3.0.0 1332 2023-01-11T13:37:38Z 2023-01-11T13:37:38Z Senate S 2017-06-08 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-08T21:07:41Z 2017-06-08 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-06-08 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-06-08 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2017-07-25 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-07-26 False Environmental Protection Advisory bodies Aquatic ecology Congressional oversight Fishes Government information and archives Great Lakes Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Environmental Protection 00 2017-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-16T15:32:17Z Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act

This bill establishes within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program to identify and implement voluntary measures that restore aquatic species to self-sustaining levels by reconnecting aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes basin while maintaining and modernizing needed infrastructure, particularly in locations where roads, tributaries, or dams intersect.

The USFWS and the Department of Transportation must collaborate with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, signatories to the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, and any other appropriate stakeholders to support: (1) sound approaches to addressing infrastructure and aquatic populations in the Great Lakes, and (2) ecosystem resiliency.

The USFWS must: (1) finalize a strategic plan for the program to address aquatic connectivity in the Great Lakes basin, and (2) annually request proposals for funding that would be used to restore aquatic connectivity in the basin and support the strategic plan.

The bill also establishes the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Committee to review the proposals and recommend to the USFWS proposals that should receive funding.

Nothing in this bill conflicts with the authority of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to eradicate or minimize a sea lamprey population under the 1954 Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States and Canada.

]]> Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act Display Title Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act Introduced in Senate 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1332is/xml/BILLS-115s1332is.xml 2017-06-08 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.