Senate Bills 113th Congress

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1 Senate Bills 113th Congress Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by House HR 69 Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2013 To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention. 9/17 Madeleine Bordallo (D Guam) 34% Up 1/3/ HR 4100 S 269 Mostly D HR 71 Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of /3/2013 Reauthorizes the Coral Reef Conservation Act of Madeleine Bordallo (D Guam) 3% Down 10 HR 738 All D Page 1 of 26

2 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 399 Levee Vegetation Review Act of 2013 Directs the Secretary of the Army to undertake a comprehensive review of the Corps of Engineers policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees in order to determine whether current federal policy is appropriate for all regions of the United States. Doris Matsui (D CA) 1% n/a 1/23/2013 HR 3080 Was included in Last updated 2/11/2014 WRRDA. 27 HR 584 Untitled Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish. 2/6/2013 Don Young (R AK) 1% Stalled HR 520 S 248, S 246 Mostly D 23 HR 753 Untitled Prohibits Interior and Commerce from authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the EEZ, except in accordance with law enacted after enactment of this Act. 2/15/2013 Don Young (R AK) 3% Stalled 0 HR 574 Page 2 of 26

3 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 764 Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program. Lois Capps (D CA) 6% Down 2/15/ HR 1905 (111th) All D HR 799 Fisheries Disaster Relief and Research Investment Act Provides exclusive funding to support fisheries and the communities that rely upon them, to clear unnecessary regulatory burdens and streamline Federal fisheries management. John Tierney (D MA) 5% Stalled 2/15/ Bipartisan HR 843 (use S 224) San Francisco Bay Restoration Act 2/26/2013 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay Jackie Speier (D CA) S 224 (Barbara All D Last updated 9/18/2014 Boxer) 11 Page 3 of 26

4 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 935 Untitled Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters. Passed House 7/31/2013 Bob Gibbs (R OH) 11% Down 3/4/ Bipartisan HR 996 (use S 1153) Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act To establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent the introduction and establishment in the United States of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites that are likely to cause harm. Louise Slaughter (D NY) 5% 3/6/ S 1153 All D Last updated 9/18/2014 HR 1012 (use S 520) Safety And Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act 3/6/2013 To strengthen Federal consumer protection and product traceability with respect to commercially marketed seafood. Ed Markey (D MA) HR 6200 S 520 Bipartisan Last updated 9/18/2014 0% 25 Page 4 of 26

5 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 1147 Maritime Lien Reform Act 3/13/2013 To provide limitations on maritime liens on fishing permits. Included in Coast Guard Act.. Included in Coast Guard Act. Don Young (R AK) 2% Down HR 1210 (112th) S HR 1308 Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act 3/21/2013 Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species. 11/14/13 Doc Hastings (R WA) 24% Up 4 HR 3069 (112th) Bipartisan HR 1526 Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act To create jobs & provide school funding in O&C counties... by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from National Forest System land. (may negatively affect salmon habitat) Passed House Doc Hastings (R WA) 7% Up 4/12/ All R Page 5 of 26

6 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 1667 Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act 4/23/2013 To prevent the escapement of genetically altered salmon in the United States. Don Young (R AK) 21% Stalled S 246 Mostly D 10 HR 1927 More Water and Security for Californians Act To provide congressional direction for implementation of the ESA as it relates to operation of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project and for water relief in the State of California. Jim Costa (D CA) 3% Stalled 5/9/ HR 2044 Untitled Prohibits the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine. (Harms fish) 5/17/2013 Keith Ellison (D MN) 0% Stalled 15 HR 4318 (112th) All D Page 6 of 26

7 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 2641 RAPID Act To provide for improved coordination of agency actions in the preparation and adoption of environmental documents for permitting determinations Passed House Tom Marino (R PA) 0% Died 7/10/ Bipartisan Last updated 1/5/2015 HR 2646 (use S 1275) REFI Pacific Act 7/10/2013 To direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction program. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R WA) S 1275: REFI Bipartisan Last updated 5/14/2014 Pacific Act 16 HR 2842 Untitled To create competition in the Department of Agriculture s canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen the Department s buying power, increase the availability of canned tuna to school lunch, child nutrition, and other Federal nutrition programs Linda Sanchez (D CA) 0% Stalled 7/25/ Bipartisan Page 7 of 26

