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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2030-2031) Bill TextA bill to improve the allocation of grants through the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 2/15/2007--Introduced. Risk-Based Homeland Security Grants Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to set forth provisions governing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant funding for first responders pursuant to the State Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Area Security Initiative, the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program, and the Citizen Corps Program. Makes eligible for a covered grant any state, region, or directly eligible tribe. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish: (1) a Homeland Security Grants Board; (2) clearly defined essential capabilities for state and local government preparedness for terrorism (sets forth factors to address in establishing such capabilities and lists critical infrastructure sectors and types of threats to consider); and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2512) Bill TextA bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial fishermen, and for other purposes. 3/1/2007--Introduced. Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to award a grant to a state or local government of a coastal state, a nonprofit organization, or a fishing cooperative for projects to: (1) acquire real property in a coastal state to provide access to commercial fishermen or persons in the aquaculture industry to coastal waters in working waterfront areas; or (2) make improvements to real property owned by an eligible entity in a coastal state to provide access to such persons to coastal waters in working waterfront areas.
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Latest Action: 11/07/2007 - By Senator Boxer from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 110-225. Bill TextA bill to establish a National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States. 8/2/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) National Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Establishes the National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States to ensure that U.S. infrastructure meets current and future demand, facilitates economic growth, is maintained in a manner that ensures public safety, and is developed or modified in a sustainable manner.(Sec. 4) Requires the Commission to study the state of U.S. infrastructure, including: (1) the capacity of infrastructure to sustain economic development and competitiveness; (2) the age and condition of public infrastructure; (3) the methods used to finance the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, and maintenance of infrastructure; (4) investment requirements needed to maintain and to improve infrastructure and the projected need of investment requirements [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Bill TextTo amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish vessel ballast water management requirements, and for other purposes. 2/7/2007--Introduced. Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2007 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to revise certain aquatic invasive species prevention requirements to, among other things: (1) apply them to certain U.S. vessels and to certain foreign vessels (or a structure being towed by a vessel) that are en route to, or have departed from, a U.S. port; and (2) establish ballast water exchange and treatment and sediment management standards for vessels of the armed forces. Prohibits an operator of a vessel from uptaking or discharging ballast water or sediment, except in specified circumstances, from a U.S. vessel operating in U.S. or non-U.S. waters. Requires a vessel to conduct all its ballast water management operations in accordance with an aquatic [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3066-3067) Bill TextA bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Tenants Harbor, Maine. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Terminates authorization for a specified project for navigation in Tenants Harbor, Maine.
Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3066-3067) Bill TextA bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Northeast Harbor, Maine. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Terminates authorization for a specified project for navigation at Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Dikes (Engineering), Emergency management, Environmental protection, Everglades, Federal aid to water resources development, Flood control, Florida, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Illinois, Lakes, Maine, Navigation, Restoration ecology, Rivers, Transportation, Water resources, Water storage, Waterways, Wetlands
Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3066-3067) Bill TextA bill to deauthorize a certain portion of the project for navigation, Rockland Harbor, Maine. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Deauthorizes: (1) a portion of the project for navigation at Rockland Harbor, Maine; and (2) the portion of the Illinois Waterway project authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1927 in the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River. Redesignates a portion of the navigation project, Saco River, Maine, described as a maneuvering basin as an anchorage area. Directs the Secretary of the Army, by May 31, 2007, to publish a supplement to the major rehabilitation report for the Herbert Hoover Dike system, approved by the Chief of Engineers in November 2000, which shall: (1) evaluate existing conditions at the Herbert Hoover Dike system; (2) identify additional risks associated with flood events at the system that are equal to or greater than the standard projected flood risks; (3) evaluate the potential to integrate Corps of Engineers projects [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3066-3067) Bill TextA bill to terminate authorization for the project for navigation, Rockport Harbor, Maine. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Terminates authorization for a portion of the project for navigation, Rockport Harbor, Maine.
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax certain commercial cargo loaded or unloaded at United States ports in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Great Lakes Short Sea Shipping Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded or unloaded at U.S. ports in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System. Defines the "Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System" as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota and Sept. Iles, Quebec, Canada, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River.
