[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2707 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2707

 To amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the 
continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails 
                                Network.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2008

    Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
    Mikulski, Mr. Specter, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Webb) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the 
continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails 
                                Network.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chesapeake Bay Gateways and 
Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 502 of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
461 note; Public Law 105-312) is amended by striking subsection (c) and 
inserting the following:
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''.
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