S 3515
110th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coastal zone
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Great Lakes
Higher education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oceanography
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Water Resources Development
A bill to establish 4 regional institutes as centers of excellence for research, planning, and related efforts to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas.
Introduced: September 18, 2008
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 18, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish an Institute for Ocean and Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change at an institution of higher education in each of four separate regions of the United States; and (2) award grants to such educational institutions for research, planning, and related activities to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate change on ocean and coastal areas, including the Great Lakes.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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