Also tagged in: Building construction, Business, Executive departments, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Government procurement, Islands, Marine resources, Massachusetts, National recreation areas, Natural resources, Public buildings, Public contracts, Public lands, Public-private partnerships, State and local government, Tourism
Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 relating to the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area to permit the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) consult with and enter into cooperative agreements concerning the Recreation Area under the Act with any member of the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership; and (2) through such cooperative agreements between the Secretary and any Partnership member, acquire from and provide to such eligible entities goods and services for the construction of recreation area facilities or for any other purpose that is consistent with the purposes of the Recreation Area.
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Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Alternative energy sources, Appalachia, Appalachian Regional Commission, Appropriations, Aquatic ecology, Armed forces, Army Corps of Engineers, Budgets, California, Central Valley Reclamation Project (California), Coal, Colorado, Colorado River development, Construction costs, Dams, Defense economics, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Disaster relief, Drainage, Dredging, Economic policy, Ecosystem management, Electric power distribution, Emergency management, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Everglades, Executive departments, Federal aid to water resources development, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal-Indian relations, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Flood control, Floods, Florida, Fossil fuels, Government trust funds, Gulf of Mexico, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Heating, Hurricanes, Import restrictions, Imports, Independent regulatory commissions, Infrastructure, Inland water transportation, Inspectors general, Irrigation, Kentucky, Laboratories, Lakes, Louisiana, Minorities, Mississippi River, Missouri, Missouri River development, Natural gas, Nevada, New Mexico, Northeastern States, Nuclear energy, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear security measures, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, Nuclear weapons, Oil shales, Oregon, Petroleum reserves, Pipelines, Politics and government, Power marketing administrations, Radioactive waste disposal, Regional economic development, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research and development, Research and development facilities, Reservoirs, Restoration ecology, Revolving funds, Rivers, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Russia, Science policy, Shore protection, Solid wastes, South Carolina, South Dakota, Strategic materials, Technological innovations, Technology, Tennessee, Trade, Transportation, Uranium, Uranium enrichment, Utah, Warships, Water resources, Watersheds, Waterways, Weapons systems, Wetlands
Latest Action: 07/14/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Dorgan. With written report No. 110-416. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 7/14/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration; (2) general investigations and construction; (3) flood damage reduction for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; (4) operation and maintenance expenses; (5) administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; (6) cleanup of contamination from sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of the early atomic energy [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Canada, Excise tax, Freight, Great Lakes, Maintenance and repair, Marine terminals, Marine transportation, St. Lawrence Seaway, Taxation, Transportation, Water resources
Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax. 6/25/2008--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded at: (1) a port in the U.S. mainland and unloaded at another such port after transport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) such a port in Canada and unloaded at a port in the U.S. mainland. Defines the "Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System" as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota, and Sept Iles, Quebec, Canada, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River.
Also tagged in: Admission of nonimmigrants, Air cargo, Air piracy, Airline passenger traffic, Airports, Alabama, Aliens, Animal diseases, Animals, Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Aviation safety, Border patrols, Bridges, Budgets, Chief financial officers, Chief information officers, Children, Citizenship, Claims, Coast guard, Competitive bidding, Congress, Congressional investigations, Criminal aliens, Criminal justice, Customs administration, Defense policy, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detention of persons, Disaster insurance, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, District of Columbia, Electronic government information, Emergency communication systems, Emergency housing, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Environmental protection, Evacuation of civilians, Executive departments, Explosives, Federal aid to transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal employees, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal office buildings, Federal officials, Finance, Fire fighters, Fire prevention, Flood control, Floods, Food, Food relief, Forest fires, Government employees, Government information, Government liability, Government procurement, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Housing, Hurricanes, Immigrants, Immigration, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intelligence activities, Islands, Louisiana, Maps, Marine resources, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Military pensions, Military training, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York State, Nuclear terrorism, Oil pollution, Pennsylvania, Pensions, Personnel management, Police training, Politics and government, Presidents, Protection of officials, Public contracts, Radiation, Radiation victims, Relocation, Rescission of appropriated funds, Research and development, Research centers, Road construction, Science policy, Secret service, Security measures, Strategic planning, Survivors' benefits, Telecommunication, Trade, Transportation, Transportation safety, Trucking, Veterans, Vice Presidents, Visas, Water pollution, Water resources, West Virginia
