Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act
Latest action · Sep 24, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be headed by a Director. Requires the Office to: (1) coordinate the actions of EPA and of other federal agencies and state and local authorities; (2) assist in developing specific action plans to carry out the program; (3) coordinate and implement priority state- and community-led restoration plans and projects and facilitate activities that support the program; (4) implement outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Gulf's resources; (5) develop and make available information about the environmental quality and living resources of the Gulf; (6) serve as the liaison with the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts of the EPA; and (7) focus on activities that will result in measurable improvements to water quality and living resources of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Authorizes the EPA Administrator to enter into interagency agreements to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for use in: (1) monitoring the water quality and living resources of the Gulf ecosystem; (2) researching the effects of environmental changes on such water quality and resources; (3) developing cooperative strategies that address the water quality and needs of Gulf resources; (4) developing locally-based protection and restoration programs or projects within a watershed that complement those strategies; and (5) eliminating or reducing point sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 24, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Sep 24, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Sep 24, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1126 | Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act | Related bill | Apr 17, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Executive reorganization
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Gulf of Mexico
- International Affairs
- International environmental cooperation
- Latin America
- Marine ecology
- Mexico
- Restoration ecology
- Waste disposal in the ocean
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2008Introduced in Senate
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