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

2. CORE: Board of Governors2 Today’s Agenda Hill and the Budget Organic Act Question and Answers

3. CORE: Board of Governors3 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) a Possible small upward adjustments to some items FY 2007 spending plan is still under development

4. CORE: Board of Governors4 Hill and the Budget NOAA Funding Trends Included House Marks & 2007 Senate Mark * *In FY’03, the House did not report or pass an SJC appropriations bill. The House-Introduced bill total is used here. * ($ in Billions) *

5. CORE: Board of Governors5 Hill and the Budget FY 2008 Budget Context NOAA Services Crucial to Our Nation’s 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 Planting Oysters in Chesapeake Bay NERR Hurricane Frances — 2004 Sinking Oil Tanker (JESSICA)

6. CORE: Board of Governors6 Hill and the Budget FY 2008 Budget Highlights Request of $3,815.4M is $131.3M or 3.4% above the FY 2007 President’s Budget Request is $96.1M or 2.5% below the FY 2006 Enacted Level Reflects the Administration’s Guidance on Discretionary Spending Supports Core Mission Services Includes $51.5M for Adjustments to Base and $79.9M in Program Increases Supports President’s U.S. Ocean Action Plan

7. CORE: Board of Governors7 Ocean Action Plan FY 2008 President Budget Increases over FY 2007 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 Year—Marine 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$143 ($ in Millions)

8. CORE: Board of Governors8 NOAA’s Organic Act Historical 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 agency‘s mission NOAA was created by President Nixon in 1970 by Reorganization Plan No. 4 Formed from existing bureaus grouped together Since then: a NOAA has accumulated diverse responsibilities and hundreds of separate legislative authorities

9. CORE: Board of Governors9 NOAA’s Organic Act Rationale Time is right to advance from an outdated Reorganization Plan to a 21st century agency that: Can meet today’s 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 a The Commission’s report: An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century, recommends immediate Congressional action on an organic act to enhance NOAA’s ability to conduct operations “consistent with the principles of ecosystem-based management and with its primary functions.”

10. CORE: Board of Governors10 NOAA’s Organic Act Legislative Implications/language The Administration’s proposed NOAA Organic Act: 1. Establishes NOAA within the Department of Commerce 2. Sets primary purposes & functions along current NOAA Mission Statements 3. Provides authorities such as: a Authority to operate through partnerships and enter into agreements with non-Federal entities to facilitate cooperative conservation and research activities. a 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.

11. CORE: Board of Governors11 NOAA’s Organic Act Legislative History Congress has examined NOAA Organic Acts for 20 years – not much success a 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 a Passed the House, but did not include fisheries & resource management issues under jurisdiction of House Resources a Senate did not take action

12. CORE: Board of Governors12 NOAA’s Organic Act Administration vs. Congress Administration’s 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: a Resource Management a Research and Education a 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

13. CORE: Board of Governors13 NOAA’s Organic Act Where 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 Science’s last version of the NOAA Organic Act a Co-sponsors of Oceans-21: Reps Allen, Gilchrest and Saxton a Senate Staff seems interested in the NOAA Organic Act Sam Farr — CA

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16. CORE: Board of Governors16 Ocean Action Plan FY 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$5.0Penobscot River Restoration$10.0 Develop sensors for rapid toxin detection (HABs)$5.0Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation$15.0 Ocean Circulation and Climate$5.0Gulf 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$11.5Magnuson Stevens Implementation NOAA-Data management and coordination$2.5Reauthorization—new requirements$6.5 IOOS-Weather sensors on NWLON stations$1.0Klamath River Recovery$3.0 IOOS-Ocean sensors on NWS buoys$1.4Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs)$6.0 Vessel Time and Equipment for Ocean Science Observers and Training$3.0 O&M for Newer NOAA Fisheries Research Vessels$4.6Survey and Monitoring Projects$1.7 OKEANOS EXPLORER O&M$1.0Aquaculture$3.0 Additional support for vessel crews$1.7Marine 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$2.0Transfer to National Science Foundation$17.0 Ocean Health Initiative$1.0Transfer to Department of Interior (USGS)$3.0 International Polar Year—Marine survey in the Antarctic$0.6 Total$143

17. CORE: Board of Governors17 Hill and the Budget NOAA Funding Trends 2007 Constant Dollars ($ in Billions)