8 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 3063 Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act Amends the MSA to require Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act. Robert Wittman (R VA) 6% Stalled 8/2/ HR 3080 Water Resources Reform and Development Act of /19/2013 Authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out its missions to develop, maintain, and support port and waterway infrastructure needs, and support flood protection and environmental restoration. SIGNED INTO LAW Bill Shuster (R PA) HR 399: Levee WRRDA. Vegetation Review Act Up 47 HR 3414 Fundamentally Improving Salmon Habitat Act Amends the WRDA of 2000 with respect to ecosystem restoration in the lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay estuaries. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R WA) 3% Down 10/30/ All D Page 8 of 26

9 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 3464 Commercial Vessel Discharges Reform Act of 2013 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to discharges incidental to the normal operation of certain vessels. Frank LoBiondo (R NJ) 17% Down 11/13/ Bipartisan HR 3533 Endangered Species Management Self Determination Act 11/19/2013 Amends the ESA to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species. Mark Amodei (R NV) 3% Stalled S HR 3964 Sacramento San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act To address certain water related concerns in the Sacramento San Joaquin Valley. Passed house 229/191 on Feb 5. Placed on calendar in the Senate. David Valadeo (R CA) 20% Down 1/29/ Page 9 of 26

10 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 4005 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2013 Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2015 and Passed house on 4/1 Duncan Hunter (R CA) 56% Up 2/6/ Bipartisan HR 4025 Fishing Safety Training and Research Act Amends title 46, United States Code, to reauthorize and amend the Fishing Safety Training Grant Program and the Fishing Safety Research Grant Program. William Keating (D MA) 2% Down 2/10/ John Tierney, MA HR 4039 California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 (joint with S2016) 2/11/2014 Directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to take actions to provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to the State of California due to drought. Jim Costa (D CA) 4% Even S 2016 (identical) All D 2 Page 10 of 26

11 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 4097 Salmon Solutions and Planning Act To ensure proper data collection, planning to preserve & recover salmon & steelhead in the Columbia River Basin; to direct Commerce to seek scientific analysis of Federal efforts to restore ESA listed salmon and steelhead. Jim McDermott (D WA) 1% Down 2/26/ HR 4300 Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act of /26/2014 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to support non Federal investments in water infrastructure improvements in the Sacramento Valley Doug LaMalfa (R CA) 11% Up Many Bipartisan 3 HR 4692 Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2014 Directs Commerce, acting through NOAA, to conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification Chellie Pingree (D ME) 2% Even 5/20/ Page 11 of 26

12 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 4742 Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act Amends the MSA to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen 5/29/14 but died. Doc Hastings (R WA) 31% Up 4/23/ HR 4988 Marine Access and State Transparency Act 6/26/2014 Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to provide for congressional approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of national monuments, to establish requirements for declaration of marine national monuments. Steve Southerland (R FL) 13% Down S HR 5026 Fish Hatchery Protection Act Prohibits closing or repurposing any propagation fish hatchery... of the Department of the Interior unless such action is expressly authorized by an Act of Congress. Reported favorably (markup held) 7/30 but died. Paul Gosar (R AZ) 31% Up 7/8/ Bipartisan Page 12 of 26

13 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 5117 Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act To make competitive awards to national estuary programs Bill Posey (FL R) 2% Down 7/15/ D HR 5216 Columbia Basin Restoration Act Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program. Earl Blumenauer (D OR) 6% Down 7/28/ Bonamici, DeFazio HR 5220 No More Land Act Not sure of exact implications, but looks like it woudl reduce funding for land management agencies. Sam Graves (R MO) 1% Stalled 7/28/ HR 5266 Untitled Reauthorizes the National Estuary Programs. Passed House but not Senate. Frank LoBiondo (R NJ) 44% Up 7/30/ Bipartisan Page 13 of 26

