Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

7 January 2011

Last action

14 October 2011 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.

Summary

Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay state, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, to submit to Congress a financial report containing: (1) an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) an accounting of funds received and obligated by all federal agencies for restoration activities; (3) an accounting from each state of all funds received and obligated from a federal agency for restoration activities; and (4) a description of each of the proposed federal and state restoration activities. Requires: (1) such report to describe only federal restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $100,000 and state restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $50,000; and (2) the Director to submit the report no later than 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget to Congress. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and update every three years an adaptive management plan for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that includes: (1) a definition of specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; (2) a process for stakeholder participation; (3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation practices; (4) a process for modification of restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain such objectives; and (5) a process for prioritizing restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress on the Plan. Requires an Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who shall review and report to Congress every three years on restoration activities and the use of adaptive management in such activities. Requires the Evaluator to be appointed by the Administrator from among nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive Council.

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Timeline

7 January 2011
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 January 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Source: Committee
26 January 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Source: Committee
7 April 2011
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
20 July 2011
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Committee
20 July 2011
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
20 July 2011
Committee
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
Source: Committee
14 October 2011
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.
Source: Calendars
14 October 2011
Discharge
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Source: Discharge
14 October 2011
Committee
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Source: Committee
14 October 2011
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-245, Part I.
Source: Committee
14 October 2011
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-245, Part I.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to ← Conservation and Economic Growth Act
related to ← Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/258
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/258
us · 112-hr-258 · source updated 7 April 2025