WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held an executive session and favorably reported out the following legislation and nominations:

• S. 275, Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011

• S. 453, Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2011

• S. 46, Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2011

• S. 52, International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act 

• S. 363, (no title) to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey property of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and for other purposes

• S. 485, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act

• S. 646, Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011

• S. 692, National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2011

• Nomination of Scott C. Doney to be Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Nominations for Promotion in the U.S. Coast Guard

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