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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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Rob Portman (R-OH) reauthorizes the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Act through FY 2027 and authorizes $20 million a year for the program. This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The visits came as Congressional appropriations committees are starting work on the FY 2024 budget. An ongoing Supreme Court case (Sackett vs. EPA) has the potential to shape the scope of this law.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

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4083 ) to overhaul the country’s hardrock mining law. In December 2020, USFWS made a determination that listing the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act is “warranted but precluded.”. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Advisory Committee Public Meeting (May 11-13). 7580 & S.

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ESA Policy News: May 30, 2023

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EPA creates a far narrower test than what has been used for more than half a century to determine when bogs and marshes fall under the scope of the 1972 law. The justices agreed that their specific wetlands should not be subject to Clean Water Act regulation, and that the court’s prior test, stemming from the 2006 case Rapanos v.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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8965) that would reauthorize existing control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species law through fiscal year 2028. The bill would also increase authorized funding for invasive species partnerships funding level from $50 million to $75 million. Ocean Climate Action Plan. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R.

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