To give Executive Order 13547, relating to the stewardship of the ocean, the coasts, and the Great Lakes, the full force and effect of law, and for other purposes.
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
National Ocean Policy Act of 2018 This bill provides statutory authority for Executive Order 13547, titled "Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes." (The order established a national policy to ensure the protection, maintenance, and restoration of the health of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems and resources, enhance the sustainability of ocean and coastal economies, preserve our maritime heritage, support sustainable uses and access, provide for adaptive management to enhance our understanding of and capacity to respond to climate change and ocean acidification, and coordinate with our national security and foreign policy interests.)
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Advisory bodiesAquatic ecologyClimate change and greenhouse gasesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureHydrology and hydrographyInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLakes and riversMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine and inland water transportationMarine pollutionNavigation, waterways, harborsSeashores and lakeshoresWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
To give Executive Order 13547, relating to the stewardship of the ocean, the coasts, and the Great Lakes, the full force and effect of law, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6300| House
| Updated: 7/12/2018
National Ocean Policy Act of 2018 This bill provides statutory authority for Executive Order 13547, titled "Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes." (The order established a national policy to ensure the protection, maintenance, and restoration of the health of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems and resources, enhance the sustainability of ocean and coastal economies, preserve our maritime heritage, support sustainable uses and access, provide for adaptive management to enhance our understanding of and capacity to respond to climate change and ocean acidification, and coordinate with our national security and foreign policy interests.)
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Advisory bodiesAquatic ecologyClimate change and greenhouse gasesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureHydrology and hydrographyInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLakes and riversMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine and inland water transportationMarine pollutionNavigation, waterways, harborsSeashores and lakeshoresWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats