3.0.0 247 2023-01-15T21:34:08Z 2023-01-15T21:34:08Z Senate S S 2003-01-29 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2003-08-26T17:17:32Z Markup by 2003-06-19T21:17:27Z Referred to 2003-01-29T23:14:37Z S. Rept. 108-125 Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Amendments Act of 2004 108 1856 HR 2004-07-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill House Text similarities House Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 108 3014 S 2004-12-10 Became Public Law No: 108-456. Related bill House 2003-10-29 12:02:50 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2003-10-29 10:05:01 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2003-10-29 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2003-10-28 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13420-13422; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S13420-13421) Floor 2003-10-28 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13420-13422; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S13420-13421) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2003-08-26 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 249. Calendars 2003-08-26 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/29/03 legislative day 07/21/03 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-125. Committee 2003-08-26 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/29/03 legislative day 07/21/03 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-125. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2003-06-19 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2003-01-29 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1751-1852) IntroReferral 2003-01-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1750-1751) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N B000780 Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] JOHN BREAUX D LA BERLINGER 2003-01-29 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2003-07-07 False D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2003-07-07 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2003-07-07 False 2003-07-14T04:00:00Z S. 247, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14617 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 17, 2003</p> 2003-07-14T04:00:00Z S. 247, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14617 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 17, 2003 Environmental Protection Algal blooms Authorization Coastal zone Ecological research Economic impact statements Economic research Economics and Public Finance Environmental assessment Environmental education Environmental monitoring Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Federal aid to water pollution control Government Operations and Politics Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Marine resources conservation Minorities Native Americans Oceanographic research Oxygen Pollution measurement Public Lands and Natural Resources Water Resources Development Environmental Protection 00 2003-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Requires the President, in conjunction with the chief executive officers of the States, to develop and submit to Congress a Prediction and Response Plan to protect environmental and public health from impacts of harmful algal blooms.

Specifies plan, publication and Federal assistance requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Task Force, to provide for local and regional assessments of hypoxia and harmful algal blooms, as requested by coastal States, Indian tribes, and local governments. Provides guidelines for local and regional assessments.]]>

01 2003-08-26 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2003-09-24T20:46:23Z Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to reauthorize and revise its provisions.

(Sec. 2) Makes permanent the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia (Task Force) (by repealing a provision which authorizes the President to disestablish it after it submits a specified plan).

(Sec. 3) Requires the President, in conjunction with State Governors, to develop and submit to Congress a Prediction and Response Plan to protect environmental and public health from impacts of harmful algal blooms. Requires the plan to be submitted to Congress within 12 months after enactment of this Act. Specifies plan, publication and Federal assistance requirements.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Task Force, to provide for local and regional assessments of hypoxia and harmful algal blooms, as requested by coastal States, Indian tribes, and local governments. Provides guidelines for such assessments.

Directs the Task Force to complete and submit to Congress scientific assessments of: (1) Great Lakes harmful algal blooms; and (2) hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters including the Great Lakes. Requires such hypoxia assessments to continue to be completed by the Task Force and submitted to Congress at least once every five years after the first one.

(Sec. 5) Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Act to the Secretary of Commerce for research, education, and monitoring activities related to the prevention, reduction, and control of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. Allocates such funding among the following programs: (1) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) research and assessment activities at the research laboratories of the National Ocean Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service; (2) Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) project under the Coastal Ocean Program, with a certain portion to conduct the scientific assessment of Great Lakes harmful algal blooms; (3) NOAA's National Ocean Service to conduct peer-reviewed research on management measures that can be taken to prevent, reduce, control, and mitigate harmful algal blooms; (4) Federal and State annual monitoring and analysis activities for harmful algal blooms administered by the National Ocean Service; (5) activities related to research and monitoring on hypoxia by the National Ocean Service and NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; and (6) conducting of the Local and Regional Assessments (by the Secretary, in coordination with the Task Force).]]>

35 2003-10-28 Passed Senate amended 2003-11-05T14:49:34Z (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on August 26, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to reauthorize and revise its provisions.

(Sec. 2) Makes permanent the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia (Task Force) (by repealing a provision which authorizes the President to disestablish it after it submits a specified plan).

(Sec. 3) Requires the President, in conjunction with State Governors, to develop and submit to Congress a Prediction and Response Plan to protect environmental and public health from impacts of harmful algal blooms. Requires the plan to be submitted to Congress within 12 months after enactment of this Act. Specifies plan, publication and Federal assistance requirements.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Task Force, to provide for local and regional assessments of hypoxia and harmful algal blooms, as requested by coastal States, Indian tribes, and local governments. Provides guidelines for such assessments.

Directs the Task Force to complete and submit to Congress scientific assessments of: (1) Great Lakes harmful algal blooms; and (2) hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters including the Great Lakes. Requires such hypoxia assessments to continue to be completed by the Task Force and submitted to Congress at least once every five years after the first one.

(Sec. 5) Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Act to the Secretary of Commerce for research, education, and monitoring activities related to the prevention, reduction, and control of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. Allocates such funding among the following programs: (1) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) research and assessment activities at the research laboratories of the National Ocean Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service; (2) Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) project under the Coastal Ocean Program, with a certain portion to conduct the scientific assessment of Great Lakes harmful algal blooms; (3) NOAA's National Ocean Service to conduct peer-reviewed research on management measures that can be taken to prevent, reduce, control, and mitigate harmful algal blooms; (4) Federal and State annual monitoring and analysis activities for harmful algal blooms administered by the National Ocean Service; (5) activities related to research and monitoring on hypoxia by the National Ocean Service and NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; and (6) conducting of the Local and Regional Assessments (by the Secretary, in coordination with the Task Force).]]>

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