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S 1057 — Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017

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The amendment adds new language regarding the assessment and mitigation of detrimental effects from harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events, focusing on environmental, economic, subsistence use, and public health impacts. It specifies that assessments may consider various factors such as the severity of toxicity, economic impact, and the geographic scope of these events. This change matters because it clarifies the criteria that will be used to evaluate and address the impacts of such significant environmental events.

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1057 Reported in Senate (RS)] <DOC> Calendar No.
1057 Engrossed in Senate (ES)] <DOC> 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S.
205 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S.
1057 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.
1057 [Report No.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.
115-145] To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 4, 2017 Mr.
Nelson (for himself, Mr.
Portman, Mr.
Peters, Mr.
Sullivan, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr.
Brown, and Ms.
Murkowski) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation August 3, 2017 Reported by Mr.
Thune, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <DELETED>SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE.</DELETED> <DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017''.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
2.
REFERENCES TO THE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 1998.</DELETED> <DELETED> Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C.
et seq.).</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
3.
INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE.</DELETED> <DELETED> Section 603(a) (33 U.S.C.
4001(a)) is amended--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ``and'' at the end;</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14);
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(13) the Army Corps of Engineers;
and''.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
4.
SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS OF FRESHWATER HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS.</DELETED> <DELETED> Section 603 (33 U.S.C.
4001) is amended--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) by striking subsection (f);</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) in subsection (g), as redesignated--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) in the heading, by inserting ``Marine and Freshwater'' after ``Assessments of'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (i) by striking the second sentence;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) by amending the third sentence to read as follows:
``Each assessment shall examine both marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms, including those in the Great Lakes and upper reaches of estuaries and those that originate in freshwater lakes or rivers and migrate to coastal waters.''.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
5.
CONSULTATION REQUIRED.</DELETED> <DELETED> Section 102 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 (33 U.S.C.
4001a) is amended by striking ``the amendments made by this title'' and inserting ``the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998''.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
6.
HYPOXIA OR HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.</DELETED> <DELETED> (a) Relief.--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) In general.--Upon a determination under subsection (b) that there is an event of national significance, the appropriate Federal official is authorized to make sums available to the affected State or local government for the purposes of assessing and mitigating the environmental, economic, social, and public health effects of the event of national significance.</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out under this subsection for the purposes described in paragraph (1) may not exceed 75 percent of the cost of that activity.</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) Donations.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an appropriate Federal official may accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or equipment that the appropriate Federal official considers necessary for the purposes described in paragraph (1).
Any funds donated to an appropriate Federal official under this paragraph may be expended without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation.</DELETED> <DELETED> (b) Determinations.--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) In general.--At the discretion of an appropriate Federal official, or at the request of the Governor of an affected State, an appropriate Federal official shall determine whether a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event is an event of national significance.</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) Considerations.--In making a determination under paragraph (1), the appropriate Federal official shall consider such factors as the toxicity of the hypoxia or harmful algal bloom, its potential to spread, the economic impact, and the geographic scope, including the potential to affect several municipalities, to affect more than 1 State, or to cross an international boundary.</DELETED> <DELETED> (c) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) Appropriate federal official.--The term ``appropriate Federal official'' means--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) in the case of a marine or coastal hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) in the case of a freshwater hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) Event of national significance.--The term ``event of national significance'' means a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event that has had or will likely have a significant environmental, economic, or public health impact on an affected State.</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) Hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event.--The term ``hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event'' means the occurrence of hypoxia or a harmful algal bloom as a result of a natural, anthropogenic, or undetermined cause.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED> <DELETED> Section 609(a) (33 U.S.C.
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4009(a)) is amended by inserting ``, and $22,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' before the period at the end.</DELETED> SECTION 1.
(a) Relief.-- (1) In general.--Upon a determination under subsection (b) that there is an event of national significance, the appropriate Federal official is authorized to make sums available to the affected State or local government for the purposes of assessing and mitigating the environmental, economic, social, and public health effects of the event of national significance.
(a) Relief.-- (1) In general.--Upon a determination under subsection (b) that there is an event of national significance, the appropriate Federal official is authorized to make sums available to the affected State or local government for the purposes of assessing and mitigating the detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, and public health effects of the event of national significance.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out under this subsection for the purposes described in paragraph (1) may not exceed 75 percent of the cost of that activity.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out under this subsection for the purposes described in paragraph (1) may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that activity.
(2) Considerations.--In making a determination under paragraph (1), the appropriate Federal official shall consider such factors as the toxicity of the harmful algal bloom, the severity of the hypoxia, its potential to spread, the economic impact, the relative size in relation to the past 5 occurrences of harmful algal blooms or hypoxia events that occur on a recurrent or annual basis, and the geographic scope, including the potential to affect several municipalities, to affect more than 1 State, or to cross an international boundary.
(2) Considerations.--In making a determination under paragraph (1), the appropriate Federal official shall consider the toxicity of the harmful algal bloom, the severity of the hypoxia, its potential to spread, the economic impact, the relative size in relation to the past 5 occurrences of harmful algal blooms or hypoxia events that occur on a recurrent or annual basis, and the geographic scope, including the potential to affect several municipalities, to affect more than 1 State, or to cross an international boundary.
(2) Event of national significance.--The term ``event of national significance'' means a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event that has had or will likely have a significant environmental, economic, or public health impact on an affected State.
(2) Event of national significance.--The term ``event of national significance'' means a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event that has had or will likely have a significant detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, or public health impact on an affected State.
Calendar No.
Passed the Senate September 26, 2017.
205 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S.
Attest:
1057 [Report No.
Secretary.
115-145] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.
115th CONGRESS 1st Session S.
_______________________________________________________________________ August 3, 2017 Reported with an amendment
1057 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.
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Action History

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  3. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  4. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-145.

  5. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-145.

  6. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 205.

  7. Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6145-6147; text: CR S6145-6146)

  8. The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6146)

  9. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S6146-6147)

  10. Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S6146-6147)

  11. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  12. Received in the House.

  13. Held at the desk.

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