Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005
Latest action · Sep 20, 2006 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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 25, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to revise requirements for implementation and monitoring grants under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement and for reporting on federally-funded projects under such Agreement.
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish each year a tributary health report card to evaluate progress, with reference to a specified baseline, in achieving and maintaining nutrient and sediment reduction goals for each Chesapeake Bay tributary basin.
Requires the states of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia to submit information to the Administrator for each Chesapeake Bay tributary basin located in such jurisdictions relating to nutrient and sediment reduction. Prohibits the Administrator from making a grant to any state which fails to provide required information.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with specified federal agencies, to submit to Congress an interagency budget and other accountings for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities.
Directs the Administrator to establish measurable goals for local governments for nutrient and sediment reduction in the Chesapeake Bay.
Updates reporting deadlines for the study of the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Authorizes appropriations through FY2011.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 25, 2005 to Apr 25, 2006; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| R-VA | Thelma D. Drake | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Original | Oct 25, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2005 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Oct 26, 2005Hearings May 4, 2006Markup Sep 20, 2006Discharged Sep 20, 2006 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2006Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 20, 2006Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
- Sep 20, 2006Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 4, 2006Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Oct 26, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 29, 2006H.R. 4126, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2006<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 20, 2006</p>
- Sep 29, 2006H.R. 4126, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2006Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 20, 2006
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-69 | THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM98 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | May 4, 2006 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1490 | Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Environmental Accountability Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2005 |
| S 1491 | Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act | Related bill | Jul 26, 2005 |
| S 1492 | Chesapeake Bay Environmental Education Pilot Program Act | Related bill | Jul 26, 2005 |
| S 1493 | Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2005 |
| S 1494 | NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Monitoring, Education, Training, and Restoration Act | Related bill | Jul 26, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve and reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Accounting
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Authorization
- Chesapeake Bay
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Droughts
- Ecological research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental technology
- Estuaries
- Eutrophication
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal-local relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Habitat conservation
- Law
- Licenses
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine ecology
- Marine resources conservation
- Maryland
- New York State
- Nitrogen
- Nonprofit organizations
- Pennsylvania
- Performance measurement
- Phosphorus
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Rain and rainfall
- Restoration ecology
- Revolving funds
- Rivers
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sediment control
- Sedimentation
- Sewage treatment
- Social Welfare
- Virginia
- Water quality
- Watersheds
- West Virginia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2005Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.