Preserve Our Lakes and Keep Our Environment Safe Act
Latest action · Jan 25, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
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.
- IntroducedJan 11, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserve Our Lakes and Keep Our Environment Safe Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study to determine the economic and environmental risks of oil or hazardous liquids spills or leaks in the Straits of Mackinac that a failure of onshore, underwater pipeline facilities within the straits would pose to the Great Lakes.
In addition, DOT must evaluate the condition and structural integrity of the facilities.
DOT shall terminate operations of a facility upon a determination, based on such studies, that risk of hazard to life, property, or the environment warrants termination.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2017 to Jan 23, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 11, 2017 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Jan 23, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jan 11, 2017 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Jan 12, 2017 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Jan 12, 2017 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jan 12, 2017 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 11, 2017 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jan 25, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- Jan 12, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Jan 12, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Jan 12, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Jan 11, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 11, 2017Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 7, January 11, 2017, page H392.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the economic and environmental risks to the Great Lakes of spills or leaks of oil, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserve Our Lakes and Keep Our Environment Safe Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Aquatic ecology
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Government studies and investigations
- Great Lakes
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Marine pollution
- Michigan
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Seashores and lakeshores
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety and security
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2017Introduced 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.
