Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
253 Russell
14/09/2022 at 10:00AM
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an Executive Session on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 10 a.m. EDT to consider the following piece of legislation:
- S. XXXX, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022
The legislation calls for updated oil spill planning, a new Arctic Security Cutter and new studies on Arctic operations, a study on the “impacts on shipping and commercial, tribal, and recreational fisheries from the development of renewable energy on the West Coast,” and “a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities to develop and implement mitigation measures that will lead to a quantifiable reduction in threats to marine mammals from shipping activities and port operations.”