WETLANDS

Articles and editorials

$1 Billion in Conservation Funding Approved by U.S. House of Representatives Funding Bill Awaits a Vote in the U.S. Senate, S14127 [20DE]

Bills and resolutions

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H10161 [14NO]

Commission on Inland Waters Policy: establish (see S. 2050), S13161 [17NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see S. 912), S4397 [27AP] (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR] (see H.R. 2658), H4138 [26MY]

———extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (see H.R. 3963), H8643 [29SE]

James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge: expand (see S. 1165), S6100 [6JN] (see H.R. 2866), H4400 [13JN]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see S. 158), S436 [25JA] (see H.R. 307), H193 [25JA]

Louisiana: provide protection, conservation, and restoration of wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land in the coastal areas (see H.R. 2903), H4560 [15JN]

Taxation: allow credit for expenditures incurred to restore or protect wetlands from coastal erosion (see H.R. 1516), H1845 [6AP] (see H.R. 2102), H2977 [4MY]

Water pollution: impose limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation of private property (see H.R. 74), H74 [4JA]

Letters

Long Island Sound appropriations extension: Alexandra Breslin, Audubon Connecticut, H11123 [7DE]

———M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, H11123 [7DE]

———Robin Kriesberg, Save the Sound (organization), H11123 [7DE]

Remarks in House

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (H.R. 3963), H11122-H11124 [7DE], E2495 [8DE], E2507 [13DE]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (H.R. 307), E71 [25JA]

Remarks in Senate

Commission on Inland Waters Policy: establish (S. 2050), S13181 [17NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (S. 912), S4399 [27AP]

———extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (H.R. 3963), S13937 [16DE]

James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge: expand (S. 1165), S6103 [6JN], S13938 [16DE]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (S. 158), S485 [25JA]

Louisiana: redirect portion of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund wetlands protection and a new levee system, S12553-S12555 [9NO]

———wetlands protection funding, S874 [2FE]

World Wetlands Day: observance, S874 [2FE]

Reports filed

James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1165) (S. Rept. 109-191), S13450 [12DE]

Long Island Sound Appropriations Extension: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3963) (H. Rept. 109-293), H10160 [14NO]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 158) (S. Rept. 109-185), S13450 [12DE]

Texts of

H.R. 3963, Federal Water Pollution Control Act appropriations extension for Long Island Sound, H11122 [7DE]

S. 158, Long Island Sound Stewardship Act, S485-S487 [25JA]

S. 912, Clean Water Authority Restoration Act, S4400 [27AP]

S. 1165, James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act, S6104 [6JN], S13938 [16DE]