3.0.0 3191 2020-02-12T18:55:28Z 2020-02-12T18:55:28Z Senate S S 2008-06-25 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-25T21:30:41Z 2008-06-25 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6163-6165) IntroReferral 2008-06-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6162-6163) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2008-06-25 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2008-06-25 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-06-25 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2008-06-25 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2008-06-25 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2008-06-25 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-06-25 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-06-25 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-06-25 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2008-07-09 False Environmental Protection Algal blooms Authorization Climate change and greenhouse gases Coastal zone Congress Congressional reporting requirements Ecological research Economics and Public Finance Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Environmental research Federal aid to water pollution control Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Mississippi River Oceanography Oxygen Science, Technology, Communications Water Resources Development Water pollution control Watersheds Environmental Protection 00 2008-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-30T19:34:10Z Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2008 - Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to: (1) require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to establish criteria for determining which states should serve on the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia and to implement a nominations process to select representatives for such Task Force; and (2) require the Task Force's scientific assessments of hypoxia and harmful algal blooms (hypoxia) once (currently, every five years).

Requires: (1) the President, acting through the Task Force, to establish a national program to integrate efforts to address hypoxia research, monitoring, prediction, control, mitigation, prevention, and outreach; (2) the Task Force to be the oversight body for the development and implementation of the National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program; and (3) NOAA to be the lead federal agency for implementing and administering such Program. Sets forth the Program's responsibilities and duties, including: (1) promoting a national strategy to help communities understand, detect, predict, control, and mitigate freshwater and marine hypoxia events; (2) maintaining and enhancing the Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms Program, the Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms Program, the Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment Program, and the Coastal Hypoxia Research Program; and (3) establishing a Mitigation and Control of Harmful Algal Bloom Program.

Requires the national hypoxia program to: (1) oversee the development and implementation of Regional Research and Action Plans and identify regions and sub-regions to be addressed by each Plan; and (2) convene regional panels of experts. Requires each panel to develop a Plan that identifies appropriate elements for the region, including: (1) priorities for ecological and socioeconomic research on issues related to, and impacts of, hypoxia; and (2) state and local government actions that may be implemented to monitor, minimize, reduce, and address hypoxia.

Requires the Task Force to report to specified congressional committees not less than every five years on hypoxia.

Requires: (1) the Secretary, acting through NOAA, to establish a collaborative pilot program with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies to examine hypoxia occurring in freshwater systems; and (2) such program to be located in the Mississippi River Basin watershed.

]]> Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2008 Display Title Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to develop and promote a comprehensive plan for a national strategy to address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through baseline research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate coastal and Great Lakes harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-25T04:00:00Z 2008-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6163-6165) 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.