3.0.0 2306 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z Senate S S 2014-05-08 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-08T14:05:44Z Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013 113 644 HR 2013-02-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. Related bill CRS 2014-05-08 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2014-05-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2014-05-08 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2014-05-08 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2014-05-08 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2014-05-08 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2014-05-08 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2014-05-08 True Water Resources Development Delaware Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Floods and storm protection Intergovernmental relations Lakes and rivers Land use and conservation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries New Jersey New York State Pennsylvania Water quality Water resources funding Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Water Resources Development 00 2014-05-08 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-26T18:19:29Z Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a Delaware River Basin restoration program, under which the Director shall: (1) draw on management plans for the Basin or portions of the Basin and work in consultation with applicable management entities, including representatives of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the federal government, other state and local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, to identify, prioritize, and implement restoration and protection activities within the Basin; and (2) adopt a Basin-wide strategy that supports the implementation of a shared set of science-based restoration and protection activities, targets cost-effective conservation projects, and supports measurable conservation efforts.

Defines "Basin" as the four-state Delaware Basin region, including all of Delaware Bay and portions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania located in the Delaware River watershed.

Requires the Director to establish the Delaware River Basin restoration grant program to provide competitive matching grants to carry out the restoration program. Requires the Director to develop criteria to ensure that funded activities: (1) restore or protect fish and wildlife and their habitats; (2) improve or protect water quality by reducing pollutants and restoring headwater areas and drinking water basins; (3) improve the management of water volume and mitigation of flood damage to support the ecological needs of fish and wildlife and their habitats; (4) include priority needs or actions identified in the Basin-wide strategy; and/or (5) include restoration and protection activities with multiple benefits in the Basin, including habitat, water quality, and flood damage mitigation. Limits the federal share of the total cost of a funded project to 50%. Authorizes the Director to contract with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation or another organization that offers grant management services.

]]> Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014 Display Title Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2306is/xml/BILLS-113s2306is.xml 2014-05-08 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.