HR 2720 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Great Lakes Restoration Financing Act of 2003

Introduced Jul 14, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Rahm Emanuel D-IL

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Latest action · Apr 21, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2204)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 14, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Great Lakes Restoration Financing Act of 2003 - Establishes the Great Lakes Advisory Board to: (1) develop a biennial comprehensive Great Lakes management plan; (2) coordinate Great Lakes restoration efforts; and (3) implement a public awareness campaign. Establishes a scientific working group to evaluate the scientific integrity of the Great Lakes restoration effort and assist the Board in its decisionmaking.

Requires the management plan to be submitted to the President, appropriate congressional committees, the governor of each Great Lakes State, and the Great Lakes mayors.

Includes as possible Great Lakes ecosystem goals: (1) the cleanup of toxic hot spots; (2) the elimination of invasive species; (3) pollution decrease; (4) the restoration and conservation of wetlands and critical coastal habitat; (5) the elimination of dead zones caused by hypoxia and harmful algal bloom; (6) the sustainable use and management of Great Lakes water resources; and (7) public participation in Great Lakes restoration.

Requires each Great Lakes State to have in effect a State Great Lakes Management Plan, approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and updated every two years, in order to be eligible for assistance apportionments authorized under this Act.

Provides apportioned funding to Great Lakes States for restoration activities.

Authorizes the Administrator to appoint a special master to direct the remediation of an area of concern.

Cosponsors 106

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 14, 2003 to Feb 11, 2004; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MIBart StupakOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-INChris ChocolaOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-PAJohn P. MurthaOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-WIMark GreenOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-ILMark KirkOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-MNMark R. KennedyOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-NYThomas M. ReynoldsOriginalJul 14, 2003
R-MIVernon J. EhlersOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-ILWilliam O. LipinskiOriginalJul 14, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushJul 18, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJul 18, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinJul 18, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeJul 23, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesJul 25, 2003
D-OHTed StricklandJul 25, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Sep 5, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellSep 5, 2003
R-MIMike RogersSep 5, 2003
R-ILRay LaHoodSep 5, 2003
D-OHTim RyanSep 5, 2003
R-ILTimothy V. JohnsonSep 5, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonSep 10, 2003
R-NYJohn M. McHughSep 10, 2003
R-ILJohn ShimkusSep 10, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonSep 10, 2003
D-NCMike McIntyreSep 10, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaSep 10, 2003
D-WIRon KindSep 10, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopSep 10, 2003
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickSep 15, 2003
R-NYJack QuinnSep 15, 2003
D-MABarney FrankSep 16, 2003
D-HIEd CaseSep 16, 2003
D-ILLane EvansSep 16, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultySep 16, 2003
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterSep 16, 2003
D-TXLloyd DoggettSep 17, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezSep 17, 2003
D-OHMarcy KapturSep 17, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOct 2, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOct 2, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOct 2, 2003
R-MIFred UptonOct 2, 2003
R-INMark E. SouderOct 2, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOct 7, 2003
R-MNJohn KlineOct 7, 2003
R-NYAmo HoughtonOct 16, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOct 16, 2003
R-NYJames T. WalshOct 16, 2003
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Oct 16, 2003
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyOct 16, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOct 16, 2003
R-OHPaul E. GillmorOct 16, 2003
R-NYPeter T. KingOct 16, 2003
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOct 16, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOct 16, 2003
R-WIThomas E. PetriOct 16, 2003
R-OHMichael G. OxleyOct 17, 2003
R-OHRalph RegulaOct 17, 2003
R-NYSue W. KellyOct 17, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOct 21, 2003
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOct 21, 2003
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOct 21, 2003
R-WIPaul D. RyanOct 21, 2003
R-OHRobert W. NeyOct 21, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOct 29, 2003
D-PAChaka FattahOct 29, 2003
R-INDan BurtonOct 29, 2003
D-OREarl BlumenauerOct 29, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelOct 29, 2003
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Oct 29, 2003
R-MNGil GutknechtOct 29, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOct 29, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOct 29, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOct 29, 2003
D-PATim HoldenOct 29, 2003
R-PATim MurphyOct 29, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsNov 4, 2003
R-PAJim GerlachNov 4, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoNov 4, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyNov 4, 2003
D-INBaron P. HillNov 5, 2003
R-MIDave CampNov 5, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanNov 5, 2003
D-NYGregory W. MeeksNov 5, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyNov 5, 2003
R-PACurt WeldonNov 7, 2003
R-MNJim RamstadNov 7, 2003
D-MNMartin Olav SaboNov 7, 2003
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiNov 10, 2003
D-PARobert A. BradyNov 10, 2003
R-PAMelissa A. HartNov 17, 2003
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloNov 20, 2003
D-NYNita M. LoweyNov 20, 2003
R-OHRob PortmanDec 8, 2003
R-PAJames C. GreenwoodFeb 11, 2004

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Jul 14, 2003
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Referred Jul 15, 2003
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jul 14, 2003
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Referred Jul 17, 2003

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 21, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2204)
  2. Jul 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
  3. Jul 17, 2003Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior.
  4. Jul 15, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  5. Jul 14, 2003Introduced in House
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In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2204Rahm Emanuel D-ILApr 21, 2004
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1476Rahm Emanuel D-ILJul 14, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To authorize appropriations for State programs and activities for the restoration of the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Great Lakes Restoration Financing Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 14, 2003Introduced in House

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