A bill to establish, in the executive branch of the Government of the United States, a Department of the Environment and Oceans, and for other purposes.
Department of the Environment and Oceans Act - Title I: Organization of the Department - Establishes an executive Department of the Environment and Oceans. Includes as component units of such Department the United States Coast Guard, the Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and various functions currently in the Department of the Interior.
Establishes, under the Secretary of the Environment and Oceans, the offices of Deputy Secretary of the Environment and Oceans, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Assistant Secretary for Inter-governmental Relations and Public Information, Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology. Establishes Assistant Secretaries for Air Quality, Water Quality, Oceans, Recreation and Parks, Environmental Hazards, Atmospheric Services, and the Coast Guard.
Title II: Powers and Duties of the Secretary - Lists the powers and duties of the Secretary of the Department. Requires the filing of an annual report with the Congress on the activities of the Department.
Authorizes the Secretary to commence litigation to enforce Acts within the Department's jurisdiction should the Attorney General decline to proceed within 45 days of request. Establishes procedures for public access to information.
Title III: Clean Air Administration - Transfers responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to air quality to the Clean Air Administration, to be within the Department.
Title IV: Water Quality Administration - Transfers responsibilities for water quality from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Water Quality Administration, within the new Department.
Title V: National Oceans Administration - Transfers responsibilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to oceans to the National Oceans Administration, an agency of the new Department.
Title VI: Recreation and Parks Administration - Establishes a Recreation and Parks Administration within the new Department.
Title VII: Environmental Hazards Control Administration - Transfers responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to toxic substances, radiation, pesticides, noise pollution, and solid waste, to the Environmental Hazards Control Administration, within the new Department.
Title VIII: Atmospheric Services Administration - Transfers responsibilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to weather prediction and atmospheric services to the Atmospheric Services Administration, within the new Department. Lists additional functions, duties, and powers with respect to weather monitoring and prediction assigned to the Administration.
Title IX: United States Coast Guard - Transfers the Coast Guard to the new Department.
Title X: Miscellaneous Provisions - Lists the provisions of the law to be administered by the Secretary. Establishes procedures for implementation of the provisions of this Act through a Special Committee on Implementation.
Amends or repeals miscellaneous provisions of law to conform with the provisions of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
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