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Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011 [HB-258]
Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay state, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, to submit to Congress a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) an accounting of funds received and obligated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-245, Part I. on 10/14/2011
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Conservation and Economic Growth Act [HB-2578]
Conservation and Economic Growth Act - Title I: Lower Merced River - (Sec. 101) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river. Revises provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure. Sets a new boundary at the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2179 as it existed on July 18, 2011. Title II: Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Costa
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/20/2012
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Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011 [HB-2484]
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to require the President, through the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, to establish an Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia (Task Force). Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, through the Task Force, to: (1) establish and maintain a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Committee On Natural Resources Discharged. on 02/09/2012
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To provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any Federal action relating to the Chicago Area Water System. [HB-2432]
Directs the Chief of Engineers, prior to any major federal action to prevent the introduction or establishment of a population of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Basins that would impact the flow of commerce or commercial activity within the Chicago Area Water [sic] System, to prepare an economic impact statement regarding: (1) the impact on commerce and commercial activity and on jobs and job opportunities, (2) any adverse economic effects that could not be avoided, (3) alternatives to the proposed action,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Donnelly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 07/07/2011
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National Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2011 [HB-2373]
National Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an Office of Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture in the National Marine Fisheries Service at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headquarters and at satellite offices in each of NOAA's regional fisheries offices. Requires the Office to establish a Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture Advisory Board. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain in the Office an aquaculture database, and (2) make the database available to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lois Capps
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 07/06/2011
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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 [HB-2354]
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2012. Title I: Corps Of Engineers - Civil - Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for: (1) civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, 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
Considered By Senate. (consideration: Cr S7596-7598) on 11/16/2011
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Wetlands Conservation Investment Act of 2011 [HB-2058]
Wetlands Conservation Investment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a mitigation bank credit by the sponsor of the mitigation bank (i.e., the wetland, stream, or other aquatic resource area that has been restored, established, enhanced, or preserved for the purpose of providing compensation for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources) who earned such credit as the sale or exchange of a capital asset held for more than one year (thus allowing preferential tax treatment of such gain or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Boustany
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/31/2011
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 [HB-2055]
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 - Division A: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY2012 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the military departments), and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY2012 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the military departments, the defense agencies, the reserve
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Culberson
Signed By President. on 12/23/2011
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Increase American Energy Production Now Act of 2011 [HB-1870]
Increase American Energy Production Now Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Department of the Interior: (1) a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to administer a program of offshore energy and mineral resources management on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), (2) a Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to administer safety and environmental enforcement activities related to such resources, (3) a National Oil and Gas Health and Safety Academy to train Department of the Interior personnel, and (4) an Office of Natural Resources Revenue to administer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/08/2011
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Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act [HB-1837]
Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act - Title I: Central Valley Project Water Reliability - (Sec. 101) Amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) to: (1) include among the Act's purposes to ensure that water dedicated to fish and wildlife purposes is replaced and provided to Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors by December 31, 2016, at the lowest cost reasonably achievable and to facilitate and expedite water transfers in accordance with that Act; (2) redefine "anadromous fish" for purposes of such Act to include
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Sponsored by: Rep. Devin Nunes
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 332. on 03/05/2012
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Gulf Coast Restoration Act [HB-1762]
Gulf Coast Restoration Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund. Requires transfer into such Fund of not less than 80% of all amounts collected as federal penalties, settlements, or fines in relation to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon drilling unit that began on April 20, 2010. Establishes the Gulf Coast Restoration Task Force. Directs the Task Force to use the Fund for activities related to Gulf coast economic development, tourism promotion, and ecosystem restoration, by way of grants to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 05/16/2011
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Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2011 [HB-1651]
Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) develop and implement the Save the Chesapeake Bay Home program, which shall designate property owners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed as program participants if such owners perform a specified number of actions on a list of actions developed by the Administrator to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff into the Bay, and (2) determine an
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elijah Cummings
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/18/2011
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Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2011 [HB-1650]
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to revise research, management, and program provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). States that the Director of the Office shall be responsible for the administration and operation of the Office and implementation of such Act. Requires the Director to: (1) implement the program activities of the Chesapeake Executive Council,
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Sarbanes
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 04/27/2011
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To delay enforcement and establishment of certain water quality standards within the Great Bay Estuary, and for other purposes. [HB-1480]
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for five years, from: (1) requiring a publicly owned treatment works that contributes nitrogen loadings to the Great Bay Estuary to commence construction on any upgrade of a facility for the purpose of enforcing water quality standards or effluent limitations with regard to nitrogen under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act); or (2) establishing any water quality standard or effluent limitation with regard to nitrogen in the such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Guinta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/13/2011
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More Water for Our Valley Act, 2011 [HB-1251]
More Water for Our Valley Act, 2011 - 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 if: (1) the alternatives described in that portion of the biological opinions entitled "Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives" are
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Costa
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H2050) on 03/30/2011
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Strengthen Fisheries Management in New England Act of 2011 [HB-1013]
Strengthen Fisheries Management in New England Act of 2011 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) or Secretary of the Treasury to annually make available to the New England Fishery Management Council, for the funding of Council research (including cooperative research) and monitoring priorities, all sums received by the United States as fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of any provision of this Act or any other marine resource law enforced
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Courtney
Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs Discharged. on 12/01/2011
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Restoring Ecosystem Sustainability and Protection on the Delta Act [S.3763]
Restoring Ecosystem Sustainability and Protection on the Delta Act - Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to revise provisions concerning the meaning of outer Continental Shelf revenues and the allocation of such revenues among Gulf producing states. Sets forth provisions concerning exempting drilling activities from the requirements of the "Decision memorandum regarding the suspension of certain offshore permitting and drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf." Establishes in the Treasury the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Landrieu
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 08/05/2010
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Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 [S.3663]
Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 - Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) remove limits on liability for offshore facilities; and (2) authorize the Coast Guard, in the case of a spill of national significance, to obtain advances from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Federal Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) revise the chairmanship of the Interagency Coordinating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Harry Reid
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 493. on 07/29/2010
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Clean Estuaries Act of 2010 [S.3540]
Clean Estuaries Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. Revises the purpose of management conferences convened with respect to estuaries. Requires a management conference's membership to include, among other entities, not-for-profit organizations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) evaluate, every five years, the implementation of each comprehensive conservation and management plan developed under
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S5490-5492) on 06/28/2010
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Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009 [S.345]
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as The Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2009. (3) Includes tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act. Defines "coral" as species of the phylum Cnidaria, including: (1) all species of the orders Antipatharia (black corals), Scleractinia (stony corals), Alcyonacea (soft corals), Gorgonacea (horny corals), Stolonifera (organpipe corals and others),
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Kerry Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 111-49. on 07/16/2009