The Great Lakes Congressional Report

Great Lakes Task Force

Great Lakes Congressional Reports

1992	1996	2000	2004
1993	1997	2001	2005
1994	1998	2002	2006
1995	1999	2003	2007

2008

2007

August

Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
Aquatic Invasive Species
Water Resources Development Act
Water Quality
Great Lakes Environmental Summit
Great Lakes Day
Fiscal 2008 Budget
Appropriations

2006

December

2006 Elections
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
Water Resources Development Act
Fiscal 2007 Appropriations
Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
Tonnage Tax

September

Invasive Species
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
Water Resources Development Act
Fiscal 2007 Appropriations
Tonnage Tax
Water Quality
April
Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
Oil and Gas Moratorium
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Great Lakes Environmental Summit
Fiscal 2007 Budget
Great Lakes Day
Appropriations

2005

January

Invasive Species
Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia
Fiscal 2005 Appropriations
May
New House Great Lakes Task Force Co-Chair
Invasive Species Legislation
Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
WRDA
Oil and Gas Drilling Moratorium
Monitoring
Great Lakes Environmental Summit
Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast
Appropriations
Fiscal Year 2006 Budget
September
New House Great Lakes Task Force Co-Chair
Invasive Species Legislation
Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
WRDA
Oil and Gar Drilling Moratorium
Fiscal 2006 Appropriations

2004

April

Invasive Species
Water Resource Development Act
Great Lakes Restoration
Maritime Heritage
Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast
Research
Oil Drilling Moratorium
Great Lakes Environmental Summit
Water Levels
Great Lakes Mayors
Water Management
Fiscal 2005 Budget
August
Invasive Species
Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
WRDA
Water Management
Research
Fiscal 2006 Budget

2003

April

Invasive Species
Great Lakes Environmental Summit
September
Great Lakes Ecosystem Restoration
Invasive Species
Appropriations
Great Lakes Monitoring

2002

April

Budget
Great Lakes Environmental Summit
Invasive Species
Port and Northern Border Security
Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast
Water Infrastructure
Farm Bill
September
Appropriations
Invasive Species
Water Resource and Development Act
Contaminated Sediments
Anoxia
December
Contaminated Sediments
Invasive Species
Water Resource and Development Act
Appropriations

2001

May

Appropriations
Restoration Initiative
Great Lakes Congressional Breakfast
Drilling in the Great Lakes
Pipelines Under the Great Lakes
Invasive Species
Brownfields Legislation
September
Appropriations
Farm Bill
Contaminated Sediments
Oil and Gas Drilling
Contaminated Sediments
Invasive Species
Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA)
December
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Appropriations
Invasive Species
Farm Bill
Oil and Natural Gas Drilling in the Great Lakes
Northern Border Issues

2000

January

Appropriations
Profile: Great Lakes Appropriation Committee Member Senator Herb Kohl
WRDA 1999
Great Lakes Task Force Leadership
Profile: Rep. John McHugh
Profile: Rep. Sherrod Brown
March
Appropriations Fiscal 2001: Administration Budget
Appropriations Fiscal 2001- Great Lakes Task Force Letters
Fiscal 2001 Appropriations Request for Great Lakes Programs
Great Lakes Fisheries Roundtable
Profile: House Appropriations Ranking Member David Obey
June
Conservation and Reinvestment Act
Water Resources Development Act of 2000
Appropriations for Fiscal 2001
World Water day with Canadian Minister for the Environment
Lake Levels Briefing
Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters, June 13, 2000
LaMPs and AOCs Briefing
July
Congressional Response to Low Great Lakes Water Levels
Appropriations Update
Senate Committee Approves the Conservation and Reinvestment Act
December
FY 2001 Appropriations
- Great Lakes Fisheries and Ecosystem Restoration (FY 2001 Appropriations)
- Conservation and Reinvestment Act ( FY 2001 Appropriations
- Great Lakes
- Aquatic Nuisance Species Prevention and Control
The Water Resource Development Act of 2000
Estuaries and Clean Water Act
Congressional Briefings on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Election 2000

1999

March

President's fiscal 2000 budget request
Appropriations
Great Lakes Task Force organizational meetings
Great Lakes Environmental Summit
Outer Continental Shelf Legislation
June
Senator DeWint to co-chair Senate Great Lakes Task Force
Fiscal 2000 Appropriations
Water Resources Development Act
Great Lakes water levels
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) legislation
Regulatory reform legislation
September
Fiscal 2000 appropriations: A mixed bag
Water Resources Development Act reauthorization includes Great Lakes provisions
Briefings held on Great Lakes water diversions
Outer Continental Shelf legislation still on the move
Environmentalists address air toxics

1998

November

Great Lakes Appropriations finale
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
Coast Guard authorization bill
Water Resources Development Act
St. Lawrence Seaway Administrator

1997

March

Budget and appropriations
Task Force planning
Committee assigments
Hearing on the National Sea Grant College Program reauthorization
Economic benefits
Great Lakes Environmental Summit

