President Obama Signs Public Land Management Act Into Law
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Five Ocean Bills in Public Land Management Act of 2009
Just days after the House of Representatives passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, President Obama signed the Act into Law. This historic Act contains five landmark ocean bills: Ocean Exploration and NOAA’s Undersea Research Program Act; Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act; Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009; Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009; and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program.
“The ocean science community has been working for more than a decade on developing observing systems, to help understand, manage and protect our ocean and coastal resources,” said Robert Gagosian, President and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. “Our Congress and President have taken a significant step toward helping us fundamentally change how we study the ocean and transfer information into products and services for decision makers.”
Members of both the Senate and House worked tirelessly to see that this Act, and the five critical ocean bills included in it, passed both chambers of Congress.
The bill passed the Senate in January by a vote of 73 to 21. Today the House passed the more than 1,200 page bill by a vote of 285-140 last week.
