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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. Congress Legislative updates: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-MO) reintroduced the Save Our Sequoias Act ( R.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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In this issue: Congress. Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. President Biden signed the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act ( H.R. Congress has not passed appropriations bills since December 2020. Executive Branch. Supreme Court to hear climate case.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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Federal agencies plan to reverse National Environmental Policy Act rules and more. Scientist Elected to Congress. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. This amendment mirrors Coons’ Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act ( S. Executive Branch. International.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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The plan requests that Congress fund wildfire protection and coastal resilience projects, support climate-smart agriculture and major land and water restoration projects like those in the Everglades and the Great Lakes. See also: Science Committee Makes Counterproposal to Endless Frontier Act. Executive Branch. Discrimination: Sens.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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In this issue: Congress. Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. Research Policy: The House leadership unveiled the America COMPETES Act ( H.R.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

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Endless Frontier Act Stalled and Renamed to the Innovation and Competition Act. Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R.

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