May 16, 2016 — The following was released by the House Natural Resources Committees’ Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans:
On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans will hold an oversight hearing on “The Implications of President Obama’s National Ocean Policy.”
Policy Overview:
- Following unsuccessful efforts to pass major national ocean policy legislation during three successive Congresses under both Democrat and Republican majorities, the Obama Administration initiated the development of a sweeping multi-agency federal management plan for oceans. This effort culminated with the July 2010 issuance by the White House of National Ocean Policy Executive Order 13547.
- The National Ocean Policy (NOP) imposes a new governance structure over two dozen federal agencies to ensure to the fullest extent that all future agency actions are consistent with the Executive Order.
- The reach of the National Ocean Policy extends beyond coastal areas to inland rivers and adjacent lands, as demonstrated in part by National Ocean Policy directives to protect forestlands and wetland-associated uplands.
Invited Witnesses: (listed in alphabetical order)
Mr. Dan Keppen
Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance Klamath Falls, Oregon
Ms. Elizabeth Kerttula
Director, National Ocean Council Washington, D.C.
Mr. Jim Lanard
Chief Executive Officer, Magellan Wind Collingswood, New Jersey
Ms. Meghan Lapp
Fisheries Liaison, Seafreeze, Ltd. North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Mr. Bob Zales
President, National Association of Charterboat Operators Hurley, Mississippi
See the event listing and read the hearing memo at the Natural Resources Committee website