3.0.0 4029 2023-01-11T13:17:19Z 2023-01-11T13:17:19Z House H HR 2009-11-05 111 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2009-11-06T21:23:57Z Referred to 2009-11-05T15:01:21Z Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2010 111 2739 S 2010-09-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2009-11-06 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2009-11-05 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2009-11-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2729) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-11-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-11-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000327 Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] NORMAN DICKS D WA 6 N B001229 Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] BRIAN BAIRD D WA 3 2009-11-05 True S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2009-11-05 True L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2009-11-05 True M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2009-11-05 True I000026 Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] JAY INSLEE D WA 1 2009-11-05 True R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2009-11-05 True Environmental Protection Advisory bodies Aquatic ecology Canada Endangered and threatened species Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Executive agency funding and structure International organizations and cooperation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Puget Sound Washington State Water quality Watersheds Wetlands Environmental Protection 00 2009-11-05 Introduced in House 2010-05-07T20:55:50Z Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a Puget Sound Program Office, to be co-located with the Puget Sound Partnership in Washington; and (2) appoint a Director of the Office.

Requires the Administrator, acting through the Director, to: (1) assist and support the implementation of the Puget Sound Action Agenda; (2) provide funding and make grants for implementation of the Agenda and related projects; (3) promote methodologies and technologies that are cost-effective and consistent with the goals and objectives of the Agenda and the EPA permitting processes; (4) coordinate the major functions of the federal government relating to the implementation of the Agenda; (5) coordinate the research and planning projects authorized under this Act with federal and state agencies, tribes, universities, and the Puget Sound Partnership's Science Panel; (6) track progress toward meeting the identified goals and objectives of the Agenda; (7) coordinate projects, programs, and studies for the protection of Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca with Canadian authorities; (8) collect and make available to the public publications and information relating to the environmental quality of Puget Sound; and (9) implement projects, programs, and studies to implement the Agenda.

Requires the Administrator to establish a Puget Sound Program Advisory Council to provide advice on the implementation of the Agenda's goals and objectives.

Requires the Administrator and the Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership to a report, biennially, to Congress on implementation of the Agenda.

Allows the Administrator, acting through the Director, to make grants for projects, programs, and studies to implement the Agenda, including a comprehensive grant to the Partnership to manage such implementation.

Requires the President, as part of the annual budget, to submit information regarding expenditures and roles of each federal agency involved in Puget Sound protection and restoration.

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