, and Science, Space, and Technology
Sponsor Name
Panetta
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
9
Volume
50
Update Issue
23
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H3611

would reauthorize the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. 

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