Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act
Latest action · Jun 9, 2010 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-707.
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.
- IntroducedNov 16, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for related data collection and storage activities; (2) inventory the sediment and monitoring efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of creating a baseline understanding of overlap, data gaps, and redundancies; and (3) collaborate with other public and private monitoring efforts in establishing the monitoring program.
Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a water resources assessment of the Basin.
Requires the Director of the USGS to establish: (1) a computer modeling program of nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin; and (2) an Internet-based system to distribute information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction projects and nutrient and sediment levels in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 30, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Nov 30, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2009 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 9, 2010 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-707.
- Nov 16, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Nov 16, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-707 | CURRENT WATER BILLS82 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 9, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3671 | Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act | Identical bill | Jun 9, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Computers and information technology
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Government information and archives
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Illinois
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Iowa
- Lakes and rivers
- Land use and conservation
- Minnesota
- Mississippi River
- Missouri
- Missouri River
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
- Wisconsin
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2009Introduced in Senate
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.
