S 1523
114th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Aquatic ecology
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Floods and storm protection
Lakes and rivers
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Pest management
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
Introduced: June 8, 2015
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Everywhere this bill has been
24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2016
Became Public Law No: 114-162.
May 20, 2016
Signed by President.
May 18, 2016
Presented to President.
May 13, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 12, 2016
Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent. (text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S2794)
May 12, 2016
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.(text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S2794)
Apr 27, 2016
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Apr 26, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 26, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1958)
Apr 26, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1958)
Apr 26, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1523.
Apr 26, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1957-1959)
Apr 26, 2016
Mr. Gibbs moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 29, 2015
By Senator Inhofe from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 114-161.
Sep 8, 2015
Held at the desk.
Sep 8, 2015
Received in the House.
Aug 6, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 5, 2015
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6349-6350)
Aug 5, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6349-6350)
Aug 5, 2015
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6349-6350)
Aug 5, 2015
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 5, 2015
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 8, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jun 8, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 26, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise the National Estuary Program by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to make competitive awards to address urgent and challenging issues that threaten the economic and ecological well-being of coastal areas, including:
- extensive seagrass habitat losses,
- recurring harmful algae blooms,
- unusual marine mammal mortalities,
- invasive exotic species,
- jellyfish proliferation limiting community access to water during peak tourism seasons,
- flooding that may be related to sea level rise or wetland degradation or loss, and
- low dissolved oxygen conditions in estuarine waters and related nutrient management.
(Sec. 2) The bill authorizes appropriations for FY2017-FY2021 for: (1) EPA administrative expenses relating to a grant or award, and (2) making grants and awards. The bill allocates funding for conservation and management plans for estuaries and for competitive awards.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 114-162.
Committees of jurisdiction
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