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Great Lakes Restoration Act of 2005

Introduced: February 14, 2005 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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To President

Became law

Feb 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Feb 15, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Feb 14, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.

Feb 14, 2005

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Great Lakes Restoration Act of 2005 - Establishes the Great Lakes Advisory Board to: (1) develop a biennial comprehensive Great Lakes management plan; (2) coordinate Great Lakes restoration efforts; and (3) implement a public awareness campaign. Establishes a scientific working group to evaluate the scientific integrity of the Great Lakes restoration effort and assist the Board in its decisionmaking.

Requires the management plan to be submitted to the President, appropriate congressional committees, the governor of each Great Lakes State, and the Great Lakes mayors.

Includes as possible Great Lakes ecosystem goals: (1) the cleanup of toxic hot spots; (2) the elimination of invasive species; (3) decreased pollution from nonpoint sources and the elimination of all forms of toxic deposition; (4) the restoration and conservation of wetlands and critical coastal habitat; (5) the elimination of dead zones caused by hypoxia and harmful algal bloom; (6) the sustainable use and management of Great Lakes water resources; and (7) public participation in Great Lakes restoration.

Requires each Great Lakes State to have in effect a State Great Lakes Management Plan, approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and updated every two years, in order to be eligible for assistance apportionments authorized under this Act.

Provides apportioned funding to Great Lakes States for restoration activities.

Authorizes the Administrator to appoint a special master to direct the remediation of an area of concern.

What's happening now February 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.

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