3.0.0 2381 2023-01-11T16:03:25Z 2023-01-11T22:05:11Z House H HR 2007-05-17 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-02-28T21:37:05Z Referred to 2007-07-11T20:31:03Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-21T16:02:41Z Referred to 2007-05-17T14:02:20Z 2008-02-28 sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Committee 2007-07-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2007-07-10 15:02:46 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-07-10 15:02:44 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7447-7448) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2007-07-10 15:02:44 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7447-7448) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-10 14:59:57 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2381. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-07-10 14:59:55 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7447-7448) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-07-10 14:59:42 Mr. Sarbanes moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-05-21 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Committee 2007-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 N B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2007-05-17 True B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2007-05-17 True E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2007-05-17 True H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2007-05-17 True L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2007-05-17 True M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2007-05-17 True W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 2007-05-17 True B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 2007-05-17 True Water Resources Development Administrative procedure Agricultural pollution Agriculture and Food Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Computer simulation Congress 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 2007-05-17 Introduced in House 2007-05-29T20:05:19Z Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Directs 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.

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 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.]]>

81 2007-07-10 Passed House without amendment 2007-08-02T21:47:06Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Title I: Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring Network - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a sediment and nutrient 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; (3) integrate the existing monitoring efforts into the network; (4) make maximum use of existing data and ongoing programs and efforts in developing the network; (5) carry out this section in coordination with the long-term estuary assessment project authorized by the Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000; (6) collaborate with other public and private monitoring programs; and (7) report to Congress on the network's development.

(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 to establish: (1) a computer modeling program to identify nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin; and (2) an Internet-based system to provide information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction programs and 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 Upper Mississippi River 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: (1) the USGS each fiscal year to carry out this Act, requiring one-third of the appropriated funds for the Cooperative Water Program and the remainder for the Hydrologic Networks and Analysis Program; and (2) the National Research Council for the water resources assessment.

(Sec. 302) Makes funds available for the Cooperative Water Program subject to the same cost-sharing requirements as specified in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.]]>

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