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Byrd. With written report No. 110-396. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 6/23/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Department of Homeland Security Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2009 for the Offices of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General.Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air traffic, Air traffic control, Airline employees, Airline passenger traffic, Airports, Alcohol as fuel, Appropriations, Aviation fuels, Biomass energy, Bonds, Bridges, Budgets, Business, Collection of accounts, Corporation taxes, Diesel motor, Energy, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Executive departments, Expatriation, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to transportation, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Foreign corporations, Free ports and zones, Gasoline, Gift tax, Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Great Lakes, Highway finance, Immigration, Income tax, Individual retirement accounts, Infrastructure, Interest, Interest rates, Labor, Law, Liability for environmental damages, Marine terminals, Minnesota, Motor vehicle pollution control, New York City, New York State, Oil pollution, Pension funds, Pensions, Private aviation, Punitive damages, Railroad engineering, Railroad finance, Road construction, St. Lawrence Seaway, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax evasion, Tax exemption, Tax penalties, Tax rates, Tax returns, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Taxpayers, Tourism, Trade, Transportation, Valuation, Water pollution, Withholding tax
Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Baucus. With written report No. 110-228. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to extend the financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 11/13/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Airport And Airway Trust Fund Provisions And Related Taxes - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2011 the excise taxes on aviation fuels and the transportation of persons and property by air.(Sec. 102) Extends through FY2011 the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.(Sec. 103) Imposes an excise tax on aviation-grade kerosene of 35.9 cents per gallon (4.3 cents per gallon for fuel used in commercial aviation). (Sec. 104) Increases to $16.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Airports, Bonds, Bridges, Budgets, Capital investments, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Dams, Economic development, Economic growth, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Highway finance, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), International competitiveness, Maintenance and repair, Marine terminals, Mass rapid transit, Railroad engineering, Railroad finance, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Refuse and refuse disposal, Road construction, Sewerage, Solid wastes, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, User charges, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water resources, Water supply, Water treatment plants, Waterways
Latest Action: 09/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Bill TextTo establish a National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States. 9/14/2007--Introduced. National Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2007 - Establishes: (1) the National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States to ensure that U.S. infrastructure meets current and future demand and facilitates economic growth; and (2) an advisory group, which shall include specified Cabinet level officials, to provide assistance and advice to the Commission.Requires the Commission to study the state of U.S. infrastructure, including such matters as: (1) the capacity of infrastructure improvements to sustain economic development and competitiveness and to support a sustained and expanding economy; (2) the age and condition of public infrastructure; (3) the methods used to finance the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, and maintenance of public works improvements; (4) investment requirements needed to maintain and to improve facilities and the projected [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Banks and banking, Bonds, Bridges, Budgets, Business, Corporations, Customs administration, Finance, Government trust funds, Highway finance, Income tax, Infrastructure, Inland water transportation, Investment of public funds, Law, Marine terminals, Mass rapid transit, Railroad finance, Tax credits, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Waterways
Latest Action: 09/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11215-11216) Bill TextA bill to provide $50,000,000,000 in new transportation infrastructure funding through bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, including roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, and inland waterways, and for other purposes. 9/6/2007--Introduced. Build America Bonds Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit to a taxpayer holding a Build America bond on one or more of its credit allowance dates. Defines a "Build America bond" as any bond issued by the Transportation Finance Corporation as part of an issue if 95% or more of the proceeds from such issue are to be used for expenditures incurred for one or more qualified projects. Requires proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this Act to be held in a Build America Bonds Trust Account. Defines "qualified project" as the capital improvements to any transportation [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Airports, Bonds, Bridges, Budgets, Capital investments, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Dams, Economic development, Economic growth, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Highway finance, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), International competitiveness, Maintenance and repair, Marine terminals, Mass rapid transit, Railroad engineering, Railroad finance, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Refuse and refuse disposal, Road construction, Sewerage, Solid wastes, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, User charges, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water resources, Water supply, Water treatment plants, Waterways
