A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to appoint a harmful algal bloom coordinator.

Bill: 114-s-3319
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2016-09-13
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting as chair of the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to appoint a coordinator to work with appropriate governments to address harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3319 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 13, 2016 Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to appoint a harmful algal bloom coordinator.

1. Great Lakes harmful algal bloom coordinator The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting as chair of the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, shall appoint a coordinator to work with appropriate Federal agencies and State, local, tribal, and foreign governments to address the issue of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes.