Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013
Latest action · May 19, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 335.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
- 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.)
Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay state, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, to submit to Congress a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) an accounting of funds received and obligated by all federal agencies for restoration activities; (3) an accounting from each state of all funds received and obligated from a federal agency for restoration activities; and (4) a description of each of the proposed federal and state restoration activities. Requires such report to describe only federal or state restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $100,000 or $50,000, respectively.
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and update biennially an adaptive management plan for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that includes: (1) a definition of specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; (2) a process for stakeholder participation; (3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation practices; (4) a process for modification of restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain such objectives; and (5) a process for prioritizing restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied. Requires the Administrator to: (1) report annually to Congress on implementation of such plan, and (2) include such plan in the Annual Action Plan and Annual Progress Report.
Requires appointment of an Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who shall review and report to Congress biennially on restoration activities and the use of adaptive management in such activities, from among nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive Council.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 23, 2013 to Jun 3, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | May 7, 2013 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | May 7, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | May 22, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 3, 2013 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2013Markup Apr 24, 2013Reported May 19, 2014 |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2013Discharged Apr 24, 2013 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2013Discharged May 19, 2014 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2013 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2014Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-453, Part I.
- May 19, 2014Committee on Transportation discharged.
- May 19, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 335.
- Mar 11, 2014For Further Action See H.R.2954.
- Apr 24, 2013Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
- Apr 24, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 24, 2013Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 11, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Feb 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2013Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H549.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1000 | Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2014 |
| HR 2954 | Public Access and Lands Improvement Act | Related bill | Feb 10, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to require the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement an adaptive management plan, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Aquatic ecology
- Chesapeake Bay
- Congressional oversight
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Maryland
- New York State
- Pennsylvania
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public participation and lobbying
- Virginia
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Watersheds
- West Virginia
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2014Reported in House
- Feb 14, 2013Introduced 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.
