Climate

168 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the revised National Climate Change Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007

168 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the revised National Climate Change Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/07]

112 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the review of the National Climate Change Strategy; the reason for the delay in publication of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7444/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007

112 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the review of the National Climate Change Strategy; the reason for the delay in publication of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7444/07]

103 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions other EU Member States propose to use to utilise the flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol to purchase carbon credits; if these mechanisms form a part of the climate change policies of those Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7493/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007

103 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions other EU Member States propose to use to utilise the flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol to purchase carbon credits; if these mechanisms form a part of the climate change policies of those Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7493/07]

102 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the outcome of the EU Environment Council in relation to climate change and carbon reduction. [7453/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007

102 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the outcome of the EU Environment Council in relation to climate change and carbon reduction. [7453/07]

Commending Vice President Al Gore on his well-deserved recognition for the Academy Award-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth".

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2007

Congratulates former Vice President Al Gore on the Academy Award for Best Documentary Film given to An Inconvenient Truth. Commends director Davis Guggenheim and producers Lawrence Bender and Laurie David. Recognizes Al Gore's role in making climate change one of the major issues of the 110th Congress. Expresses the hope that Congress and the President will enact meaningful climate change legislation.

Climate change

European Union · European Parliament · 14 February 2007

THE U.S. CLIMATE ACTION PARTNERSHIP REPORT

United States · United States Senate · 13 February 2007

NATIONAL IMPERATIVES FOR EARTH AND CLIMATE SCIENCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS INVESTMENTS OVER THE NEXT DECADE

United States · United States House of Representatives · 13 February 2007

ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE: VIEWS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR PANELS

United States · United States House of Representatives · 13 February 2007

ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

United States · United States Senate · 13 February 2007

602 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish a revised climate change strategy. [4830/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2007

602 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish a revised climate change strategy. [4830/07]

97 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is adding to future school running costs by refusing to take a flexible approach when sanctioning a new school design in relation to its energy options; the logic that lies behind schools being unable to install carbon neutral energy sources such as geothermal and wood pellet burning due to the common design system; if this approach makes economic sense in the context of Ireland’s climate change commitments in view of the fact that Ireland is already facing huge fines; if this approach makes economic sense in terms of Ireland’s growing energy crisis and forthcoming massive energy price hikes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4973/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2007

97 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is adding to future school running costs by refusing to take a flexible approach when sanctioning a new school design in relation to its energy options; the logic that lies behind schools being unable to install carbon neutral energy sources such as geothermal and wood pellet burning due to the common design system; if this approach makes economic sense in the context of Ireland’s climate change commitments in view of the fact that Ireland is already facing huge fines; if this approach makes economic sense in terms of Ireland’s growing energy crisis and forthcoming massive energy price hikes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4973/07]

THE STATE OF CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE 2007

United States · United States House of Representatives · 8 February 2007

CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY

United States · United States Senate · 7 February 2007

Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2007

Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007 - Directs the President to establish an interagency committee to ensure cooperation and coordination of federal research activities pertaining to processes of global change. Directs the President to establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global change. Directs the President to develop a National Global Change Research Plan to implement the Program, including recommendations for global change research. Requires the Plan to set research goals and priorities, including global measurements of physical processes contributing to changes in the Earth system as well as economic and demographic trends and how these processes and trends interact. Directs the President to establish an interagency climate and other global change data management working group. Requires the President to direct the Secretary of State to initiate discussions with other nations leading toward international protocols and other agreements to coordinate global climate change research activities. Directs the President to establish an Office of Global Change Research Information.

145 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department’s input into the revised National Climate Change Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3714/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2007

145 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department’s input into the revised National Climate Change Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3714/07]

116 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that agriculture here can thrive in a climate changed world. [3761/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2007

116 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that agriculture here can thrive in a climate changed world. [3761/07]

109 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way her Department’s commitments under the National Development Plan will combat climate change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3715/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2007

109 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way her Department’s commitments under the National Development Plan will combat climate change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3715/07]

2 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish soldiers who are stationed in the Lebanon on peacekeeping duties under the UN mandate; the type of work that is being carried out by Irish soldiers there; the quality of rations being provided; his plans to visit the soldiers in Lebanon; the present political and military climate in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3315/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 February 2007

2 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish soldiers who are stationed in the Lebanon on peacekeeping duties under the UN mandate; the type of work that is being carried out by Irish soldiers there; the quality of rations being provided; his plans to visit the soldiers in Lebanon; the present political and military climate in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3315/07]

