Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act

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Introduced

19 June 2009

Last action

2 August 2010 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501.

Summary

Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be headed by a Director. Requires the Office to: (1) coordinate the actions of EPA and of other federal agencies and state and local authorities; (2) assist in developing specific action plans to carry out the program; (3) coordinate and implement priority state- and community-led restoration plans and projects and facilitate activities that support the program; (4) implement outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Gulf's resources; (5) develop and make available information about the environmental quality and living resources of the Gulf; (6) serve as the liaison with the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts of the EPA; and (7) focus on activities that will result in measurable improvements to water quality and living resources of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to enter into interagency agreements to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for use in: (1) monitoring the water quality and living resources of the Gulf ecosystem; (2) researching the effects of environmental changes on such water quality and resources; (3) developing cooperative strategies that address the water quality and needs of Gulf resources; (4) developing locally-based protection and restoration programs or projects within a watershed that complement those strategies; and (5) eliminating or reducing point sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem.

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Timeline

19 June 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: IntroReferral
19 June 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6848)
Source: IntroReferral
19 June 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
9 November 2009
Committee
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
30 June 2010
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
2 August 2010
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501.
Source: Calendars
2 August 2010
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-241.
Source: Committee
2 August 2010
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-241.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1311
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