Congress 107 - HR 3570 - Lewis and Clark Voyage of Scientific Discovery Act

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Animals Biochemistry Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Ecological research Economics and Public Finance Endangered animals Endangered species Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Environmental Protection Environmental research Federal aid to water pollution control Federal aid to water resources development Fishery management Fishes Freshwater biology Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Habitat conservation Hydrology Indian lands Infrastructure Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine geology Minorities Missouri Missouri River development Public Lands and Natural Resources Research centers Reservoirs Restoration ecology Riparian ecology Science, Technology, Communications Water pollution measurement Water quality Water Resources Development Wildlife conservation

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Lewis and Clark Voyage of Scientific Discovery Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program at the River Studies Center of the Biological Resources Division of the United States Geological Survey in Columbia, Missouri, to determine and monitor the biological and chemical characteristics of the Missouri River, determine and monitor the relationship of those characteristics with the river's hydrology and geomorphology, and monitor and assess the river's biota and water quality. Requires contracts with Indian tribes whose reservations are located along the Missouri River and have an interest in environmental restoration.

Requires establishment of a publicly available database.

Makes a specified amount of funds provided under this Act available to monitor and conduct focused investigations of endangered fish, including pallid sturgeon.

Actions

Dec 21, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Dec 20, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Dec 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Dec 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Dec 20, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 20, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10948-10949)
Dec 20, 2001

Introduced in House

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