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HR 2137 115th Congress House Emergency Management Aquatic ecology Disaster relief and insurance Government liability Lakes and rivers Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Water quality Wetlands

Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017

Introduced: April 25, 2017 Introduced by: Mast, Brian J. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Apr 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Apr 25, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 25, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017

This bill directs the President to: (1) treat the impacts to state waterways and coastal estuaries of a harmful algal bloom conveyed downstream as a result of a water transfer carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers within such state as an emergency for purposes of federal emergency assistance programs under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and (2) exercise such authority to provide federal emergency assistance under such Act as necessary to address such an emergency, including exercising debris-removal authority to remove toxic algal biomass and muck.

What's happening now April 26, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2137: Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2137/
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"H.R. 2137: Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2137/.
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H.R. 2137, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2137/.
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