3.0.0 589 2023-01-11T13:28:17Z 2023-01-11T13:28:17Z Senate S 2015-02-26 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-26T20:04:16Z Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015 114 1135 HR 2015-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Identical bill CRS 2015-02-26 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-02-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2015-02-26 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-02-26 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-02-26 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-02-26 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2015-02-26 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-02-26 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-02-26 True Environmental Protection Aquatic ecology Dams and canals Fishes Floods and storm protection Great Lakes Illinois Indiana Lakes and rivers Marine and inland water transportation Michigan Minnesota Mississippi River New York State Ohio Pennsylvania Water quality Water storage Watersheds Wisconsin Environmental Protection 00 2015-02-26 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-08T18:08:07Z Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015

This bill requires federal agencies to take immediate actions to prevent the upstream transfer of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin through the Brandon Road Lock and Dam site. The actions must place a special focus on Asian carp species and other aquatic nuisance species of concern to the Great Lakes referred to in the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Army Corps must implement measures to improve the site to prevent the upstream transfer of Asian carp and other aquatic nuisance species swimming through the lock and dam, including by constructing an engineered channel in the approach to the site from the Mississippi River direction.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must implement all appropriate measures around the site on the Illinois River to prevent the upstream transfer of swimming and floating aquatic nuisance species, with a focus on Asian carp species.

Federal entities must take actions for the long-term prevention of the transfer of aquatic nuisance species between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins, including through the Chicago Area Waterway System. The Army Corps must design, engineer, and construct flood mitigation and water quality measures on the Chicago Area Waterway System related to preventing such transfer.

]]> Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015 Display Title Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Defending Our Great Lakes Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s589is/xml/BILLS-114s589is.xml 2015-02-26 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.