3.0.0 573 2023-01-11T13:29:00Z 2023-01-11T13:29:00Z House HR 2015-01-27 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)][Pages H640-H641]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. POSEY:H.R. 573.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H641]]Article I, Section 8, Clause 3]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2015-01-28T20:33:21Z Referred to 2015-01-27T17:02:05Z To reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. 114 944 HR 2015-06-02 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. 114 1523 S 2016-05-20 Became Public Law No: 114-162. Related bill CRS 2015-01-28 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2015-01-27 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2015-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000599 Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] Bill Posey R FL 8 N M001191 Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] Patrick Murphy D FL 18 2015-01-27 True Environmental Protection Aquatic ecology Lakes and rivers Mammals Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Pest management Water quality Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Environmental Protection 00 2015-01-27 Introduced in House 2015-02-09T23:29:57Z Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act

This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise the National Estuary Program by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make competitive awards to address urgent and challenging issues that threaten the economic and ecological well-being of coastal areas, including extensive seagrass habitat losses, recurring harmful algae blooms, unusual marine mammal mortalities, invasive exotic species, and jellyfish proliferation limiting community access to water during peak tourism seasons.

The EPA must give priority to national estuary programs that are not part of the Geographic Programs as described in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014.

]]> Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act Display Title Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act Official Title as Introduced To make competitive awards to national estuary programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act Introduced in House 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr573ih/xml/BILLS-114hr573ih.xml 2015-01-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. 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.