3.0.0 937 2023-01-15T23:33:07Z 2023-01-15T23:33:07Z Senate S S 2003-04-29 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-04-29T16:09:54Z Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 108 3014 S 2004-12-10 Became Public Law No: 108-456. Related bill CRS 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. Identical bill CRS 2003-04-29 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2003-04-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. N D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2003-04-29 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2003-04-29 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2003-06-09 False Environmental Protection Algal blooms Authorization Coastal zone Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Department of Commerce Ecological research Economic impact statements Economic research Economics and Public Finance Environmental assessment Environmental education Environmental monitoring Estuaries Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Federal aid to water pollution control Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Freshwater resources conservation Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Great Lakes Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Marine resources conservation Minorities Oceanographic research Oxygen Pollution measurement Public Lands and Natural Resources Water Resources Development Environmental Protection 00 2003-04-29 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Requires the Task Force to: (1) work with the appropriate State, Indian tribe, and local governments to ensure that the assessment and research plans fulfill the requirements of the Harmful Algal Act; and (2) complete and submit to specified congressional committees not less than once every five years scientific assessments of harmful algal blooms and of hypoxia. Specifies amended assessment requirements.

Requires the Task Force to: (1) make a specified scientific assessment of freshwater algal blooms; and (2) develop and submit to specified congressional committees a research plan providing for a comprehensive and coordinated national research program to develop prevention, control, and mitigation methods to reduce the impacts of harmful algal blooms on coastal ecosystems, public health, and the economy. Specifies research program requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Task Force and appropriate State, Indian tribe, and local governments, to provide for local and regional scientific assessments of hypoxia or harmful algal blooms, as requested by State, Indian tribe, and local governments. Specifies assessment requirements.]]>

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Amendments Act of 2003 Display Title Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Amendments Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Amendments Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-04-29T04:00:00Z 2003-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.