Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1057
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017
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Amendments
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Passed Senate on Sep 26, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 4, 2017
Latest Action
Sep 27, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1057
Congress
115
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
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Sponsorship by Party
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
checkPassed on September 26, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S6146-6147)
Summary

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017

This bill amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to reauthorize for FY2019-FY2023 the national harmful algal bloom and hypoxia program and the action strategy of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia.

The task force must include a representative from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Each required scientific assessment of harmful algal blooms in coastal waters must examine freshwater harmful algal blooms that originate in freshwater lakes or rivers and migrate to coastal waters.

Federal officials may determine whether a hypoxia (a deficiency of oxygen) or harmful algal bloom event is an event of national significance and give funding to the affected state or local government for assessing and mitigating the event's environmental, economic, social, and public health effects.

Text (3)
September 26, 2017
August 3, 2017
Amendments (1)
Sep 26, 2017
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1105
To improve the bill.
Agreed To
Actions (12)
09/27/2017
Held at the desk.
09/27/2017
Received in the House.
09/27/2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
09/26/2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S6146-6147)
09/26/2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S6146-6147)
09/26/2017
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6146)
09/26/2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6145-6147; text: CR S6145-6146)
08/03/2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 205.
08/03/2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-145.
05/18/2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
05/04/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
05/04/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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