HR 3109 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2011

Introduced Oct 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Chellie Pingree D-ME

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Latest action · Oct 17, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 5, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2011 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program to award matching grants, through a regionally equitable, competitive funding process, to coastal states with approved working waterfront plans to preserve and expand access to coastal waters for persons engaged in commercial fishing, recreational fishing businesses, aquaculture, boatbuilding, or other water-dependent coastal-related business.

Allows such states to allocate grants to eligible local governments, agencies, or nongovernment organizations.

Authorizes the Secretary to award planning grants to coastal states to develop or revise comprehensive working waterfront plans.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 5, 2011 to Jul 19, 2012; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-CABob FilnerOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-CALois CappsOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-CASam FarrOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalOct 5, 2011
D-NYJerrold NadlerOct 24, 2011
D-RIJames R. LangevinDec 7, 2011
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanDec 12, 2011
D-CAMike ThompsonJun 7, 2012
D-NYTimothy H. BishopJul 19, 2012

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Oct 5, 2011
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Oct 17, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 17, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
  2. Oct 5, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Oct 5, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6568, E1768)
  4. Oct 5, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
House · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1768, H6568Chellie Pingree D-MEOct 5, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6625.

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R41613Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress ArchivedReportJan 22, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require establishment of a Working Waterfront Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2011Introduced in House

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