Legislative Hearing: WOW Legislative Hearing – May 4, 2021

Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Time: 03:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Jared Huffman, Chair

On Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife will hold a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following bill: 

  • H.R. 160 (Rep. Darren Soto, D-FL) To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and to establish the United States Coral Reef Task Force, and for other purposes. Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2021.

Witness List

Ms. Jennifer Koss (testimony)

Director, Coral Reef Conservation Program

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dr. Andrew C. Baker (testimony)

Professor, Department of Marine Biology and Ecology Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

University of Miami

Ms. Fran A. Castro (testimony)

Associate Director

University of Guam Sea Grant

Dr. Robert H. Richmond (testimony)

Research Professor and Director Kewalo Marine Laboratory University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ms. Kelley L. Anderson Tagarino (testimony)

Extension Faculty - Aquaculture & Marine Science University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program American

Samoa Community College