CORE Board of Governors

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COREBoard of Governors

• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S.
  Navy (Ret.)
• Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
  Atmosphere
• NOAA Administrator
• March 7, 2007

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Todays Agenda

• Hill and the Budget
• Organic Act
• Question and Answers

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Hill and the Budget FY 07 Continuing Resolution

• Joint Resolution 20 signed into law on February
  15th, 2007
• Funds the Federal government through September
  30th, 2007
• Joint Resolution provides NOAA with continued
  funding at the FY06 Enacted level (3.9 billion)
• Possible small upward adjustments to some items
• FY 2007 spending plan is still under development

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Hill and the BudgetNOAA Funding TrendsIncluded
House Marks 2007 Senate Mark
( in Billions)



In FY03, the House did not report or pass an
SJC appropriations bill. The House-Introduced
bill total is used here.
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Hill and the Budget FY 2008 Budget Context

• NOAA Services Crucial to Our Nations
  Competitiveness
• Increasing Need to Preserve Ocean and Coastal
  Resources
• Severe Weather Impacting Our Economy and Public
  Safety
• Understanding Climate Change to Manage Resources
  Better
• NOAA Environmental Information Key to Millions of
  Decisions
• Fiscal Environment Requires Careful Resource
  Decisions

Pfiesteria HAB in Lake Erie
Hurricane Frances2004
Planting Oysters in Chesapeake Bay NERR
Sinking Oil Tanker (JESSICA)
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Hill and the Budget FY 2008 Budget Highlights

• Request of 3,815.4M is 131.3M or 3.4 above the
  FY 2007 Presidents Budget
• Request is 96.1M or 2.5 below the FY 2006
  Enacted Level
• Reflects the Administrations Guidance on
  Discretionary Spending
• Supports Core Mission Services
• Includes 51.5M for Adjustments to Base and
  79.9M in Program Increases
• Supports Presidents U.S. Ocean Action Plan

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Ocean Action PlanFY 2008 President Budget
Increases over FY 2007
( in Millions)
Ocean Science and Research 60
Ocean Research Priorities Plan Implementation 20.0
Integrated Ocean Observing System 16.4
Vessel Time and Equipment for Ocean Science 9.0
Mapping the Extended Continental Shelf 8.0
Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Fisheries Research Grants (mandatory funds) 3.5
Right Whales Research 2.0
Ocean Health Initiative 1.0
International Polar YearMarine survey in the Antarctic 0.6

Protecting and Restoring Sensitive Marine and Coastal Areas 38
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument 8.0
Penobscot River Restoration 10.0
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation 15.0
Gulf of Mexico Collaboration 5.0

Ensuring Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources 25
Magnuson Stevens Implementation 20.2
Aquaculture 3.0
Marine Mammals and Sound 1.8

NOAA Total 123

Support Implementation of Ocean Research Priorities Plan (ORPP)NSF/DOI 20
Total 143
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NOAAs Organic ActHistorical Perspective

• Organic Acts establish a statutory basis of an
  agency or office within the government
  priorities, mission functions
• Provide basic authorities to conduct activities
  needed to meet an agencys mission
• NOAA was created by President Nixon in 1970 by
  Reorganization Plan No. 4
• Formed from existing bureaus grouped together
• Since then
• NOAA has accumulated diverse responsibilities and
  hundreds of separate legislative authorities

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NOAAs Organic ActRationale

• Time is right to advance from an outdated
  Reorganization Plan to a 21st century agency
  that
• Can meet todays needs and plan for the future
• U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and others,
  recognize the needs for NOAA to be strengthened
  and have an organic act
• The Commissions report An Ocean Blueprint for
  the 21st Century, recommends immediate
  Congressional action on an organic act to
  enhance NOAAs ability to conduct operations
  consistent with the principles of
  ecosystem-based management and with its primary
  functions.

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NOAAs Organic ActLegislative Implications/langua
ge

• The Administrations proposed NOAA Organic Act
• Establishes NOAA within the Department of
  Commerce
• Sets primary purposes functions along current
  NOAA Mission Statements
• Provides authorities such as
• Authority to operate through partnerships and
  enter into agreements with non-Federal entities
  to facilitate cooperative conservation and
  research activities.
• Authority to conduct education and outreach
  activities for all NOAA programs and not just a
  few specifically authorized programs including
  Sea Grant, National Marine Sanctuary Program, and
  Coral Reef Conservation Program.

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NOAAs Organic ActLegislative History

• Congress has examined NOAA Organic Acts for 20
  years not much success
• Competitive Jurisdiction has been focused on wet
  vs. dry
• Administration sent Organic Act legislation to
  108th Congress
• House Science introduced own version in 108th
  Congress
• House Science re-introduced Bill to 109th
  Congress
• Passed the House, but did not include fisheries
  resource management issues under jurisdiction of
  House Resources
• Senate did not take action

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NOAAs Organic ActAdministration vs. Congress

• Administrations Bill
• Simply lays out general mission and authorities
  for NOAA, provides flexibility to Agency as
  needed
• House Science Bill
• More representative of an authorization bill, it
  re-structures NOAA into 3 categories
• Resource Management
• Research and Education
• Operations and Services
• This Bill does not allow sufficient flexibility
  to make those organizational and programmatic
  changes that may be needed to meet future
  developments and challenges

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NOAAs Organic ActWhere are we today?

• Administration plans to re-submit the 2004
  version of the NOAA Organic Act to the 110th
  Congress
• Congressman Sam Farr introduced Oceans-21 Bill
  (HR-21), January 4. This bill included the House
  Sciences last version of the NOAA Organic Act
• Co-sponsors of Oceans-21 Reps Allen, Gilchrest
  and Saxton
• Senate Staff seems interested in the NOAA Organic
  Act

Sam FarrCA
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Questions?
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Back up Slides
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Ocean Action PlanFY 2008 President Budget
Increases over FY 2007
Ocean Science and Research 60 Protecting and Restoring Sensitive Marine and Coastal Areas 38
Ocean Research Priorities Plan Implementation Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument 8.0
Coastal Decision Support 5.0 Penobscot River Restoration 10.0
Develop sensors for rapid toxin detection (HABs) 5.0 Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation 15.0
Ocean Circulation and Climate 5.0 Gulf of Mexico Collaboration 5.0
Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystems 5.0
Integrated Ocean Observing System Ensuring Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources 25
IOOS-Regional Observations 11.5 Magnuson Stevens Implementation
NOAA-Data management and coordination 2.5 Reauthorizationnew requirements 6.5
IOOS-Weather sensors on NWLON stations 1.0 Klamath River Recovery 3.0
IOOS-Ocean sensors on NWS buoys 1.4 Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs) 6.0
Vessel Time and Equipment for Ocean Science Observers and Training 3.0
OM for Newer NOAA Fisheries Research Vessels 4.6 Survey and Monitoring Projects 1.7
OKEANOS EXPLORER OM 1.0 Aquaculture 3.0
Additional support for vessel crews 1.7 Marine Mammals and Sound 1.8
Vessel Equipment and Technology Refresh 1.0
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Hydrographic Surveying 0.7 NOAA Total 123
Mapping the Extended Continental Shelf 8.0
Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Fisheries Research Grants (mandatory funds) 3.5 Support Implementation of Ocean Research Priorities Plan (ORPP) 20
Right Whales Research 2.0 Transfer to National Science Foundation 17.0
Ocean Health Initiative 1.0 Transfer to Department of Interior (USGS) 3.0
International Polar YearMarine survey in the Antarctic 0.6
Total 143
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Hill and the BudgetNOAA Funding Trends2007
Constant Dollars
( in Billions)