Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 1, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 1, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth grantee and project eligibility criteria.
Authorizes a Bay State (Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia) to use funds to hire a State watershed forester to carry out watershed projects.
Directs the Secretary to establish for the Chesapeake Bay watershed a: (1) forestry research program; and (2) a forestry research strategy.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 1, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Oct 1, 2002 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Oct 1, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Oct 1, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Oct 1, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9719)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Chesapeake Bay
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Delaware
- Department of Agriculture
- District of Columbia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Estuarine area conservation
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Forest conservation
- Forest ecology
- Forest health
- Forestry research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Habitat conservation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Maryland
- National forests
- New Jersey
- Nonprofit organizations
- Pennsylvania
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Restoration ecology
- Riparian ecology
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Urban affairs
- Urban forestry
- Virginia
- Water pollution control
- Water pollution measurement
- Water quality
- Watershed management
- West Virginia
- Wetland conservation
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