3.0.0 6771 2023-01-11T13:15:49Z 2023-01-11T13:15:49Z House H HR 2008-07-31 110 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2008-08-06T13:44:00Z Referred to 2008-07-31T14:09:50Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2008-08-01T17:36:41Z Referred to 2008-07-31T14:10:00Z 2008-08-06 hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Committee 2008-08-01 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2008-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2008-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2008-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 N D000605 Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] Thelma Drake R VA D. 2 2008-07-31 True F000445 Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] J. Forbes R VA Randy 4 2008-09-16 False G000289 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] ROBERT GOODLATTE R VA W. 6 2008-09-26 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Chesapeake Bay Congress Congressional reporting requirements Delaware District of Columbia Ecological research Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental monitoring Estuaries Federal aid to water pollution control Federal aid to water resources development Fishery management Grants-in-aid Habitat conservation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Marine pollution Marine resources conservation Maryland New York State Pennsylvania Restoration ecology Virginia Water Resources Development Water pollution control West Virginia Wetlands Wildlife conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2008-07-31 Introduced in House 2008-12-23T21:55:53Z Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay state, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, to submit to Congress a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) an accounting of funds received and obligated by all federal agencies for restoration activities; (3) an accounting from each state of all funds received and obligated from a federal agency for restoration activities; and (4) a description of each of the proposed federal and state restoration activities. Requires: (1) such report to describe only federal restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $100,000 and state restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $50,000; and (2) the Director to submit the report no later than 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget to Congress.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and update every three years an adaptive management plan for the Chesapeake Bay Program and restoration activities that includes: (1) a definition of specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; (2) a process for stakeholder participation; (3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation practices; (4) a process for modification of restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain such objectives; and (5) a process for prioritizing restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied. Sets forth reporting requirements.

]]> Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2008 Display Title Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to require the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement an adaptive management plan, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2008 Introduced in House 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6771ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6771ih.xml 2008-08-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. 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.