Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Introduced
In Committee
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Passed Chamber
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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. Specifically, the bill increases domestic and international coordination to enhance data management and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts; creates the Interagency Ocean Exploration Committee to promote the exploration and improved understanding of the oceans; revises the Ocean Policy Committee to the Committee on Ocean Policy; establishes a technology innovation task force to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a workforce development program, including to support undergraduate and graduate education in fields related to the advancement of the monitoring, collection, synthesis, and analysis of data regarding the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts; requires NOAA to ensure that a goal of its cooperative institutes is to advance or apply emerging technologies; requires NOAA to establish opportunities to engage indigenous, subsistence, and fishing communities to better understand their needs; institutes an ocean innovation prize to catalyze the rapid development and deployment of data collection and monitoring technology; reauthorizes several NOAA programs, including the Ocean Exploration Program; directs relevant federal agencies to measure the value and impact of industries related to the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts on the U.S. economy; and requires the National Academy of Sciences to assess the potential for an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Oceans.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Committee Hearings Held.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesAir qualityAlaska Natives and HawaiiansAquatic ecologyCensus and government statisticsClimate change and greenhouse gasesComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightEconomic performance and conditionsEmployment and training programsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureExecutive Office of the PresidentGeneticsGeography and mappingGovernment information and archivesGreat LakesHigher educationHuman rightsHuman traffickingHydrology and hydrographyInternational organizations and cooperationLabor standardsLakes and riversMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine and inland water transportationMarine pollutionMiningMinority educationMinority employmentOil and gasOutdoor recreationPerformance measurementPublic-private cooperationScience and engineering educationTravel and tourismVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWater qualityWildlife conservation and habitat protection
BLUE GLOBE Act
USA116th CongressHR-3548| House
| Updated: 11/17/2020
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. Specifically, the bill increases domestic and international coordination to enhance data management and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts; creates the Interagency Ocean Exploration Committee to promote the exploration and improved understanding of the oceans; revises the Ocean Policy Committee to the Committee on Ocean Policy; establishes a technology innovation task force to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a workforce development program, including to support undergraduate and graduate education in fields related to the advancement of the monitoring, collection, synthesis, and analysis of data regarding the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts; requires NOAA to ensure that a goal of its cooperative institutes is to advance or apply emerging technologies; requires NOAA to establish opportunities to engage indigenous, subsistence, and fishing communities to better understand their needs; institutes an ocean innovation prize to catalyze the rapid development and deployment of data collection and monitoring technology; reauthorizes several NOAA programs, including the Ocean Exploration Program; directs relevant federal agencies to measure the value and impact of industries related to the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts on the U.S. economy; and requires the National Academy of Sciences to assess the potential for an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Oceans.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Committee Hearings Held.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesAir qualityAlaska Natives and HawaiiansAquatic ecologyCensus and government statisticsClimate change and greenhouse gasesComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightEconomic performance and conditionsEmployment and training programsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureExecutive Office of the PresidentGeneticsGeography and mappingGovernment information and archivesGreat LakesHigher educationHuman rightsHuman traffickingHydrology and hydrographyInternational organizations and cooperationLabor standardsLakes and riversMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine and inland water transportationMarine pollutionMiningMinority educationMinority employmentOil and gasOutdoor recreationPerformance measurementPublic-private cooperationScience and engineering educationTravel and tourismVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWater qualityWildlife conservation and habitat protection