LAKES

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in the rehabilitation of Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon (see H.R. 5019), H1195 [28MR]

Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3618), S6786 [29JN]

Corps of Engineers: submit a report identifying activities for hurricane and flood protection near Lake Pontchartrain (see S. 2232), S446 [1FE] (see H.R. 4748), H273 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a feasibility study on implementing a water supply and conservation project in the Republican River Basin between lakes in Nebraska and Kansas (see H.R. 4750), H273 [14FE]

———continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (see H.R. 5732), H4915 [29JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program (see S. 3630), S7284 [10JY]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see S. 2545), S2901 [5AP] (see H.R. 5100), H1562 [5AP]

———establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 5734), H4915 [29JN]

———implement recommendations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study (see S. 2430), S2312 [16MR] (see H.R. 4953), H972 [14MR]

———prevent acid mine drainage from sulfide mining (see H.R. 4933), H867 [9MR]

Great Lakes Fishery Commission: investigate effects of migratory birds on sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common concern in the Great Lakes (see S. 3605), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5089), H1452 [4AP]

Great Lakes Interagency Task Force: establish (see S. 2912), S4836 [19MY]

Great Lakes Regional Collaboration: establish (see S. 2912), S4836 [19MY]

Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3618), S6786 [29JN]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H3307 (see H.R. 5501), H3359 [25MY]

NOAA: recognize National Marine Sanctuaries Program as critical to managing the ocean and Great Lakes resources (see H. Res. 856), H3642 [8JN]

Ships and vessels: establish vessel ballast water management requirements (see H.R. 5030), H1196 [28MR]

———require exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4771), H387 [16FE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding for aquaculture in Ohio, H3109, H3110 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (H.R. 5732), E1324 [29JN]

Great Lakes: establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes (H.R. 5734), H4687 [28JN], E1320 [29JN]

———invasive species eradication funding, H3170 [24MY]

Great Lakes Legacy Act: funding, H2797, H2798 [18MY]

National Flood Insurance Program: request Corps of Engineers completion of new flood map for the Great Lakes region and prohibit increase in flood evaluations in the upper Great Lakes, H4612-H4614 [27JN]

Ships and vessels: require exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes (H.R. 4771), E186 [17FE]

Storm Lake, IA: lake restoration project funding, H2790 [18MY]

Virginia: John H. Kerr Lake and Philpott Lake recreation areas funding, H3174 [24MY]

Remarks in Senate

Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission: establish (S. 3618), S6803 [29JN]

Coast Guard: decommissioning of the Acacia (vessel), S5595 [7JN]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (S. 2545), S2908-S2910 [5AP]

———implement recommendations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study (S. 2430), S2321 [16MR], S7358 [11JY]

Great Lakes Fishery Commission: investigate effects of migratory birds on sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common concern in the Great Lakes (S. 3605), S6791 [29JN]

Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (S. 3618), S6803 [29JN]

Reports filed

Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Lease Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1913) (S. Rept. 109-238), S3419 [24AP]

Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2430) (S. Rept. 109-270), S6559 [27JN]

Texts of

S. 2430, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, S2321-S2323 [16MR], S7358 [11JY]