• Markup on:
  H.R.1552, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001 for the Marine Research and related environmental research and development program activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. Ordered reported to Full Committee as amended by voice vote.
  H.R.1643, to establish a moratorium on large fishing vessels in Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries.Ordered reported to Full Committee by voice vote.
  H.R.1651, to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to extend the period during which reimbursement may be provided to owners of United States fishing vessels for costs incurred when such a vessel is seized and detained by a foreign country. Ordered reported to Full Committee by voice vote.
  H.R.1652, to establish the Yukon River Salmon Advisory Panel. Ordered reported to Full Committee by voice vote.
  H.R.1653, to approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation. Ordered reported to Full Committee by voice vote.
• Hearing on:
  H.R.34, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
  H.R.535, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
  H.R.1489, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
  H.R.1431, to reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act.
  H.R.1243, to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.

May 6, 1999
11:00 a.m.; Room 1334 LHOB
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

Hearing on:

H.R. 34 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. (Goss, FL)

H.R. 535 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. (Castle, DE)

H.R. 1489 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. (Jones, NC)

H.R. 1431 - A bill to reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act. (Saxton, NJ)

H.R. 1243 - To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. (Saxton, NJ)

Background Memoranda on: Coastal Barrier Resources and National Marine Sanctuaries

WITNESS LIST

PANEL I

• The Honorable Porter J. Goss, Representative of the 14^th District of Florida
• The Honorable Thomas B. Evans, Jr., Former Member, Author of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act

• Mr. Gary Frazer, Acting Assistant Director, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior accompanied by:

  Mr. Bill Shaddox, Acting Associate Director for Professional Services, National Park Service, Department of the Interior

• Mrs. Jo Ann Howard, Administrator of the Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Ms. Sally Yozell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce accompanied by:

  Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society

PANEL III

• Mr. Stephen Ellis, Coastal Program Coordinator, Coast Alliance
• Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University