S. 2295 – GLRI Act of 2019

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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2019 updates the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to keep the GLRI program funded for the next several years. It changes the wording of the authorization to a plural form and sets out a schedule of increasing annual funding through fiscal year 2026. The bill affects the Great Lakes region by ensuring continued federal support for restoration projects.

Key Provisions

Changes the authorization language from “is authorized” to “are authorized.”
Specifies a $300 million allocation for the program and adds additional yearly amounts:
$375 million for FY 2022, $400 million for FY 2023, $425 million for FY 2024, $450 million for FY 2025, and $475 million for FY 2026.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works Committee

July 25, 2019

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Introduced in Senate

July 25, 2019

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works Committee

July 25, 2019

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Introduced in SenateIssued July 25, 2019

II

116th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2295

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 25, 2019

Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Mr. Portman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Peters, Ms. Smith, Mr. Casey, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019 or the GLRI Act of 2019.

2.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative reauthorization

Section 118(c)(7)(J)(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)(J)(i)) is amended—

(1)

by striking is authorized and inserting are authorized;

(2)

by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;

(3)

by striking this paragraph $300,000,000 and inserting the following:

this paragraph—

(I)

$300,000,000

; and

(4)

by adding at the end the following:

(II)

$375,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;

(III)

$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;

(IV)

$425,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;

(V)

$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and

(VI)

$475,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.

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