To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 16, 2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2021
- Passed HouseJun 15, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program.
Under the existing program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must develop and fund projects to restore the ecological health of the basin, which is located in Louisiana and Mississippi. The bill requires the EPA to review and revise the basin's comprehensive conservation and management plan at least once every five years. In addition, the bill eliminates a statement of the basin's size.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Mar 16, 2021Markup Mar 24, 2021Reported May 28, 2021 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2021Discharged Mar 24, 2021 | |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jun 16, 2021 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Jun 15, 2021Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 15, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2766-2767; text: CR H2766)
- Jun 15, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1921.
- Jun 15, 2021At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2766, H2767, H2792Text printed H2766, H2797 | David Rouzer R-NC, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Garret Graves R-LA, James P. McGovern D-MA | Jun 15, 2021 |
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 19, 2021H.R. 1921, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 49, March 16, 2021, page H1414.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-21 | PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET REQUEST: AGENCY POLICIES AND PERSPECTIVES (PARTS 1 AND 2)218 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jun 24, 2021–Jul 14, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Referred in Senate
- Jun 15, 2021Engrossed in House
- May 28, 2021Reported in House
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced 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.
