BLUE GLOBE Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 8, 2021)
Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays, and Estuaries Act or the BLUE GLOBE Act
This bill addresses data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts.
The bill increases domestic and international coordination to enhance data management and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts.
It adds programs for the application and development of innovative technology to the list of technology programs used to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
It also modifies requirements related to the scientific workforce in areas of oceanic and atmospheric research and development to include investigating whether there is a workforce shortage, workforce diversity, actions the federal government can take to increase diversity in the scientific workforce, and actions it can take to shorten the hiring backlog for such workforce.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must (1) ensure that a goal of its cooperative institutes is to advance or apply emerging technologies, (2) create an ocean innovation prize to catalyze the rapid development and deployment of data collection and monitoring technology, and (3) seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to assess the potential for an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Oceans.
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2024 various NOAA hydrographic programs, including nautical mapping and charting.
Additionally, relevant federal agencies must measure the value and impact of industries related to the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts on the U.S. economy.
What just happenedJun 22, 2021
Committee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 8, 2021
- Jun 22, 2021Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Natural Resources Committee - Jun 17, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Jun 8, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Environment Subcommittee - Jun 8, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Jun 8, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Natural Resources Committee - Jun 8, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 8, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House