To express the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be the primary representative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Chesapeake Bay, to require the Secretary of the Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide grants supporting research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems, and for other purposes.
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This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants to certain entities, including the academic community and seafood industry, to conduct research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems.
Grant awards may not exceed 85% of the research project's total cost unless NOAA waives such requirement. Additionally, NOAA must ensure that grant funding is apportioned according to the historic baseline (i.e., the estimated population of oysters in an estuary in 1850) oyster population of each estuary of the United States.
What just happenedNov 17, 2020
Committee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 20, 2020
- Nov 17, 2020Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Natural Resources Committee - Nov 17, 2020Committee
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Natural Resources Committee - Nov 6, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Oct 20, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Oct 20, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 20, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House