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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 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 May 
2003 in a report by the General Accounting Office 
that concluded that existing data were inadequate 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)(1) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(1)) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following:
‘‘(B)(i) Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this clause, the Adminis-
trator, in cooperation with Canada and appro-
priate 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 environ-
mental factors in the Great Lakes, including, at 
a minimum, measures of toxic pollutants that 
have accumulated in the Great Lakes for a sub-
stantial period of time, as determined by the 
Program Office. 
‘‘(ii) Not later than 4 years after the date 
of enactment of this clause, the Administrator 
shall establish a Federal network for the reg-
ular monitoring of, and collection of data 
throughout, the Great Lakes basin with respect 
to the indicators described in clause (i) and col-
lect an initial set of benchmark data from the 
network. 
‘‘(iii) Not later than 2 years after the date 
of collection of the data described in clause (ii), 
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 clause (ii) 
for the period covered by the report; 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 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)) $32,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2004 through 2008. 
‘‘(2) GREAT
LAKES
WATER
QUALITY
INDICA-
TORS AND MONITORING.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subsection (c)(1)(B)—
‘‘(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
‘‘(B) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘‘(C) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 
‘‘(D) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’.
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