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Eradicating Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Study Act of 2009 [HB-51]
Eradicating Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Study Act of 2009- Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to study and report to Congress on methods for eradicating Asian carp from the Illinois Waterway System, including harvesting them from the Illinois River, and repopulating the River with native species.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Kirk
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife. on 02/04/2009
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Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act [HB-500]
Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to: (1) require certain vessels operating in U.S. waters to have invasive species management plans; (2) direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish vessel performance requirements, including provisions for ballast water exchange, treatment, and discharge, and civil and criminal penalties for violations; (3) require federal agencies to restrict the importation of live aquatic organisms of species not in trade without
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife. on 02/04/2009
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Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-4899]
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2010. Title I - Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department of Agriculture for the Farm Service Agency's Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account, the Emergency Forest Restoration Program, and the Foreign Agricultural Service's Food for Peace Title II Grants for emergency relief and rehabilitation for Haiti. Chapter 2: Department of Commerce - Appropriates supplemental FY2010 funds to the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Obey
Presented To President. on 07/29/2010
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Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 [HB-4876]
Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 - Requires the United States Postal Service to issue and sell, at a premium, a Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp. Requires proceeds from the sale of such stamp to be transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the operations of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Prohibits such proceeds from being taken into account in any decision relating to the level of appropriations or other federal funding to be furnished to the EPA or such Initiative. Requires the stamp to: (1)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Workforce, Post Office, And The District Of Columbia. on 05/25/2010
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Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act [HB-48]
Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act - Amends the Lacey Act to add specified species of black, bighead, and silver carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being shipped or imported into the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thaddeus McCotter
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 02/09/2009
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Clean Estuaries Act of 2010 [HB-4715]
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 to expand requirements governing a comprehensive conservation and management plan by requiring such a plan to: (1) identify the estuary and the associated upstream waters to be addressed by the plan; (2) identify healthy watershed components for protection and conservation by carrying out integrated assessments
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 569. on 09/16/2010
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Bunitan Tasi Act [HB-4493]
Bunitan Tasi Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to treat the government of Guam as a cooperating agency with responsibilities and roles similar to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, including with respect to membership on the Mariana Monument Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enhance visitor services programs at Guam National Wildlife Refuge; and (2) initiate a comprehensive program to facilitate natural resource exploration and research, as
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mazie Hirono
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-484. on 05/18/2010
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Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010 [HB-4472]
Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to take actions to ensure: (1) the immediate closure and ceasing of operation of the locks at the O'Brien Lock and Dam and the Chicago Controlling Works until a strategy relating to controlled lock operations is developed; (2) the installation of structures in the North Shore Channel and the Grand Calumet and Little Calumet Rivers to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan; (3) the installation of interim barriers in the Chicago
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Latta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/21/2010
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National Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2009 [HB-4363]
National Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2009 - 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. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife. on 01/04/2010
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Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2009 [HB-4029]
Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2009 - 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) establish a Puget Sound Program Office, to be co-located with the Puget Sound Partnership in Washington; and (2) appoint a Director of the Office. Requires the Administrator, acting through the Director, to: (1) assist and support the implementation of the Puget Sound Action Agenda; (2) provide funding and make grants for implementation of the Agenda
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Reichert
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 11/06/2009
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2009 [HB-4001]
Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2009 - 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 Conservation, Credit, Energy, And Research. on 06/18/2010
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Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009 [HB-3852]
Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) revise and expand definitions under the Chesapeake Bay Program; (2) expand the implementation and monitoring grant programs; and (3) require that at least 10% of funds for implementation grants be made available to the states of Delaware, New York, and West Virginia, and that at least 20% of such funds be made available to Chesapeake Bay States (i.e., Delaware, Maryland, New York, West Virginia,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 10/21/2009
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Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2010 [HB-3650]
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2010 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, through the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia, to establish and maintain a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program. Directs the Under Secretary, through the Program, to coordinate the efforts of the Task Force to: (1) develop and promote a national strategy to address and respond to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 318. on 03/15/2010
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Clean Hull Act of 2009 [HB-3618]
Clean Hull Act of 2009 - Title I: General Provisions - (Sec. 101) Defines "antifouling system" as a coating, paint, surface treatment, surface, or device used on a vessel to control or prevent attachment of unwanted organisms. (Sec. 102) Defines "covered vessel" to mean any vessel (except U.S. or foreign warships, naval auxiliary, or other government noncommercial service vessels) that is: (1) documented under U.S. laws; (2) authorized to operate on the Outer Continental Shelf; or (3) otherwise operating in U.S. internal waters or territorial seas,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elijah Cummings
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 11/18/2009
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Federal Exploration and Production Reform Act of 2009 [HB-3616]
Federal Exploration and Production Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to revise requirements for review and approval of outer Continental Shelf (OCS) plans for geological and geophysical exploration on any area under an oil and gas lease. Repeals the requirement that approval be denied if: (1) any proposed activity under the plan would result in serious harm or damage to life (including fish and other aquatic life), to property, to any mineral, to the national security or defense, or to the marine, coastal, or human
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Fallin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 09/24/2009
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Wetlands Conservation Investment Act of 2009 [HB-3609]
Wetlands Conservation Investment Act of 2009 - 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. Ron Kind
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 09/21/2009
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-3288]
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 - (Sec. 4) Makes the following appropriations for FY2010. Division A: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Olver
Signed By President. on 12/16/2009
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Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project [HB-325]
Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with Pima County, Arizona, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of water recycling facilities and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the Black Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley west of the metropolitan Pima County area. Limits the federal share of the project's cost to 25%. Authorizes appropriations. Permits federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Water And Power. Hearings Held. on 04/27/2010
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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service Superintendent of the Everglades National Park, to allow individuals to hunt and kill Burmese pythons within the boundaries of that Park. [HB-3215]
Authorizes the hunting and killing of Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) within the boundaries of Everglades National Park in Florida.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Rooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 07/16/2009
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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-3183]
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2010. Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes appropriations for FY2010 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Pastor
Signed By President. on 10/28/2009