Latest Action: 08/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Bill TextTo establish a National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States. 8/3/2007--Introduced. National Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States to ensure that U.S. infrastructure meets current and future demand, facilitates economic growth, and is maintained in a manner that ensures public safety. Requires the Commission to study the state of U.S. infrastructure, including such matters as: (1) the capacity of infrastructure to sustain economic development and competitiveness; (2) the age and condition of infrastructure; (3) the methods used to finance the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, and maintenance of infrastructure; (4) investment requirements needed to maintain and to improve infrastructure, including projected investment requirements and expenditures on infrastructure by federal, state, and local governments; (5) the impact of local development patterns on demand [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accident prevention, Administrative procedure, Agriculture, Alaska, Animals, Appellate courts, Aquaculture, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Coast guard, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Conspiracy, Coroners, Defense policy, Department of Homeland Security, Emergency management, Environmental education, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-Indian relations, Fishing boats, Florida, Foreign policy, Forfeiture, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Hawaii, Hazardous substances, Housing, Ice breaking operations, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Indian lands, International affairs, International agencies, International environmental cooperation, Internet, Islands, Judges, Jurisdiction, Labor, Land transfers, Law, Legal services, Liability for environmental damages, Licenses, Liens, Lighthouses and lightships, Marine accidents, Marine mammals, Marine parks and reserves, Marine resources, Marine safety, Marine terminals, Maritime law, Massachusetts, Medical research, Merchant seamen, Michigan, Military bases, Military housing, Military law, Military leave, Military personnel, Military promotions, Military training, Minorities, Natural resources, Navigational aids, New York State, Officer personnel, Oil pollution, Optics, Oregon, Patrol aircraft, Patrol ships, Protection of animals, Public contracts, Public lands, Public-private partnerships, Recreation centers, Remote sensing, Salvage, Science policy, Seals (Animals), Security measures, Selection of judges, Shipbuilding, Smuggling, Soldiers' homes, Standards, Surplus government property, Tankers, Technology, Telecommunication, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances, Travel costs, Tugboats, Turtles, Veterans, Washington State, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-261. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. 2/5/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 - (Sec. 101) Title I: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for the Coast Guard for: (1) operations and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) retired pay, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents; (4) environmental compliance and restoration; (5) research, development, testing, and evaluation programs; (6) operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard reserve program; and (7) construction of a new Chelsea Street Bridge in Chelsea, Massachusetts. (Sec. 102) Authorizes FY2008 levels of Coast Guard active [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Coast guard, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Land transfers, Lighthouses and lightships, Natural resources, New York State, Public lands, Transportation, Water resources, Waterfronts
Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to require a study on the relocation of the Sector Buffalo facilities of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 7/17/2007--Introduced. Requires the Coast Guard Commandant to study an area commonly identified as Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, located in Buffalo, New York, and report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the most cost-effective method for providing shore facilities and the feasibility of consolidating and relocating shore facilities on a portion of the existing site while meeting and expanding Sector Buffalo operational requirements. Requires that the report contain a preliminary plan for the design, engineering, and construction of the proposed project.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Budgets, Business, Community and school, Congress, Congressional districts, Congressional reporting requirements, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Environmental protection, Environmental protection groups, Federal aid to air pollution control, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to water pollution control, Great Lakes, Greenhouse gases, Hazardous substances, Illinois, Income tax, Industrial pollution, Lakes, Marine resources, Mercury, Performance measurement, Recycling of waste products, Secondary education, Service learning, Solid wastes, Student activities, Tax incentives, Taxation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo establish a pilot program under which the Secretary of Education makes grants to establish and support the 10th Congressional District of Illinois School Conservation Corps. 6/28/2007--Introduced. 10th Congressional District of Illinois School Conservation Corps Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to create a pilot program in Illinois' 10th Congressional District by providing grants to public high school chapters, each consisting of at least 10 students and one adult advisor, to establish and support a school conservation corps. Requires grants to be used for environmental protection projects in the district, including specified priority projects involving water pollution control, greenhouse gas reduction, recycling, and the dissemination of information on the dangers of mercury pollution.
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