14 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 5283 Land Based Marine Debris Reduction Act Establishes national goals for the reduction & recycling of municipal solid waste, addresses the growing problem of marine debris, requires the EPA to promulgate regulations to attain those goals Mike Honda (D CA) 1% Even 7/30/ HR 5546 Untitled Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to identify, declare, and respond to marine disease emergencies Denny Heck (D WA) 1% Even 9/18/ All D Last updated 9/30/2014 HR 5609 Untitled Provides for the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. Duncan Hunter (R CA) 29% Down 9/18/ Last updated 10/2/2014 HR 5769 Land Based Marine Debris Reduction Act Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2015 On House schedule. Duncan Hunter (R CA) 31% Up 12/1/ Bipartisan Page 14 of 26

15 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by HR 5781 California Emergency Drought Relief Act 12/2/2014 "The bill provides eighteen month of relief (two water years) while protecting the State Water Project and protecting Northern California water rights." Passed House 12/9 David Valadeo (R CA) 31% Up H Res 770 Bipartisan Last updated 12/11/ Senate S 45 West Coast Ocean Protection Act of /22/2013 Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington. Barbara Boxer (D CA) 1% Down 5 S 171 All D S 224 San Francisco Bay Restoration Act 2/4/2013 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay. 4/3/14 Dianne Feinstein (D CA) 35% Up HR 843 (see Barbara Boxer instead) 1 Page 15 of 26

16 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 246 (use HR 1667) Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act 2/7/2013 To prevent the escapement of genetically altered salmon in the United States. Mark Begich (D AK) S 1717 HR 1667 Bipartisan Last updated 9/18/ S 248 Untitled Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish. 2/7/2013 Mark Begich (D AK) 0% Down HR 584 Bipartisan 2 S 267 Pirate Fishing Elimination Act To prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing through port State measures. 7/13/13 John "Jay" Rockefeller (D WV) 24% Up 2/11/ Wyden, Merkeley, Cantwell, Murkowski (bipartisan) Page 16 of 26

17 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 269 International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act Establishes uniform administrative and enforcement authorities for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes. 7/30/13 John "Jay" Rockefeller (D WV) 24% Up 2/11/ Bipartisan S 518 H2O Visa for Seafood Processing Act Authorizes the issuance of H2O nonimmigrant visas for aliens temporarily performing labor in the seafood processing industry Mark Begich (D AK) 2% Down 3/11/ S 520 Safety And Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act To strengthen Federal consumer protection and product traceability with respect to commercially marketed seafood. Mark Begich (D AK) 5% Down 3/11/ Mostly R S 542 Maritime Lien Reform Act of /13/2013 Provides limitations on maritime liens on fishing licenses and for other purposes. Lisa Murkowski (R AK) 1% Down HR 1147 (Don Mark Begich and Young) Ron Wyden 2 Page 17 of 26

18 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 601 (use HR 3080) Water Resources Development Act of /18/2013 To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States. Barbara Boxer (D CA) S 1248 (110th) S 982, HR 3080 David Vitter (R Last updated 9/18/2014 LA) 1 S 646 National Endowment for the Oceans Act 3/21/2013 Creates the National Endowment for the Oceans to promote the protection and conservation of United States ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. Sheldon Whitehouse (D RI) 3% Down 6 S 973 (112th) All D S 839 Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2013 Reauthorizes the Coral Reef Conservation Act of /30/13 Bill Nelson (D FL) 24% Up 4/25/ All D Page 18 of 26

19 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 1153 Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act To establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent the introduction and establishment in the US of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites that are likely to cause harm. Assigned to 6/12. Hearing held 7/16. Kirsten Gillibrand [D NY] 3% Down 6/12/ All D S 1254 Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2013 Amends the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of /27/ Signed into law. Last updated 9/18/2014 SIGNED Bill Nelson (D FL) Up S 1275 REFI Pacific Act Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction program. 7/10/2013 Committee 4/9/14 Maria Cantwell (D WA) 24% Up HR 2646: REFI The Council Pacific Act. commented on a Included in HR similar bill in and commented on this bill in Page 19 of 26

