S. 39 · 110th Congress

Ocean and Coastal Exploration and NOAA Act (OCEAN Act)

Stage: Reported from committee
Sponsor: Ted Stevens
Introduced: 2007-01-04
Latest action: 2007-03-27 · Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-39.

Subjects

Congress

Department of Commerce

Public lands and natural resources

Education

Higher education

Commerce

Animals

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Great Lakes

Science, Technology, Communications

Government Operations and Politics

Water Resources Development

Economics and Public Finance

Research centers

Congressional reporting requirements

Transportation and Public Works

History

Environmental Protection

Arts, Culture, Religion

Authorization

Communication in science

Archaeology

Scientific education

Marine resources conservation

Ocean

Technology transfer

Historic sites

Gifts

Public-private partnerships

Ecosystem management

Habitat conservation

Lakes

Reprogramming of appropriated funds

Coastal zone

Maps

Marine biology

Continental shelf

Navigation

Territorial waters

Ocean currents

Oceanography

Communication satellites

Marine ecology

Ocean floor

Salvage