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A bill to establish the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1332| Senate 
| Updated: 6/8/2017
Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow

Democratic Senator

Michigan

Cosponsors (4)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Environment and Public Works Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act This bill establishes within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program to identify and implement voluntary measures that restore aquatic species to self-sustaining levels by reconnecting aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes basin while maintaining and modernizing needed infrastructure, particularly in locations where roads, tributaries, or dams intersect. The USFWS and the Department of Transportation must collaborate with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, signatories to the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, and any other appropriate stakeholders to support: (1) sound approaches to addressing infrastructure and aquatic populations in the Great Lakes, and (2) ecosystem resiliency. The USFWS must: (1) finalize a strategic plan for the program to address aquatic connectivity in the Great Lakes basin, and (2) annually request proposals for funding that would be used to restore aquatic connectivity in the basin and support the strategic plan. The bill also establishes the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Committee to review the proposals and recommend to the USFWS proposals that should receive funding. Nothing in this bill conflicts with the authority of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to eradicate or minimize a sea lamprey population under the 1954 Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States and Canada.
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Jun 8, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Jun 8, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  • June 8, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 8, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Environmental Protection

Advisory bodiesAquatic ecologyCongressional oversightFishesGovernment information and archivesGreat LakesMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesWildlife conservation and habitat protection

A bill to establish the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1332| Senate 
| Updated: 6/8/2017
Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act This bill establishes within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program to identify and implement voluntary measures that restore aquatic species to self-sustaining levels by reconnecting aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes basin while maintaining and modernizing needed infrastructure, particularly in locations where roads, tributaries, or dams intersect. The USFWS and the Department of Transportation must collaborate with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, signatories to the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, and any other appropriate stakeholders to support: (1) sound approaches to addressing infrastructure and aquatic populations in the Great Lakes, and (2) ecosystem resiliency. The USFWS must: (1) finalize a strategic plan for the program to address aquatic connectivity in the Great Lakes basin, and (2) annually request proposals for funding that would be used to restore aquatic connectivity in the basin and support the strategic plan. The bill also establishes the Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Committee to review the proposals and recommend to the USFWS proposals that should receive funding. Nothing in this bill conflicts with the authority of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to eradicate or minimize a sea lamprey population under the 1954 Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States and Canada.
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Timeline
Jun 8, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Jun 8, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  • June 8, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 8, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow

Democratic Senator

Michigan

Cosponsors (4)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Environment and Public Works Committee

Environmental Protection

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesAquatic ecologyCongressional oversightFishesGovernment information and archivesGreat LakesMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesWildlife conservation and habitat protection