3.0.0 2912 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z Senate S S 2006-05-19 109 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2006-09-20T21:02:46Z Markup by 2006-05-23T19:21:02Z Referred to 2006-05-19T16:34:17Z S. Rept. 109-338 2006-09-20 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618. Calendars 2006-09-20 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment. With written report No. 109-338. Committee 2006-09-20 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment. With written report No. 109-338. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2006-05-23 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2006-05-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2006-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH N V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2006-05-19 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2006-05-19 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2006-05-19 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2006-05-19 True 2006-06-06T04:00:00Z S. 2912, Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17834 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 23, 2006</p> 2006-06-06T04:00:00Z S. 2912, Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17834 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 23, 2006 Environmental Protection Congress Congressional reporting requirements Environmental Protection Agency Environmental monitoring Executive reorganization Government Operations and Politics Great Lakes Lakes New York State Public Lands and Natural Resources Public meetings Restoration ecology Vermont Water Resources Development Watersheds Environmental Protection 00 2006-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-21T21:07:31Z Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 - Establishes the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, as created by Executive Order 13340, as a task force within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Adds as duties of the Task Force: (1) to ensure that implementation of its programs is coordinated, effective, and cost-efficient; (2) to submit to Congress a biennial report that describes the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration's activities; (3) to establish a regular means of communication with the Collaboration's Executive Committee to exchange information and recommendations for action; and (4) to ensure that its activities are coordinated with Lake Chaplain Basin Program activities.

Establishes the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, which shall draft a strategy every three years to describe the Great Lakes' health and to identify Great Lakes restoration goals.

Requires the Collaboration's Executive Committee to: (1) submit to Congress and the Task Force a biennial report that includes an analysis in carrying out the restoration of the Great Lakes and meeting the goals and the Collaboration's recommendations and about contributions made by Great Lakes states, municipal partners, and Great Lakes Tribes; and (2) ensure that the Collaboration has balanced representation of stakeholder groups and that the strategy developed by the Collaboration is coordinated with the activities of the Lake Chaplain Basin Program.

Requires the Administrator of the EPA to evaluate each committee and office that oversees a Great Lakes program to identify overlapping duties and to develop recommendations to improve the efficiency of those committees and offices.

]]> 01 2006-09-20 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2006-11-08T22:42:38Z Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 - Establishes the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, as created by Executive Order 13340, within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Establishes the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, which shall draft a strategy every three years to describe the health of the Great Lakes and to identify Great Lakes restoration goals.

Requires the the Collaboration's Executive Committee to: (1) establish a process for communicating with Collaboration members; (2) work with the Collaboration to develop its strategy; (3) develop a list of goals, identify the level of government that is best able to achieve them, hold semiannual public meetings to discuss them, and receive input relating to them from stakeholder groups; (4) submit to Congress and the Task Force a biennial report on progress in carrying out the restoration and meeting the Collaboration's goals and recommendations and on contributions made by Great Lakes states, municipal partners, and Great Lakes Tribes; and (5) ensure that the Collaboration has balanced representation of stakeholder groups and that its strategy is coordinated with the activities of the Lake Chaplain Basin Program.

Adds as duties of the Task Force to: (1) ensure that implementation of its programs is coordinated, effective, and cost-efficient; (2) submit to Congress a biennial report that describes the Collaboration's activities; (3) establish a regular means of communication with the Collaboration's Executive Committee to exchange information and recommendations for action; and (4) ensure that its activities are coordinated with Lake Chaplain Basin Program activities.

Requires the Administrator of the EPA to evaluate each committee of which the Administrator is a member and office within EPA's jurisdiction that oversees a Great Lakes program to identify overlapping duties and to develop recommendations to improve the efficiency of those committees and offices.

]]> Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 Display Title Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to establish the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 S Senate Reported to Senate 2006-09-20T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2006-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2912is/xml/BILLS-109s2912is.xml 2006-09-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618. 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.