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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2668

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Great 

Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Agency 

to develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators 

of water quality and related environmental factors in the Great Lakes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 8, 2003

Mrs. MILLER of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct 

the Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop, implement, 

monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water 

quality and related environmental factors in the Great 

Lakes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes Controlled 

5 Data Collection and Monitoring Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that—

3 (1) there are no comprehensive, regularly-col4 lected data that reveal whether the water quality or 

5 related environmental factors of the Great Lakes 

6 have improved as a result of efforts to remediate 

7 and protect the Great Lakes; 

8 (2) that lack of data was confirmed in May 

9 2003 in a report by the General Accounting Office 

10 that concluded that existing data were inadequate to 

11 assess the overall progress of restoration efforts in 

12 the Great Lakes; and 

13 (3) without those data, it is impossible to deter14 mine whether—

15 (A) progress is being made toward achiev16 ing the goals contained in the Great Lakes 

17 Water Quality Agreement between the United 

18 States and Canada; or 

19 (B) Federal and State water quality stand20 ards and remediation programs are effective. 

21 SEC. 3. GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY INDICATORS AND 

22 MONITORING. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 118(c)(1) of the Federal 

24 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(1)) is 

25 amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 

26 following: 
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1 ‘‘(B)(i) Not later than 2 years after the 

2 date of enactment of this clause, the Adminis3 trator, in cooperation with Canada and appro4 priate Federal agencies (including the United 

5 States Geological Survey, the National Oceanic 

6 and Atmospheric Administration, and the 

7 United States Fish and Wildlife Service), shall 

8 develop and implement a set of science-based 

9 indicators of water quality and related environ10 mental factors in the Great Lakes, including, at 

11 a minimum, measures of toxic pollutants that 

12 have accumulated in the Great Lakes for a sub13 stantial period of time, as determined by the 

14 Program Office. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Not later than 4 years after the date 

16 of enactment of this clause, the Administrator 

17 shall establish a Federal network for the reg18 ular monitoring of, and collection of data 

19 throughout, the Great Lakes basin with respect 

20 to the indicators described in clause (i) and col21 lect an initial set of benchmark data from the 

22 network. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Not later than 2 years after the date 

24 of collection of the data described in clause (ii), 

25 and biennially thereafter, the Administrator 
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1 shall submit to Congress, and make available to 

2 the public, a report (in addition to the report 

3 required under paragraph (10)), that—

4 ‘‘(I) describes the water quality and 

5 related environmental factors of the Great 

6 Lakes (including any changes in those fac7 tors), as determined through the regular 

8 monitoring of indicators under clause (ii) 

9 for the period covered by the report; and 

10 ‘‘(II) identifies any emerging problems 

11 in the water quality or related environ12 mental factors of the Great Lakes.’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

15 U.S.C. 1268) is amended by striking subsection (h) and 

16 inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

19 appropriated to carry out this section (other than 

20 subsection (c)(1)(B)) $32,000,000 for each of fiscal 

21 years 2004 through 2008. 

22 ‘‘(2) GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY INDICA23 TORS AND MONITORING.—There are authorized to 

24 be appropriated to carry out subsection (c)(1)(B)—

25 ‘‘(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
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1 ‘‘(B) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

2 ‘‘(C) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 

3 ‘‘(D) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’.

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