Bill Provides Time-Out In Implementation Of New Policy HOUSTON, TX – The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved the Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill (H.R. 5326). The bill includes a provision under Sec. 553 that prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this bill to implement the new National Ocean Policy. This [...]
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Gloucester Times (MA): Panel Chairman Moves To Block ‘Ocean Zoning’ Money – April 15, 2012
Gloucester Times (MA): Panel Chairman Moves To Block ‘Ocean Zoning’ Money The chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, backed by a national coalition that ranges from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association, is urging a shutoff to all funding geared toward implementation of a National Ocean Policy created [...]
E&E News: Industry Groups Press Lawmakers To Freeze Spending for New Obama Policy – April 12, 2012
E&E News: Industry Groups Press Lawmakers To Freeze Spending for New Obama Policy Industry groups are asking lawmakers to put the brakes on the Obama administration’s National Ocean Policy. More than 75 groups — representing agriculture, forestry, oil and gas, and some parts of the fishing industry — sent a letter today to House appropriators asking [...]
80+ Groups Submit National Ocean Policy Letter To Congress
Eighty-one groups today submitted a letter to U.S. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers (KY) asking that language be included in all Fiscal Year 2013 appropriations bills that would prohibit the use of funds to implement the new National Ocean Policy. The request was made as part of an effort to achieve a pause in [...]
AFL-CIO’s Maritime Trades Department Passes Resolution Supporting National Ocean Policy Oversight
Earlier this month, the AFL-CIO’s Maritime Trades Department (MTD) passed a resolution in which MTD and its affiliates “pledge our full support for vigorous congressional oversight over implementation of the National Ocean Policy and efforts to limit its adverse effects.” The resolution adds that “[w]e also stand with our union Brothers and Sisters in other [...]
Congressional Field Hearing Over National Ocean Policy Set for Anchorage, Alaska
Congressional Field Hearing Over National Ocean Policy Set for Anchorage, Alaska The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs has announced that a field hearing on ”Alaska’s Sovereignty In Peril: The National Ocean Policy’s Goal to Federalize Alaska,” will take place in Anchorage Alaska at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April [...]
U.S. Senators Seek Series of National Ocean Policy Oversight Hearings
U.S. Senators Seek Series of National Ocean Policy Oversight Hearings In a March 20, 2012 letter sent to the Chairs of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Energy & Natural Resources, and Environment & Public Works Committees, U.S. Senators from Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming requested a series of oversight hearings [...]
U.S. House Committee Chair Reiterates Call For Extension Of Comment Period
U.S. House Committee Chair Reiterates Call for Extension of Comment Period WASHINGTON, D.C., March 20, 2012 – House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent a letter to the co-chairs of President Obama’s National Ocean Council to once again request that the public comment period on the draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan [...]
U.S. House Subcommittee Announces Ocean Policy Oversight Hearing – March 14, 2012
U.S. House Subcommittee Announces Ocean Policy Oversight Hearing The Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs has announced that it will hold an oversight hearing on Thursday, March 22, 2012 on “Empty Hooks: The National Ocean Policy is the Latest Threat to Access for Recreational and Commercial Fishermen.” Witnesses are by invitation only, and a [...]
Governors Express Concerns About National Ocean Policy – March 14, 2012
Governors Express Concerns About National Ocean Policy: Letter to President Obama In a letter sent to President Obama regarding the current state of domestic offshore energy development, the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition–comprised of the Governors of Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia–communicated its concerns about potential unintended consequences resulting from the [...]
