LAKES

Amendments

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), S959, S961 [12FE], S3771 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: establish and adjust boundary to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (see S. 2031), S948 [12FE] (see H.R. 4049), H1770 [11FE]

Caddo National Grasslands: convey Lake Fannin Tract to Fannin County, TX (see H.R. 5603), H7884 [18SE]

California: authorize construction of San Luis Reservoir expansion (see H.R. 4126), H2097 [28FE]

Canada: ensure that the Canadian government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (see S. Res. 565), S5783 [18SE] (see H. Res. 716), H7296 [8SE]

Corps of Engineers: carry out projects necessary to separate the hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River to prevent interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species (see S. 3002), S6626 [11DE] (see H.R. 4001), H1658 [5FE] (see H.R. 5861), H9302 [11DE]

——— permit the collection of user fees by non-Federal entities in connection with the challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreational facilities at lakes and reservoirs (see S. 2055), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4100), H2000 [26FE]

——— revise management plan for the conservation pool in Lake Texoma (see H.R. 5604), H7884 [18SE]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 5764), H8169 [20NO]

Georgia: exchange jurisdiction between the Army and Dept. of Agriculture of property in Chattahoochee National Forest but permitted to the Army for Camp Frank D. Merrill and Army property adjacent to Lake Lanier (see H.R. 3960), H1510 [29JA]

Great Lakes: mitigate harmful algal blooms by prohibiting the discharge of dredged material back into the open waters (see H.R. 5516), H7674 [17SE]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H2255 [6MR]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2030), S948 [12FE]

NOAA: conduct assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters of the Great Lakes (see S. 2556), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 5713), H7995 [14NO]

——— create electronic database of research and information on causes of, and corrective actions being taken for algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters (see S. 2798), S5564 [11SE] (see H.R. 5456), H7454 [11SE]

——— establish an integrated and comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric research, prediction, and environmental information program to support renewable energy (see S. 2705), S5135 [30JY]

Public utilities: exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority (see H.R. 4032), H1769 [11FE]

Letters

Address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and control, and helping community detection, control, and mitigation: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5128 [9JN]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space and Technology (House), H5129 [9JN]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H5129 [9JN]

Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H8015 [17NO]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8016 [17NO]

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act: Lynn McClure, Kristy Meyer, and Nicole Barker, Great Lakes Coalition, H8894 [9DE]

——— several Great Lakes organizations, H8893 [9DE]

Remarks in House

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: establish and adjust boundary to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (H.R. 4049), H8015, H8016 [17NO]

Corps of Engineers: establish Great Lakes Navigation System, H4495 [20MY]

——— permit the collection of user fees by non-Federal entities in connection with the challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreational facilities at lakes and reservoirs (H.R. 4100), H2014 [27FE], H2088 [28FE]

——— prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries, H4493 [20MY], E874 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to contravene Water Resources Development Act Great Lakes harbor maintenance funding requirement, H6090 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation: eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements and consolidate or modify others (H.R. 3628), H39–H41 [8JA]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), H5126–H5130 [9JN]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (H.R. 5764), H8892–H8897 [9DE], H8943 [10DE]

Great Lakes: protect and preserve, H1599 [5FE]

——— provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to adjacent States (H.R. 600), H2999 [8AP]

Harrington, Jude: American Recreation Coalition Legends Award recipient, H5077 [9JN]

NOAA: conduct assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters of the Great Lakes (H.R. 5713), E1580 [14NO]

Public utilities: exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority (H.R. 4032), H3216, H3217 [28AP]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (S. 23), H2125, H2126, H2143 [4MR]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations, H9278 [11DE]

Remarks in Senate

Corps of Engineers: Great Lakes dredging funding, S3254 [22MY]

——— prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries, S3271 [22MY]

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. 1158), S4356 [9JY]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), S961 [12FE]

——— address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1254), House amendment, S3771 [17JN]

Public utilities: exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority (H.R. 4032), S3308 [22MY]

Reports filed

Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2031) (S. Rept. 113–297), S6540 [10DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4049) (H. Rept. 113–621), H8032 [17NO]

Corps of Engineers Cooperative Joint Management Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2055) (S. Rept. 113–309), S6788 [12DE]

Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4166) (H. Rept. 113–696), H10334 [2JA]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1451) (S. Rept. 113–191), S3474 [5JN]

National Sea Grant College Program Act Reauthorization and Amendment: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2030) (S. Rept. 113–279), S6234 [1DE]

North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1158) (S. Rept. 113–151), S2378 [10AP]

North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4032) (H. Rept. 113–413), H3195 [10AP]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 163) (H. Rept. 113–366), H2097 [28FE]

Texts of

H.R. 1158, North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act, S4356 [9JY]

H.R. 3628, Transportation Reports Elimination Act, H39 [8JA]

H.R. 4032, North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act, H3216 [28AP]

H.R. 4049, Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act, H8015 [17NO]

H.R. 5764, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act, H8892 [9DE]

S. 23, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act, H2125 [4MR]

S. 1254, address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events, S961–S963 [12FE], H5126–H5128 [9JN]

S. Res. 565, ensure that the Canadian government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin, S5797 [18SE]