20 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 1419 Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act of 2013 Promotes research, development, and demonstration of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies. Committee 11/13/2014 Ron Wyden (D OR) 34% Up 8/1/ S 1521 Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act Prohibits Federal agencies from requiring seafood to be certified as sustainable by a third party nongovernmental organization and for other purposes. Lisa Murkowski (R AK) 0% Down 9/18/ S 1528 Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act Creates comprehensive national mercury monitoring network to quantify regional and national changes in atmospheric deposition, ecosystem contamina on, and bioaccumula on of mercury in fish and wildlife. Susan Collins (R ME) 1% Down 9/19/ D Page 20 of 26

21 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 1731 Endangered Species Management Self Determination Act 11/19/2013 Amends the Endangered Species Act to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species and for other purposes. Rand Paul (R KY) 3% Down HR 3533 All R 2 S 1784 Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 To improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land. 11/13/2014, 12/11/2014 Ron Wyden (D OR) 24% Died 12/9/ Last updated 12/17/2014 S 2016 California Emergency Drought Relief Act of /11/2014 Directs Interior, Commerce, and the EPA to take actions to provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to the State of California due to drought. Dianne Feinstein (D CA) 4% Down With Barbara Boxer, Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden Page 21 of 26

22 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 2028 Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2014 To amend the law relating to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety 4/9/14 John "Jay" Rockefeller (D WV) 43% Up 2/12/ S 2042 Clean Estuaries Act of 2014 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. 4/3/14 Sheldon Whitehouse (D RI) 43% Up 2/26/ Benjamin Cardin S 2080 National Fish Habitat Conservation Act A bill to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, improve the... quality of life for the people of the United States, enhance fish and wildlifedependent recreation. 4/3/14 Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D MD] 31% Up 3/5/ Bipartisan Page 22 of 26

23 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 2094 Vessel Incidental Discharge Act 3/6/2014 To provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal opertion of a vessel. (markup held) 7/23/14; reported by Senate 12/8/2014 Mark Begich (D AK) 57% Up HR 5609 Bipartisan Last updated 12/10/ S 2198 Emergency Drought Relief Act of /1/2014 Directs Interior, Commerce, and the EPA to provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to the State of California and other Western States due to drought. Passed Senate 5/22/14 Dianne Feinstein 20% Down S 2016, possibly Bipartisan Last updated 9/18/2014 HR S 2379 Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 To approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, to improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production in the Klamath River Basin in the public interest and the interest of the United States. Committee 11/13/14, 12/10/14 Ron Wyden (D OR) 31% Up 4/21/ All D Last updated 12/15/2014 Page 23 of 26

24 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 2444 Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016 Signed. Prohibits the USCG from closing any air facility (including Newport) until Signed by president Mark Begich (D AK) 43% Signed 6/5/ Bipartisan Last updated 12/11/2014 S 2484 South Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act Implements the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, as adopted at Auckland on November 14, /17/2014; reported by Senate 12/8/2014 Brian Schatz, D HI 31% Up 6/17/ Last updated 12/10/2014 S 2560 United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act Authorizes the USFWS to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and use those funds to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources. Benjamin Cardin (D MD) 15% Up 6/26/ Page 24 of 26

25 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 2608 Improved National Monument Designation Process Act 7/15/2014 Provides for congressional approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of national monuments; establishes requirements for the declaration of marine national monuments. Lisa Murkowski (R AK) 2% Down S 2674 Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within the EPA a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program. Jeff Merkley (D OR) 12% Up 7/28/ All D S 2727 (use S 2379) Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 To approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, to improve natural resource management, support... economic development, and sustain ag production in the Klamath Basin. Ron Wyden (D OR) 5% Down 7/31/ S 2379 Jeff Merkley Page 25 of 26

26 Bill No Title Summary or Title Status by S 2916 Restoring America s Watersheds Act Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to promote watershed health Martin Heinrich (D NM) 4% Even 11/12/ All D S 2991 Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of /9/2014 Amends the MSA to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Nation s fisheries and the communities that rely on them. 4% Up Last updated 12/10/2014 Dead Mark Begich Page 26 of 26