3.0.0 5340 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z House H HR 2006-05-10 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-11-13T21:41:27Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Discharged from 2006-06-21T16:35:42Z Referred to 2006-05-16T20:10:50Z Reported by 2006-07-13T22:00:56Z Markup by 2006-06-21T16:35:49Z Referred to 2006-05-10T14:01:15Z H. Rept. 109-561 2006-11-13 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2006-09-28 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2006-09-27 23:52:52 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:52:47 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7667-7668) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:52:47 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7667-7668) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-27 23:46:33 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5340. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:46:29 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7667-7669) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2006-09-27 23:45:44 Mr. Gohmert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2006-07-13 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 317. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00317 2006-07-13 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-561. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2006-07-13 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-561. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2006-06-21 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2006-06-21 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2006-06-21 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged. Committee 2006-05-16 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Committee 2006-05-16 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Committee 2006-05-10 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2006-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 N 2006-07-05T04:00:00Z H.R. 5340, Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17927 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006</p> 2006-07-05T04:00:00Z H.R. 5340, Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17927 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 21, 2006 Water Resources Development Administrative procedure Agricultural pollution Agriculture and Food Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Computer simulation Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Department of the Interior Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Environmental research Estuaries Eutrophication Federal aid to research Federal aid to water pollution control Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Hydrology Illinois Internet Iowa Land use Landscape protection Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Minnesota Minorities Mississippi River Missouri Nature conservation Performance measurement Public Lands and Natural Resources Public-private partnerships Remote sensing Right of privacy Rivers Science, Technology, Communications Sediment control Sedimentation Soil conservation Soil erosion Space activities Water pollution control Water quality Watersheds Wisconsin Water Resources Development 00 2006-05-10 Introduced in House 2006-06-20T14:10:25Z Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey, to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for related data collection and storage activities; (2) inventory the sediment and monitoring efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of creating a baseline understanding of overlap, data gaps, and redundancies; and (3) collaborate with other public and private monitoring efforts in establishing the monitoring program.

Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a water resources assessment of the Basin.

Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish: (1) a computer modeling program of nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin; and (2) an Internet-based system to distribute information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction projects and nutrient and sediment levels in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.]]>

17 2006-07-13 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2006-10-05T22:16:28Z Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Title I: Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring Network - (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for related data collection and storage activities; (2) inventory the sediment and monitoring efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of creating a baseline understanding of overlap, data gaps, and redundancies; and (3) collaborate with other public and private monitoring efforts in establishing the monitoring program.

(Sec. 106) Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a water resources assessment of the Basin.

Title II: Computer Modeling and Research - (Sec. 201) Requires the Director of USGS to establish: (1) a computer modeling program of nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin; and (2) an Internet-based system to distribute information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction projects and nutrient and sediment levels in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.

(Sec. 203) Requires the Director to provide to Congress and make available to the public: (1) an annual report regarding monitoring activities conducted in the Basin; and (2) a progress report, every three years, regarding modeling activities.

Title III: Authorization of Appropriations and Related Matters - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations to USGS, with one third made available for its Cooperative Water Program and the remainder for its Hydrologic Networks and Analysis Program, including sums to allow the Council to perform the required assessment.

(Sec. 302) Makes funds available for USGS subject to the same cost-sharing requirements as in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (which limits the USGS share to 50% of the cost in any topographic mapping or water resources data collection and investigation carried on in cooperation with a state or municipality).

(Sec. 303) Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.]]>

36 2006-09-27 Passed House amended 2006-11-03T14:38:14Z (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 13, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Title I: Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring Network - (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for related data collection and storage activities; (2) inventory the sediment and monitoring efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of creating a baseline understanding of overlap, data gaps, and redundancies; and (3) collaborate with other public and private monitoring efforts in establishing the monitoring program.

(Sec. 106) Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a water resources assessment of the Basin.

Title II: Computer Modeling and Research - (Sec. 201) Requires the Director of USGS to establish: (1) a computer modeling program of nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin; and (2) an Internet-based system to distribute information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction projects and nutrient and sediment levels in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.

(Sec. 203) Requires the Director to provide to Congress and make available to the public: (1) an annual report regarding monitoring activities conducted in the Basin; and (2) a progress report, every three years, regarding modeling activities.

Title III: Authorization of Appropriations and Related Matters - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations to USGS, with one third made available for its Cooperative Water Program and the remainder for its Hydrologic Networks and Analysis Program, including sums to allow the Council to perform the required assessment.

(Sec. 302) Makes funds available for USGS subject to the same cost-sharing requirements as in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (which limits the USGS share to 50% of the cost in any topographic mapping or water resources data collection and investigation carried on in cooperation with a state or municipality).

(Sec. 303) Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.]]>

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