National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
This bill amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to reauthorize through FY2021 the National Sea Grant College Program.
The bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to award Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Currently, NOAA has discretion in awarding such fellowships. Those fellowships support the placement of graduate students in fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources in positions with the executive and legislative branches.
NOAA must establish priorities for the use of donations given for the National Sea Grant Program.
An agency may appoint to a federal position, without regard to competitive requirements, a recipient of a Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship within two years after such recipient successfully completes a fellowship.
The bill authorizes through FY2020 grants for university research on: (1) the biology, prevention, and control of aquatic nonnative species; (2) oyster diseases, oyster restoration, and oyster-related human health risks; (3) the biology, prevention, and forecasting of harmful algal blooms; and (4) sustainable aquaculture techniques and technologies. The bill also authorizes through FY2020 grants for: (1) fishery extension activities conducted by sea grant colleges or sea grant institutes to enhance existing core program funding; and (2) priority issues identified in the National Sea Grant Program's strategic plan.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-30 | President | Became Public Law No: 114-187. | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-30 | President | Signed by President. | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-30 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-30 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Vote | Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 2328 by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 30. Record Vote Number: 116. | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Floor | Motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 2328 with amendment SA 4865 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4701-4702) | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Vote | Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to agree to the House amendment to S. 2328) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 13. Record Vote Number: 115. (consideration: CR S4702) | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Vote | Motion to table the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 2328 with amendment SA 4865 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 54. Record Vote Number: 114. (consideration: CR S4701-4702) | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Floor | Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to agree to the House amendment to S. 2328) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4702) | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Floor | Point of order that the motion to agree to the House amendment to S. 2328 violates section 425(a)(2) of the CBA raised in Senate. | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources fell when cloture was invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 2328 in Senate. (consideration: CR S4685, S4689-4690) | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Vote | Cloture on the motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate bill invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 32. Record Vote Number: 113. (consideration: CR S4685, S4689-4690; text: CR S4689) | Senate |
| 2016-06-29 | Floor | Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S4685-4690, S4690-4699, S4699-4702) | Senate |
| 2016-06-27 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources the House message to accompany S. 2328 with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 4867) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4577) | Senate |
| 2016-06-27 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate bill with an amendment (SA 4865) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4577) | Senate |
| 2016-06-27 | Floor | Cloture motion on the motion to agree to the House amendment to the Senate bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4577; text: CR S4577) | Senate |
| 2016-06-27 | Floor | Motion by Senator McConnell to agree to the House amendment to the Senate bill made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4577) | Senate |
| 2016-06-27 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4577-4578) | Senate |
| 2016-06-13 | Floor | Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill. | Senate |
| 2016-06-09 | Floor | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 770, S. 2328 is considered passed House as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2015-12-01 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House committee actions |
| 2015-11-30 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-30 | Floor | Received in the House. | House floor actions |
| 2015-11-20 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2015-11-19 | Floor | Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8173-8174; text as passed Senate: CR S8173-8174) | Senate |
| 2015-11-19 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |