HR 944 · 114th Congress · Environmental Protection
To reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.(2015-06-02)
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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. This bill reauthorizes through FY2020 a program of grants to develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive conservation and management plans for estuaries.…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 944, a bill to reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes
Apr 23, 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 14, 2015
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Cosponsors (6)
3 Democrats3 Republicans