Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4126
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2005-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accounting
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Authorization
Chesapeake Bay
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Delaware
District of Columbia
Droughts
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental technology
Estuaries
Eutrophication
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Habitat conservation
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine resources conservation
Maryland
New York State
Nitrogen
Nonprofit organizations
Pennsylvania
Performance measurement
Phosphorus
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rain and rainfall
Restoration ecology
Revolving funds
Rivers
Science, Technology, Communications
Sediment control
Sedimentation
Sewage treatment
Social Welfare
Virginia
Water quality
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: 
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to revise requirements for implementation and monitoring grants under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement and for reporting on federally-funded projects under such Agreement.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish each year a tributary health report card to evaluate progress, with reference to a specified baseline, in achieving and maintaining nutrient and sediment reduction goals for each Chesapeake Bay tributary basin.
 
Requires the states of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia to submit information to the Administrator for each Chesapeake Bay tributary basin located in such jurisdictions relating to nutrient and sediment reduction. Prohibits the Administrator from making a grant to any state which fails to provide required information. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with specified federal agencies, to submit to Congress an interagency budget and other accountings for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities. 
 
Directs the Administrator to establish measurable goals for local governments for nutrient and sediment reduction in the Chesapeake Bay.
 
Updates reporting deadlines for the study of the Chesapeake Bay Program. 
 
Authorizes appropriations through FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Introduced in House