Skip to main content
S 1117 111th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Fishes Historic sites and heritage areas Lakes and rivers New Hampshire Outdoor recreation Travel and tourism Vermont Watersheds Wetlands Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act

Introduced: May 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.
Sep 27, 2010
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-306.
Aug 5, 2010
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 15, 2009
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-92.
May 21, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5823)
May 21, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5822-5823)
May 21, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Connecticut River Grants and Technical Assistance Program to provide financial and technical assistance to the states of New Hampshire and Vermont, through the Connecticut River Joint Commissions of New Hampshire and Vermont, to improve the management of the upper Connecticut River watershed.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide the Commissions with financial and technical assistance to further the purposes of this Act. .

Requires the Commissions to develop criteria to prioritize and determine the eligibility of applicants for assistance under the Program and to review and prioritize applications for such assistance.

Requires such criteria to be submitted by the Commissions for review by the Secretary. Sets forth procedures for the approval or disapproval of the criteria.

Allows the Commissions to use funds under this Act to provide financial and technical assistance to state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private entities for the protection of the watershed.

Authorizes appropriations. Limits the federal share of the total cost of any activity funded by assistance under this Act to half of that activity's total cost. Permits the non-federal contribution towards such an activity to be in the form of in-kind contributions of fairly valued goods or services.

Terminates the authority of the Secretary to provide financial assistance under this Act 10 years after enactment.

What's happening now September 27, 2010

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1