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
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.