| State | Maine |
| Party | Republican |
| Term | 3rd |
| Commitees | Commerce, Science & Transportation (Ranking Member, Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries & Coast Guard Subcommittee), Finance, Intelligence, Small Business & Entreprenuership |
| Websites | snowe.senate.gov/public/, www.olympiasnowe.com/ |
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Leadership Sen. Snowe continues to hold an important position on the Oceans Subcommittee for passage of fisheries legislation, and she used that assignment to help shepherd through the Senate a reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. She played a leadership role in introducing S. 1701 (Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011). She also sponsored S. 171 last Congress (Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009).
Other legislation Senator Snowe has supported includes: S. 46 (Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2011), S. 859 (Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2009), S. 2852 (Renewable Energy Environmental Research Act of 2009), S. 174 (Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act of 2009), S. 2859 (Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2009), S. 685 (Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2009), S. 173 (Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009), S. 170 (Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act of 2009) and S. 850 (Shark Conservation Act of 2009).
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