[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 479 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 479

 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

                           February 25, 2009

   Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Webb, Mr. Warner, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
  Carper, Mr. Kaufman, and Mr. Casey) 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 amending 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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