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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes.

Introduced: March 6, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Mar 12, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Mar 6, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, Resources, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2002
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Secretary of Transportation should issue regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species within the Great Lakes; (2) the Great Lakes States should develop and implement a mechanism that provides a common conservation standard for making decisions concerning the withdrawal and use of water from the Great Lakes Basin; and (3) the Secretary of State should work with the Canadian Government to encourage and support the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec in the development and implementation of a consistent mechanism and standard.

Encourages: (1) Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to continue to prohibit off-shore drilling in the Great Lakes for oil and gas; (2) Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio and Ontario to enact a prohibition of such drilling; and (3) Ontario to require the cessation of any such drilling and any production resulting from such drilling.

Calls for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) make grants to States, Indian tribes, regional agencies, and local governments to carry out projects in areas of concern to monitor or evaluate contaminated sediment, to remediate such sediment, and to prevent further or renewed contamination; and (2) conduct research on innovative approaches, technologies, and techniques to remediate sediment.

Calls for a specified increase in appropriations for sewer overflow control grants for FY 2004.

What's happening now March 12, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1