3.0.0 1311 2023-01-11T13:18:36Z 2023-01-11T13:18:36Z Senate S S 2009-06-19 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing ssev15 Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee Hearings by 2009-11-09T20:01:25Z Reported by 2010-08-02T20:23:42Z Markup by 2010-06-30T20:14:57Z Referred to 2009-06-19T18:42:01Z S. Rept. 111-241 2010-08-02 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501. Calendars 2010-08-02 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-241. Committee 2010-08-02 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-241. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2010-06-30 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2009-11-09 ssev15 Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. Committee 2009-06-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2009-06-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6848) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-06-19 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-06-19 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-11-09 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2010-07-19 False L000572 Sen. LeMieux, George S. [R-FL] George LeMieux R FL S. 2010-09-27 False 2010-07-08T04:00:00Z S. 1311, Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21611 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 30, 2010</p> 2010-07-08T04:00:00Z S. 1311, Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21611 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 30, 2010 Environmental Protection Ecology Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive agency funding and structure Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental relations International organizations and cooperation Latin America Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mexico Water quality Watersheds Environmental Protection 00 2009-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-22T17:40:57Z Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water 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.

]]> 01 2010-08-02 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2011-01-04T18:47:00Z Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water 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 in developing strategies to improve the water quality and living resources in the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and obtain the support of appropriate officials; (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 through the provision of grants authorized by this Act; (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 ecosystem; (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, acting through such Office, 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 nonpoint sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem. Limits the federal share of the cost of any project carried out using a grant to 75% of the project's total costs. Limits administrative costs in the form of salaries, overhead, or indirect costs for services provided and charged against programs carried out using fund made available through a grant to 15% of the grant amount.

Requires the Director to report to the Administrator and the public on projects funded by such grants. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete an assessment of the Program and submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the Program's performance no later than April 30, 2011, and every five years thereafter; and (2) include a funding line item request for the Program Office as a separate budget line item in the annual submission to Congress of EPA's budget.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2014.

]]> 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 IS Short Titles as Introduced Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2010-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1311rs/xml/BILLS-111s1311rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2009-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1311is/xml/BILLS-111s1311is.xml 2010-08-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501. 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.