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Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011

Introduced: January 7, 2011 Introduced by: Wittman, Robert J. Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 14, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.
Oct 14, 2011
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Oct 14, 2011
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-245, Part I.
Jul 20, 2011
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 20, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 20, 2011
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
Apr 7, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 26, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Jan 10, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jan 7, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Jan 7, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay state, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, to submit to Congress a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) an accounting of funds received and obligated by all federal agencies for restoration activities; (3) an accounting from each state of all funds received and obligated from a federal agency for restoration activities; and (4) a description of each of the proposed federal and state restoration activities. Requires: (1) such report to describe only federal restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $100,000 and state restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $50,000, and (2) the Director to submit the report no later than 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget to Congress.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and update every two years an adaptive management plan for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that includes: (1) a definition of specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; (2) a process for stakeholder participation; (3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation practices; (4) a process for modification of restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain such objectives; and (5) a process for prioritizing restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Administrator to: (1) report annually to Congress on the Plan; and (2) ensure that the Annual Action Plan and Annual Progress Report required by the Executive Order 13508 includes the adaptive management plan.

Requires an Independent Evaluator for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who shall review and report to Congress every two years on restoration activities and the use of adaptive management in such activities. Requires the Evaluator to be appointed by the Administrator from among nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive Council.

What's happening now October 14, 2011

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.

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