HR 2484 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011

Introduced Jul 11, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Andy Harris R-MD

Latest action · Feb 9, 2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 271.

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 11, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to require the President, through the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, to establish an Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia (Task Force).

Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, through the Task Force, to: (1) establish and maintain a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program to develop a national strategy to address marine and freshwater harmful algal bloom and hypoxia events; (2) promote activities and an action strategy to implement such Program; (3) oversee the development and review of regional research and action plans for addressing marine and freshwater harmful algal bloom and hypoxia events; (4) maintain a focus on technology research and development for each of the categories of marine harmful algal blooms, freshwater harmful algal blooms, and hypoxia in monitoring, predicting, preventing, controling, mitigating, and responding to events; (5) expand the existing electronic clearinghouse to provide information about such harmful algal blooms and hypoxia; and (6) develop a mechanism to provide a reliable and cost-effective supply of toxin standards for comparative research. Establishes the duties of the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under such Program.

Directs the Administrator, through the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, to submit an updated assessment and a revised action plan prior to the implementation of any plan developed under such Act.

Directs the Task Force to complete and submit to Congress and the President a plan for reducing, mitigating, and controlling hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2011 to Dec 15, 2011; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jul 11, 2011
R-FL	Connie Mack	Original	Jul 11, 2011
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Jul 11, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Jul 11, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 11, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jul 13, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jul 13, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Dec 1, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Dec 15, 2011

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Science, Space, and Technology Committee	Referred Jul 11, 2011Markup Jul 28, 2011Reported Dec 16, 2011
	Energy Subcommittee	Referred Jul 11, 2011Markup Jul 14, 2011Reported Jul 14, 2011
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jul 11, 2011Discharged Feb 9, 2012
	Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Jul 14, 2011

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 9, 2012Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
Feb 9, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 271.
Dec 16, 2011Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 112-333, Part I.
Dec 16, 2011House Committee on Natural Resources Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Feb. 9, 2012.
Jul 28, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Show all 12 actions

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

H. Rept. 112-333

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Aug 19, 2011H.R. 2484, Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 28, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 & 18 of the United States Constitution. Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4851.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R41613	Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived	Report	Jan 22, 2013

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1701	Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011	Related bill	Nov 13, 2012

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to include a comprehensive and integrated strategy to address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, to provide for the development and implementation of a comprehensive research plan and action strategy to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 9, 2012Reported in House
Jul 11, 2011Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

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.