FoNOAA Urges Senate Leadership to Pass Omnibus Bill, Including Six Ocean Bills

The undersigned members of the ocean and coastal research, education, and conservation community would like to thank you for your strong support of ocean and coastal science and conservation in the U.S. Senate. We strongly support the important ocean and coastal related bills included in S. 3297 – Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, Ocean Exploration and NOAA Undersea Research Program Act, Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act, Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act, and National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act. We collectively urge the Senate to remain diligent in its efforts to seek passage ofthese much needed improvements in ocean policy at the earliest available opportunity.

2008-09-11 FoNOAA to Senate Leadership re- Advancing America’s Priorities Act