Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
Latest action · Sep 22, 2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
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.
- IntroducedJul 23, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Grants congressional consent to and approval of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact entered into between the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2008 to Sep 10, 2008; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-WI | David R. Obey | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Joe Knollenberg | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Sep 10, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 23, 2008Markup Jul 30, 2008Reported Sep 22, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2008Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-863.
- Sep 22, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
- Jul 30, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 30, 2008Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 23, 2008Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 1
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8514, H8516 | Howard Coble R-NC, James L. Oberstar D-MN, Vernon J. Ehlers R-MI | Sep 22, 2008 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 11, 2008H.R. 6577, A bill to express the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 30, 2008</p>
- Aug 11, 2008H.R. 6577, A bill to express the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River BasinCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 30, 2008
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJRES 45 | Great Lakes--St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact | Related bill | Oct 3, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To express the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2008Reported in House
- Jul 23, 2008Introduced 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.
