3.0.0 3558 2017-12-15T00:41:33Z 2017-12-15T00:41:33Z Senate S S 2008-09-24 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-24T20:16:00Z Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act 110 1126 S 2007-04-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS 2008-09-24 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2008-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-09-24 True Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Executive reorganization Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Gulf of Mexico International Affairs International environmental cooperation Latin America Marine ecology Mexico Restoration ecology Waste disposal in the ocean Water Resources Development Water quality Watersheds Environmental Protection 00 2008-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-07T18:26:58Z Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be headed by a Director. Requires the Office to: (1) coordinate the actions of EPA and of other federal agencies and state and local authorities; (2) assist in developing specific action plans to carry out the program; (3) coordinate and implement priority state- and community-led restoration plans and projects and facilitate activities that support the program; (4) implement outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Gulf's resources; (5) develop and make available information about the environmental quality and living resources of the Gulf; (6) serve as the liaison with the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts of the EPA; and (7) focus on activities that will result in measurable improvements to water quality and living resources of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.

Authorizes the EPA Administrator to enter into interagency agreements to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for use in: (1) monitoring the water quality and living resources of the Gulf ecosystem; (2) researching the effects of environmental changes on such water quality and resources; (3) developing cooperative strategies that address the water quality and needs of Gulf resources; (4) developing locally-based protection and restoration programs or projects within a watershed that complement those strategies; and (5) eliminating or reducing point sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem.

]]> Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act Display Title Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3558is/xml/BILLS-110s3558is.xml 2008-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.