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Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017

Introduced: May 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 27, 2017
Received in the House.
Sep 27, 2017
Held at the desk.
Sep 26, 2017
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6146)
Sep 26, 2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6145-6147; text: CR S6145-6146)
Sep 26, 2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S6146-6147)
Sep 26, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S6146-6147)
Aug 3, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 205.
Aug 3, 2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-145.
May 18, 2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 4, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 4, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,105 Lee, Mike To improve the bill. Agreed to Sep 26, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017

This bill amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to reauthorize for FY2019-FY2023 the national harmful algal bloom and hypoxia program and the action strategy of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. (Hypoxia is a deficiency of oxygen.)

(Sec. 3) The task force must include a representative from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(Sec. 4) Each required scientific assessment of harmful algal blooms in coastal waters must examine freshwater harmful algal blooms that originate in freshwater lakes or rivers and migrate to coastal waters.

(Sec. 5) In administering the program, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must provide: (1) grants for accelerating the utilization of effective methods of intervention and mitigation to reduce the frequency, severity, and impacts of harmful algal bloom and hypoxia events; and (2) technical assistance to regional state, tribal, and local governments with respect to harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events.

NOAA must use cost effective methods in carrying out the Act and develop contingency plans for the long-term monitoring of hypoxia.

(Sec. 7) Federal officials may determine whether a harmful algal bloom or hypoxia event is an event of national significance and give funding to the affected state or local government for assessing and mitigating the detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, and public health effects of an event of national significance.

What's happening now September 27, 2017

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6645 Related bill Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 2018
  • S 2200 Related bill National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • HR 4417 Related bill Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 12, 2017
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jun 19, 2017
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 25, 2017
 R
Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · May 16, 2017
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · May 4, 2017
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