Global Warming Reduction Act of 2007

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 2007

Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) promulgate regulations necessary to reduce the aggregate net level of global warming pollution emissions; and (2) establish a market-based emissions cap and global warming pollutants trading program. Establishes the Climate Reinvestment Fund. Requires EPA to: (1) establish, and revise every five years, standards for passenger vehicle emissions; and (2) research global climate change standards and processes. Sets forth requirements for retail electricity suppliers and EPA concerning: (1) energy efficiency and peak load reduction; (2) a related trading system; (3) renewable energy types and sources; and (4) a renewable energy credit program and related penalties. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for accrediting certified reductions in carbon dioxide emission through biological sequestration activities. Requires major stationary sources to report annually to EPA about global warming pollutant emissions. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report biennially to EPA and Congress about U.S. progress in avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Replaces specified volumes of renewable fuel required in gasoline for 2006-2012 with benchmarks for 2010, 2020, and 2030 and a requirement that EPA determine the volume for each year not specified annually. Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure that major oil companies that sell gasoline in the United States through wholly-owned or branded stations provide pumps that dispense E-85 fuel at specified percentages. Creates a related trading program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to double the new qualified fuel cell motor vehicle credit, the new advanced lean burn technology motor vehicle credit, and the conservation credit. Creates a new plug-in hybrid motor vehicle credit and an advanced technology motor vehicles manufacturing credit. Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) require securities issuers to inform investors of financial and economic risks relating to global warming; and (2) declare that U.S. commitments to reduce emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are considered to be a material effect and that global warming constitutes a known trend. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Program and an Office of Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Research.

fehlender Klimaschutz-Aktionsplan der Bundesregierung

Austria · National Council · 30 January 2007

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend fehlenden Klimaschutz-Aktionsplan der Bundesregierung

dringende Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen im Bereich Verkehr

Austria · National Council · 30 January 2007

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend dringende Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen im Bereich Verkehr

ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE WITH THE WORK OF GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTISTS

United States · United States House of Representatives · 30 January 2007

Climate Change (Effects) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 January 2007

To make requirements about the monitoring of measures to address the effects of climate change; and for connected purposes.

EIA ANALYSIS OF DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION

United States · United States Senate · 24 January 2007

Climate Stewardship Act of 2007

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2007

Climate Stewardship Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a National Greenhouse Gas Database consisting of: (1) an inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by covered entities (specified entities that own or control a source of GHG emissions in the electric power, industrial, and commercial sectors of the U.S. economy that emit more than 10,000 metric tons of GHGs per year); and (2) a registry of GHG emission reductions and increased sequestration, applicable to both covered and noncovered entities. Establishes a program for the market-driven reduction of GHGs by covered entities through the use of tradeable emissions allowances. Requires the Administrator to establish a declining cap on tradeable allowances to reduce GHG emissions over time. Requires covered entities, beginning in 2012, to submit to the Administrator one tradeable allowance for every metric ton of GHGs emitted. Allows tradeable allowances to be sold, exchanged, purchased, retired, borrowed, offset, or otherwise used as authorized by this Act. Imposes civil penalties on covered entities that fail to submit allowances. Establishes the Climate Change Credit Corporation (CCCC) to receive, manage, buy, and sell tradeable allowances. Directs the Administrator to make allocations of allowances to covered sectors and entities, and to the CCCC, providing initial allocations for early action and accelerated participation. Requires the CCCC to establish a program to provide financial support for: (1) technology to assist in compliance with this Act; (2) incentives for GHG emission reductions or net increases in sequestration on agricultural lands; and (3) the restoration of habitat to help fish and wildlife adapt to climate change. Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) report to Congress on the oceanic and coastal impacts of climate change; and (2) assist certain coastal states in preparing persons to adapt to climate change. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to: (1) establish a program on adaptation technologies as part of the Climate Technology Challenge Program; and (2) perform regional infrastructure cost assessments of the impacts of climate change. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) submit a climate change adaptation plan to Congress; and (2) research the impact of climate change on low-income populations worldwide. Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to provide funding for the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account that may be used by states to develop and implement climate change impact mitigation plans.

