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H.R. 2381 (110th)

Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act

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Introduced

17 May 2007

Last action

28 February 2008 · Committee

Status

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.

Sponsors

RON KIND, Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Keith Ellison, Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], David Loebsack, Betty McCollum, Timothy Walz, Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]

Subjects

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Source updated

24 March 2026

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Summary

Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for related data collection and storage activities; (2) inventory the sediment and monitoring efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of creating a baseline understanding of overlap, data gaps, and redundancies; and (3) collaborate with other public and private monitoring efforts in establishing the monitoring program. Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a water resources assessment of the Basin. Requires the Director of the USGS to establish: (1) a computer modeling program of nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin; and (2) an Internet-based system to distribute information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction projects and nutrient and sediment levels in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.

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Timeline

  1. 17 May 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 May 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 May 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 21 May 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.

    Source: Committee

  5. 10 July 2007

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2381.

    Source: Floor

  6. 10 July 2007

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7447-7448)

    Source: Floor

  7. 10 July 2007

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  8. 10 July 2007

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7447-7448)

    Source: Floor

  9. 10 July 2007

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7447-7448)

    Source: Floor

  10. 10 July 2007

    Floor

    Mr. Sarbanes moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

    Source: Floor

  11. 11 July 2007

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

  12. 28 February 2008

    Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

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