1996

April

President releases 1997 budget
National Invasive Species Act introduced
Experts discuss nonindigenous species invasions
Region's delegation wary of Army Corps restructuring plan
Legislative update ( CWA, WRDA, Farm Bill 1996, and Appropriations)
September
Task Force defend GLNPO and other Great Lakes appropriations
Great Lakes senators contend sea lamprey program in jeopardy
Great Lakes appropriations
Status of legislation in 104th Congress
Great Lakes members may save Army Corps North Central Division Office
Senate seeks "reinvention" of St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

1995

February

House and Senate committees consider fiscal 1995 rescissions: Great Lakes programs- along with everything else- in jeopardy
Congressional/Parliamentary dialogue creates binational forum on the Great Lakes
House eliminates LSOs
House and Senate reorganize committee structure: Great Lakees members, jurisdictions change
President Clinton delivers budget to Congress: Several Great Lakes programs cut

1994

June

Committees mark-up appropriations bills
Members testify on behalf of Great Lakes programs
ASTDR holds fish consumption symposium, staff briefing
EPA releases "Great Waters" Report
August
House and Senate complete Great Lakes appropriations bills
Task Force members 'instruct conferees'
Canada-Ontario sign agreement for coordinated Great Lakes action
House passes martime reform: Bill subsidizes shipbuilding and operating
Growth in Great Lakes biodiversity or just another aquatic nuisance species?
October
Great Lakes appropriations round-up
Unfinished business: Authorizing vehicles for Task Force initiatives stall in Congress
Congress waives billing and collection of U.S. Seaway tolls
Congress passes Maritime Heritage Act
Construction on new lock at the Soo moves forward slowly
St. Lawrence Seaway vessel trackign system unveiled
Task Force members point out NOAA funding inequities
NEMW hosts sustainable agriculture roundtable
EPA-- Environment Canada sponsor State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference
Cargo sweeping investigated

1993

January

Corps reorganization neglects Great Lakes
Great Lakes members assigned to key committees
Court orders EPA to publish Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative
EPA fish contaminant study released
April
Clinton submits 1994 budget to Congress
EPA releases Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative
Corps reorganization suspended
USCG Mackinaw to be decommissioned
Coast Guard begins ballast water program
May
Members go to bat for the Great Lakes: Letters, testimony presented to various subcommittees
Great Lakes water quality guidelines open for public review
Task Force members fight to save icebreaker Mackinaw
Members raise Great Lakes maritime concerns with Secretary Pena
July
Great Lakes Task Force holds news conference
Oberstart focuses on nonpoint source pollution and sediment management bills
August
Appropriations process underway
Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative continues to receive public comments
Levin ammendment boosts sea lamprey control funds
House and Senate continue Clean Water Act debate
Great Lakes vacation picks
December
International Joint Commission hold biennial meeting
Appropriations process nearly complete: Great Lakes program hold their own
House votes to maintain subsidies for U.S. flag ships
Lipinski introduces Ballast Control Act
NAFTA passes House and Senate: Great Lakes community express strong but disparate opinions

1992

February

Great Lakes SWAT Team assembles
The President's Budget
Senate Task Force prepares to send letter on NFTA
Glen and Kaptur critizes Corps' disposal plan for contaminated dredge material
IJC looks for ways to cut costs at Canadian regional office
NOAA Budget Hearing
March
Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative subject of staff briefing
Great Lakes shipping interest split on shipbuilding trade reform act
Appropriations Subcommittee looks at Seaway funding
Senate Committee to consider reform of flood insurance program
Zebra Mussel Watch: Blue crabs found in snacking on mussels
April
Great Lakes Commission calls for federal funding for Soo Locks/CDFs
IJC releases a report " Air quality in the Detroit-Windsor/Port Huron-Sarnia region"
May 1
Report on Great Lakes funding released at press conference
Nowak reviews ARCS program
Glenn examines Great Laks fish consumption advisories
Hertel reviews Great Lakes research
May 22
Senator urge action on Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative
Ferry service to return to Lake Michigan
Hertel announces NOAA's plans for new Great Lakes research vessel
House postpones Undesea Research Bill
Groups reveal details of Great Lakes Legacy Program
June 5
House member urge funding for Great Lakes programs
Environmentalists assail Bush in Brazil
Jontz introduces bill to allow Great Lakes diversion
MACKINAW to be modernized
Flood insurance reform bill considered in Senate panel
June 19
Nowak, Hertel and Davis sponsor research bills
EPA and USTR defend NAFTA
Sedimentation-- A serious problem in the Great Lakes
July
House passes Undersea Research Bill
Mercury may threaten Great Lakes loons
EPA's decision for Great Lakes basin superfund site questioned
Research bills pass full committee
August
Appropriations update
Water Resource Act pending
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Tissue Bank Act passed by the House
New mussel species discovered
Kayakers complete expedition
Senator Glenn to introduce Research Bill
Lake Carriers' trip postponed
October
Appropriations highlights
Several Great Lakes measures pass in session's final days
Great Lakes sediment provisions still pending
Members send letter on ship repair tariff
New House Task Force coordinator joins Great Lakes SWAT team
Zebra Mussel Alert