Trade and Climate Change

European Union · European Parliament · 18 January 2007

Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007

United States · United States Congress · 17 January 2007

Electric Utility Cap and Trade Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an allowance trading program to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electric generating facilities that: (1) have a nameplate capacity greater than 25 megawatts; (2) combust GHG emitting fuels; and (3) generate electricity for sale. Provides for annual tonnage limitations for GHG emissions from such facilities for 2011-2020. Requires the Administrator to establish: (1) a Climate Science Advisory Panel; (2) a safe climate level; (3) a Climate Action Trust Fund for the Administrator to use to carry out this Act; and (4) an innovative low- and zero-emitting carbon technologies program, a clean coal technologies program, and an energy efficiency technology program. Requires the Administrator to use portions of the Climate Action Trust Fund for specified programs, including: (1) providing adaptation assistance for workers and communities to address and mitigate local or regional impacts of climate change; and (2) mitigating the impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife habitat, including funding for the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning early reduction credits for GHG reduction or sequestrations projects carried out between 2000 and 2010. Allows facilities to meet obligations by surrendering certain international GHG credits. Requires the Administrator to determine if allowance prices have reached and sustained a level that is causing or will cause significant harm to the U.S. economy. Allows the Administrator to permit facilities to use allowances early and to increase the use of international credits if allowances have sustained such a level. Allows credits obtained under this Act to be used in other GHG allowance trading programs, including state programs approved by the Administrator. Sets forth provisions concerning; (1) outreach to landowners about reductions in GHGs and revenue enhancement; and (2) offset credits for GHG reductions from land use-related sequestration projects. Requires the Administrator to establish and operate a national registry for allowances and credits. Amends the Global Change Research Act of 1990 to provide for initiatives concerning: (1) priority research areas; (2) abrupt climate change research; (3) measurement technologies to calculate GHGs; (4) the promotion of the use of technologies and techniques that reduce GHGs by small manufacturers; (5) assessments by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior about increased sequestration and reduction of GHGs on public land; and (6) research on the increase in sea levels from polar ice sheet melting.

Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen

Austria · National Council · 16 January 2007

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen im Bereich Verkehr

Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 January 2007

Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to set forth provisions concerning global warming pollution emissions. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) set milestones to reduce the aggregate net levels of emissions (authorizes EPA to establish market-based programs to achieve such reduction); (2) require each fleet of automobiles sold by a manufacturer beginning in model year 2016 to meet emission standards; (3) contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the potential contribution of the non-highway portion of the transportation sector towards meeting the emission reduction goal; (4) require that electric generation units meet an emission standard that is not higher than the emission rate of a new combined cycle natural gas generating unit; and (5) establish a low-carbon generation trading program. Requires covered generators to provide a minimum percentage of the base quantity of electricity produced for sale from low-carbon generation. Requires EPA to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for geological disposal deployment projects; and (2) carry out a global climate change standards and processes research program. Expresses the sense of the Senate that federal funds for clean, low-carbon energy research, development, and deployment should be increased by at least 100% each year for 10 years. Directs: (1) EPA to promulgate requirements concerning the energy efficiency and peak load reduction of electricity suppliers and to establish a renewable energy credit program; (2) the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for accrediting certified reductions in carbon dioxide emissions through biological sequestration activities; and (3) major stationary sources to report to EPA on emissions of global warming pollutants. Requires the President to establish the Task Force on International Clean, Low Carbon Energy Cooperation. Authorizes the President to adjust, suspend, or waive any regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act in a national emergency. Requires EPA to require that gasoline contain the applicable volume of low-carbon renewable fuel. Directs EPA to require manufacturers to meet standards for new motor vehicles or engines. Requires executive agency automobiles to be as fuel-efficient as practicable. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Commerce to report on the effects of U.S. failure to adopt measures that require or result in a reduction in total emissions in accordance with the goals of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require securities issuers to inform investors of risks relating to global warming; and (3) the SEC to clarify that U.S. commitments to reduce emissions under the Framework are considered to be a material effect and that global warming constitutes a known trend. Directs federal agency environmental impact statements or analyses to evaluate the effects on, and impact of, global warming.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments.

United States · United States Congress · 16 January 2007

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should act to reduce risks posed by global climate change and to foster economic growth by: (1) participating in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and leading efforts in other international fora with the objective of securing U.S. participation in binding agreements that advance and protect U.S. interests, that establish mitigation commitments by all countries that are major emitters of greenhouse gases, that establish flexible international mechanisms to minimize the cost of efforts by participating countries, and that achieve a significant long-term reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) establishing a bipartisan Senate observer group to monitor international negotiations on climate change and to ensure that the advice and consent function of the Senate is exercised to facilitate timely consideration of any applicable treaty.

Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007

United States · United States Congress · 12 January 2007

Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 200 7 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and maintain the National Greenhouse Gas Database to collect, verify, and analyze information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Establishes a program for market-driven reduction of GHGs through the use of tradeable allowances. Requires certain covered entities that own or control a source of GHG emissions in the electric power, industrial, and commercial sectors of the U.S. economy to submit to the Administrator, beginning in 2012, one tradeable allowance for every metric ton of GHGs emitted. Requires the Administrator to establish a declining cap on tradeable allowances to reduce GHG emissions over time. Allows tradeable allowances to be sold, exchanged, purchased, retired, borrowed, offset, or otherwise used as permitted by this Act. Requires the Administrator to establish a program to allow covered entities to earn tradable allowances from developing countries' activities that result in certified emission reductions. Establishes the Climate Change Credit Corporation to manage tradeable allowances. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Climate Technology Financing Board; (2) study technology transfer barriers, best practices, and technology transfer activities at federal laboratories related to the licensing and commercialization of technologies that result in reduced GHG emissions, increased ability to adapt to climate change impacts, or increased sequestration of GHGs; (3) analyze business opportunities available for climate change technologies; (4) establish a nonprofit government sponsored enterprise for providing investment in private sector technologies that show promise for climate change adaptation and mitigation applications; (5) create a program of public-private partnerships for climate innovation; (6) establish a national program to ensure that lessons learned and best practices concerning energy efficiency and GHG emission reductions are available to the public; (7) carry out a program of scientific research on potential abrupt climate change; (8) carry out a Climate Technology Challenge Program to award funding to stimulate innovation in technologies for reducing GHG emissions; (9) establish a program to reduce GHG emissions through deployment of energy efficiency measures by large commercial customers by providing for energy audits; (10) establish, operate, and report on a research and development program focused on advanced once-through fuel cycles, a Nuclear System Modeling project to evaluate the cost, safety, waste management, and proliferation avoidance and resistance of fuel cycles, and an Advanced Diversified Waste-Disposal Research Program; (11) establish a demonstration program to reduce the first-time regulatory costs of the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process incurred by the first applicant using an advanced reactor design; (12) establish a program to demonstrate the effectiveness of retooling an existing vehicle or component manufacturing facility to reduce vehicle GHG emissions and of increasing competitiveness of advanced technology vehicle production facilities; (13) establish guidelines for setting project baselines for reductions of GHG emissions and GHG storage in geological formations; (14) submit a climate change adaptation plan for the United States; and (15) conduct research on the impact of climate change on low-income populations everywhere in the world. Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to: (1) implement a plan to increase and establish priorities for funding research in the adaptation to and mitigation of climate change; and (2) establish a climate change science and technology enhancement program for math and science teachers. Establishes a National Medal of Climate Stewardship Innovation. Requires the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to determine the extent to which changes to the patent system are necessary to increase the flow of climate change-related technologies. Requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a research program on global climate change standards and processes to provide knowledge on the reduction of GHGs. Provides for establishment of a joint competitive, merit-based research program to fund low- or zero-emissions transportation proposals. Requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to: (1) establish an interagency panel to establish standards for measurement of sequestered carbon; (2) establish a program on adaptation technologies and assess the climate change technological needs of various regions of the country; (3) perform one national and six regional infrastructure cost assessments to provide estimates of the range of costs anticipated for adaptation to the impacts of climate change.

Haltung der Bundesregierung zur Reduktionsvorgabe von 20 Prozent weniger CO2 bis 2020 angesichts des Klimawandels sowie zur Atomenergie als wirksames Mittel gegen den Klimawandel (G-SIG: 16051431)

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 January 2007

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Limiting global climate change to 2 degrees Celsius - The way ahead for 2020 and beyond

European Union · European Commission · 10 January 2007

SAVE Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 January 2007

Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act or the SAVE Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to allow a student who is attending a public school that does not have a safe climate for academic achievement, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense while on school grounds, in a school bus, or on a school function, to transfer to a safe public school within the school district. (Currently, the school must be persistently dangerous and the offense must occur on school grounds.) Requires the counseling or removal of offenders. Requires a state's determination that a school is unsafe to: (1) be based on verifiable data reported in a consistent and uniform manner; (2) result in ameliorative efforts by unsafe schools; and (3) be relayed to local educational agencies (LEAs) within 45 days before the start of a school year so that LEAs can relay such information to parents in a timely manner. Amends the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities grant program to require LEAs to certify to states that the school truancy, violence, and drug and gun crime information they report is complete and accurate. Directs the Secretary of Education to publish a handbook providing guidance on specifically what incidents must be reported. Augments the information LEAs must provide states concerning students with guns to include school-related off-campus incidents and those that do not involve a student's expulsion. Requires LEAs to implement comprehensive school safety plans incorporating community input. Directs the Secretary to fund schoolwide climate surveys of students, parents, and school personnel for use in creating collaborative plans for school improvement. Gives funding priority to, and reserves program funding for, unsafe schools.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 2007

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act - Reestablishes in the Department of Commerce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), headed by an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, who shall serve as the Administrator of NOAA. Maintains within NOAA: (1) the National Weather Service; (2) programs to support efforts, on a continuing basis, to collect data and provide information and products regarding satellites, observations, and coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes information; and (3) programs to conduct and support research and education and the development of technologies relating to weather, climate, and the coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes. Establishes a Science Advisory Board within NOAA. Terminates the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (the executive order that established NOAA). Requires the Administrator to develop and submit to Congress a NOAA reorganization plan. Prohibits the Administrator from closing, consolidating, relocating, subdividing, or establishing a facility of NOAA unless there has been specified prior public and congressional notification, and an assessment, of any proposed changes. Prohibits, except as provided, a NOAA activity or function that is converted to contractor performance under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 from being performed by the contractor or any subcontractor at a location outside of the United States.