HR 5266 · 113th Congress · Environmental Protection
To reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate.(2014-11-13)
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Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize and revise the National Estuary Program for FY2014-FY2018. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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 which may be related to sea level rise or wetland degradation or loss, or low dissolved oxygen conditions in estuarine waters. Requires the EPA to give priority to national estuary programs that are not part of the Geographic Programs as described in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5266, a bill to reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes
Sep 19, 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 17, 2014
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Cosponsors (4)
2 Democrats2 Republicans