Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4876
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Connecticut
Conservation easements
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Electronic government information
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental education
Environmental justice
Estuaries
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Historic sites
History
Internet
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Landscape protection
Long Island Sound
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural areas
Nature conservation
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
Open space lands
Outdoor recreation
Performance measurement
Planning
Recreation areas
Research natural areas
Right of property
Science, Technology, Communications
Shore protection
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2004 - Establishes the Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative Region in Connecticut and New York.
 
Establishes the Long Island Sound Stewardship Advisory Committee to: (1) evaluate applications from government or nonprofit organizations qualified to hold conservation easements for funds to purchase land or development rights for designated stewardship sites; (2) evaluate applications to develop and implement management plans to address threats; (3) evaluate applications to act on opportunities to protect and enhance stewardship sites; (4) recommend that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency award grants to qualified applicants; (5) recommend guidelines for evaluating information to identify stewardship sites; (6) publish a list of sites that further the purposes of this Act; (7) raise awareness of the values of and threats to these sites; and (8) leverage additional resources for improved stewardship of the Region. 
 
Requires the Committee to submit annual reports to the Administrator.
 
Protects the existing legal rights of private property owners. States that nothing in this Act requires private property owners located within the Region to participate in the Initiative.
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for the Office of Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study and implementation of the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan through FY 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in House