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Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act [HB-358]
Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act - Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries by providing high-level technical assistance, coordination, best practices, and support to state and local government strategies, to slow, and eventually eliminate, the threat posed by such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/25/2013
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FISH Act [HB-3414]
Fundamentally Improving Salmon Habitat Act or the FISH Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to revise requirements for studies and ecosystem restoration projects for the lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay estuaries, Oregon and Washington. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects with total costs of $2 million or greater per project (designated as "large projects"); and (2) provide grants to the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 11/07/2013
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2013 [HB-3390]
Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2013 - Amends the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, to: (1) conduct forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin in a manner that helps achieve and maintain the environmental threshold carrying capacities established by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (Agency) and attains multiple ecosystem benefits, unless the attainment of such benefits would excessively increase the project's cost in relation to the additional benefits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/09/2014
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Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 [HB-3080]
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Signed By President. on 06/10/2014
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Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013 [HB-2937]
Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prevent guidelines applicable to permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at disposal sites from prohibiting specification of a site due to the lack of a final site plan resulting from the lack of an identified end user or industry or industrial classification when determining whether there is a practicable alternative to a proposed discharge that would result in less
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 08/02/2013
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Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2013 [HB-2773]
Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to include as a purpose of such Act to achieve the goals established in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan (Action Plan), the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy (Strategy), and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 (Agreement) through: (1) improved organization and definition of mission on the part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (2) the funding of grants,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H5275) on 08/01/2013
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Stanislaus River Native Anadromous Fish Improvement Act [HB-2705]
Stanislaus River Native Anadromous Fish Improvement Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Oakdale Irrigation District, and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District to jointly develop and conduct a pilot non-native predator fish removal program to remove non-native striped bass, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black bass, and other non-native predator fish from the Stanislaus River. Requires the program to: (1) be scientifically based; (2) include methods to quantify the number and size of predator fish removed each
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Costa
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 07/25/2013
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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2609]
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2014. Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for: (1) civil functions pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration (including the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri); (2) the regulatory program pertaining to navigable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 134. on 07/16/2013
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Beach Act of 2013 [HB-2601]
Beach Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to specify, in performance criteria for monitoring and assessing coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of interest (waters), available protocols for monitoring that are most likely to detect pathogenic contamination. Authorizes states or local governments, in carrying out coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification programs, to develop and implement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Pallone
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 07/01/2013
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Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 [HB-1947]
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Title I: Commodities - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). (Sec. 1105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for a farm's base acreage adjustment for covered commodities if: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated, (2) cropland is released from conservation reserve contract coverage,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
Considered As Unfinished Business. (consideration: Cr H3933-3968) on 06/20/2013
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More Water and Security for Californians Act [HB-1927]
More Water and Security for Californians Act - Deems requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 relating to operations of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project to be satisfied with regard to the species and their critical habitat covered by the biological opinions for the operations of such Projects issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) if: the alternatives described in that portion of the biological opinions entitled "Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives"
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Costa
Committee Hearings Held. on 09/09/2014
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PLAQ Act of 2013 [HB-1823]
Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2013 or the PLAQ Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the importation or shipment of the species of mussels of the genus Dreissena (thus covering quagga mussels). (Currently, the prohibition applies to only the zebra mussel of the species Dreissena polymorpha.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 06/14/2013
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To extend the authorization period for certain uses of funds from the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. [HB-1822]
Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to extend the period during which the Secretary of the Army may use amounts in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund to operate and maintain a water quality project administered by the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, in California, or the Central Basin Water Quality Project administered by the Central Basin Municipal Water District from 10 to 15 years after the initial date of operation of the project.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water And Power. on 05/06/2013
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To direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual. [HB-1460]
Directs the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise the Missouri Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual and any related regulations to delete fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Corps.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Graves
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/11/2013
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Marine Debris Emergency Act of 2013 [HB-1425]
Marine Debris Emergency Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Debris Act to: (1) require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to approve or disapprove a grant application with respect to a severe marine debris event and provide grant funds to an approved applicant within 60 days after receipt of the grant application, and (2) authorize the Administrator to give preference under the Marine Debris Program to projects that address such an event. Authorizes state governors to request that the Administrator declare
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-398, Part I. on 04/02/2014
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Great Lakes Water Protection Act [HB-1185]
Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) from performing a discharge (defined as an intentional diversion of waste streams to bypass any portion of a treatment facility which results in a discharge of untreated or partially treated sewage into the Great Lakes) unless: (1) the bypass is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage, there is no feasible alternative, and the treatment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Lipinski
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 03/15/2013
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DREDGE Act of 2013 [HB-1161]
Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports Act of 2013 or the DREDGE Act of 2013 - Modifies the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to direct the Secretary of the Army to: (1) achieve, operate, and maintain a navigation channel of 50 feet with respect to the portion of the project from Baton Rouge to the Southwest Pass sea buoy; (2) complete such work not later than the last day of the third fiscal year beginning after the enactment of this Act; (3) conduct a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cedric Richmond
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 03/15/2013
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Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act [HB-8684]
To provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bradley Byrne
Introduced In House on 10/27/2020
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Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020 [HB-8632]
To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide for ocean-based climate solutions to reduce carbon emissions and global warming; to make coastal communities more resilient; and to provide for the conservation and restoration of ocean and coastal habitats, biodiversity, and marine mammal and fish populations; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Committee Hearings Held. on 11/17/2020
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To express the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be the primary representative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Chesapeake Bay, to require the Secretary of the Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide grants supporting research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems, and for other purposes. [HB-8627]
Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants to certain entities, including the academic community and seafood industry, to conduct research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems. Grant awards may not exceed 85% of the research project's total cost unless NOAA waives such requirement. Additionally, NOAA must ensure that grant funding is apportioned according to the historic baseline (i.e., the estimated population of oysters in an estuary in 1850) oyster population
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Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony Brown
Committee Hearings Held. on 11/17/2020