River Basin Commission Transfer Act

Bill: 116-hr-7705
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2020-07-21
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Delaware

Delaware River Basin Commission

District of Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Intergovernmental relations

Lakes and rivers

Maryland

New Jersey

New York State

Pennsylvania

Regional and metropolitan planning

Virginia

Water resources funding

Watersheds

West Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>River Basin Commission Transfer Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes the Environmental Protection Agency, rather than the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for allocating funds to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7705 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 21, 2020 Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basin Commissions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the River Basin Commission Transfer Act . 2. Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basin Commissions Section 5019 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1201; 128 Stat. 1307) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting , who may be the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) (or a designee), after member ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary and inserting Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking For each fiscal year, the Secretary and inserting Subject to the availability of appropriations, for each fiscal year, the Administrator ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by striking Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator .