Chesapeake Bay

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Reconstruction Advisory Group [SB-13] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Construction ]
Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Reconstruction Advisory Group for the purpose of providing the Maryland Transportation Authority with an independent, citizen-informed perspective on the Authority's operations at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; requiring the Advisory Group to assist the Authority in assessing potential concerns and educating the public about activity related to the bridge; requiring any entity that conducts a study related to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to report its findings and recommendations to the Advisory Group; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020

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Chesapeake Bay Oyster Research Act [HB-5366] [Science ] [Water ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
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 the Chesapeake Bay. Grant awards may not exceed 85% of the research project's total cost unless NOAA waives such requirement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert C. Scott Introduced In House on 12/09/2019

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US Congress 116th Congress

Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019 [HB-4967] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Animals ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to establish the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense program. Among other duties, the program must establish and carry out a grant and technical assistance program to restore and protect habitat for fish and wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Oceans, And Wildlife. on 11/20/2019

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Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019 [S.2591] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Animals ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to establish the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense program. Among other duties, the program must establish and carry out a grant and technical assistance program to restore and protect habitat for fish and wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 09/26/2019

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Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-2427] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Environmental ] [Recreation ]
Reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2025 the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants Assistance Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/27/2020

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Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act [S.1259] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Recreation ]
Reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2025 the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants Assistance Program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/01/2019

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Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act [HB-1620] [Environmental ] [Water ]
Reauthorizes the Chesapeake Bay Program through FY2025.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/10/2020

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Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act [S.701] [Environmental ] [Water ]
Reauthorizes the Chesapeake Bay Program through FY2024.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/07/2019

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Federal
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-648] [Agriculture ] [Finance ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Housing ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Aerospace ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 16. on 01/28/2019

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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-21] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [International ] [Science ] [Food ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ] [Aerospace ]
Provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills: the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 5. on 01/08/2019

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Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-6147] [Finance ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Arts and Culture ] [Agriculture ] [Telecommunications ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Economic Development ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Libraries ] [Mining ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Safety ] [Recreation ] [Science ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Veterans ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Air Quality ] [Animals ] [Children and Youth ] [Climate Change ] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Criminal Justice ] [Defense ] [Disaster Relief ] [Education ] [Gaming ] [Housing ] [Human Services ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Military ] [Native American Affairs ] [Nonprofit ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Property Tax ] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ]
Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 2) Specifies that, unless this bill expressly provides otherwise, references to "this Act" included in a division refer only to the provisions of that division. (Sec. 3) Specifies the committee reports that apply for the purpose of implementing each division. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 This division (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 09/07/2018

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Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 [HB-3354] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Insurance ] [Animals ] [Water ] [Arts and Culture ] [Construction ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Science ] [Community Development ] [Food ] [Senior Citizens ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Cybersecurity ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ] [Manufacturing ] [Mental Health ] [Tourism ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Inflation ] [Investments ] [Law Enforcement ] [Libraries ] [Military ] [Mining ] [Unemployment ] [National Security ] [Native American Affairs ] [Nonprofit ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Poverty ] [Property Tax ] [Public Safety ] [Recreation ] [Retirement ] [Crime ]
Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 230. on 09/27/2017

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Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act [S.1429] [Environmental ] [Water ]
Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/26/2017

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Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-3063] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Recreation ]
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to reauthorize for FY2017-FY2023 the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants Assistance Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 07/06/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Federal Budget Blueprint Funding Reductions - Rescission Request [SJR-8] [Environmental ] [Budget and Spending ] [Water ] [Funding ]
Expressing the opposition of the General Assembly to the drastic cuts to the funding of the Chesapeake Bay Program and specified other programs proposed by the President of the United States in the federal budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018; urging the Governor to publicly oppose the cuts proposed by the President to the funding of specified programs; and requiring specified committees of the General Assembly to monitor and make recommendations regarding federal budget proposals and actions affecting the Chesapeake Bay.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky Signed By The President And The Speaker - Joint Resolution 4 on 05/25/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Chesapeake Children's Museum [SB-1067] [Budget and Spending ] [Arts and Culture ] [Children and Youth ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake Children's Museum, Inc. and the Mayor and City Council of the City of Annapolis for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Chesapeake Children's Museum, located in Anne Arundel County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle Hearing 3/11 At 2:00 P.m. on 03/11/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Gill Nets - Stretched Mesh Size [HB-1339] [Animals ] [Environmental ] [Water ]
Establishing that a specified person may not set or fish any gill net used in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries that has a stretched mesh size exceeding 7 inches.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/03/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Chesapeake Bay Water Transportation Network [SB-850] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to study the feasibility of using the navigable waters of Chesapeake Bay as a water transportation network to link waterfront communities along the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Department and the Administration to prepare an inventory of specified facilities on the Chesapeake Bay and to estimate the cost of implementing the specified network; requiring a specified report be made to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2019; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Oyster Management - Prohibited Actions [HB-924] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Science ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Agriculture ]
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from reducing or altering the boundaries of specified oyster sanctuaries until the Department develops a fisheries management plan for the scientific management of the oyster stock following completion of a specified study and reports.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 27 on 04/06/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Chesapeake Bay Water Transportation Network [HB-907] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to study the feasibility of using the navigable waters of Chesapeake Bay as a water transportation network to link waterfront communities along the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Department and the Administration to prepare an inventory of specified facilities on the Chesapeake Bay and to estimate the cost of implementing the specified network; requiring a specified report be made to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2019; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017

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