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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 718 
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 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005 
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 Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to develop, implement, 
monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water 
quality and related environmental factors in the Great 
Lakes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes Controlled 
Data Collection and Monitoring Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) there are no comprehensive, regularly-col-
lected data that reveal whether the water quality or 
related environmental factors of the Great Lakes 
have improved as a result of efforts to remediate 
and protect the Great Lakes; 
(2) that lack of data was confirmed in Sep-
tember 2004 in a report by the General Accounting 
Office that concluded that existing data were inad-
equate to assess the overall progress of restoration 
efforts in the Great Lakes; and 
(3) without those data, it is impossible to deter-
mine whether— 
(A) progress is being made toward achiev-
ing the goals contained in the Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement between the United 
States and Canada; or 
(B) Federal and State water quality stand-
ards and remediation programs are effective. 
SEC. 3. GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY INDICATORS AND 
MONITORING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 118(c) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘, subject 
to paragraph (14),’’ after ‘‘establish’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) SURVEILLANCE NETWORK TO MONITOR 
WATER QUALITY.— 
‘‘(A) INDICATORS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this clause, the 
Administrator, in cooperation with Canada and 
appropriate Federal agencies (including the 
United States Geological Survey, the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service), 
shall develop and implement a set of science- 
based indicators of water quality and related 
environmental factors in the Great Lakes, in-
cluding, at a minimum, measures of toxic pol-
lutants that have accumulated in the Great 
Lakes for a substantial period of time, as deter-
mined by the Program Office. 
‘‘(B) NETWORK.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Administrator shall establish a Federal net-
work for the regular monitoring of, and collec-
tion of data throughout, the Great Lakes basin 
with respect to the indicators described in sub-
paragraph (A) and collect an initial set of 
benchmark data from the network. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of collection of the data described 
in subparagraph (B), and biennially thereafter, 
the Administrator shall submit to Congress, 
and make available to the public, a report (in 
addition to the report required under paragraph 
(10)), that— 
‘‘(i) describes the water quality and 
related environmental factors of the Great 
Lakes (including any changes in those fac-
tors), as determined through the regular 
monitoring of indicators under subpara-
graph (B) for the period covered by the re-
port; and 
‘‘(ii) identifies any emerging problems 
in the water quality or related environ-
mental factors of the Great Lakes.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1268) is amended— 
(1) in each of subsections (c)(12)(H)(i) and 
(c)(13)(B) 
by 
striking 
‘‘2008’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘2009’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section (other than 
subsection (c)(1)(B)(12), (c)(13), and (c)(14)) 
$32,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2009. 
‘‘(2) GREAT
LAKES
WATER
QUALITY
INDICA-
TORS AND MONITORING.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subsections (c)(1)(B) 
and (c)(14)— 
‘‘(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(B) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘‘(C) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
‘‘(D) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 
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