Updated as of March 5th, 2023
GREAT LAKES AND WATER POLICY LEGISLATIVE TRACKER
Updated as of 3/5/2023
| Bill # | Bill Name | Description | Sponsor (s) | Committee (s) | Status (location + date) |
| House | |||||
| H.R.132 | Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act | This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include algal blooms in the definition of a major disaster. | Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] | Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 01/09/2023 |
| H.R.186 | Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act | N/A | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] | Natural Resources | Introduced in House 01/09/2023 |
| H.R.210 | Stamp Out Invasive Species Act | This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue and sell aCombating Invasive Species Semipostal Stamp. | Rep. Stefanik, Elise M [R-NY-21] | Oversight and Accountability, Natural Resources, Agriculture | Introduced in House 02/21/2023 |
| H.R.250 | Clean Water SRF Parity Act | This bill expands the state revolving fund established under the Clean Water Act, including by allowing low-interest loans to be given to privately owned treatment works to address wastewater. Currently, loans are given to wastewater systems that are publicly owned. | Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] | Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 01/10/2023 |
| H.R.289 | Protect Our Water Rights Act | To update requirements for the operation of the Central Valley Project and Klamath River Basin. | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | Natural Resources | Introduced in House 01/11/2023 |
| H.R.325 | Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act | This bill requires the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System to continue to operate during a government shutdown by designating certain services related to the system as excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act. | Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] | Science, Space, Technology and Natural Resources | Introduced in House 01/12/2023 |
| H.R.426 | Lakes Before Turbines Act | This bill eliminates the energy-related tax credit for investment in certain offshore wind facilities after 2022. | Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A [R-NY-23] | Ways and Means | Introduced in House 1/20/2023 |
| H.R.598 | Earth Act to Stop Climate Pollution By 2030 | N/A | Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] | Agriculture, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce | Introduced in House 1/27/2023 |
| H.R.668 | Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act | N/A | Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] | Natural Resources | Introduced in House 2/21/2023 |
| H.J.Res.27 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States'” | This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States,” which was submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2023. The rule specifies which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. The 2023 rule replaced a 2020 rule that included a narrower definition of waters of the United States | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 02/02/2023 |
| Senate | |||||
| S.64 | Water Rights Protection Act of 2023 | This bill prohibits the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture from conditioning the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit or other land use or occupancy agreement (permit) on the transfer of any water right to the United States or on any impairment of title granted or otherwise recognized under state law by federal or state action. | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | Energy and Natural Resources | Introduced in Senate 01/25/2023 |
| S.115 | Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act of 2023 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain allotments under that Act, and for other purposes. | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | Environment and Public Works | Introduced in Senate 01/26/2023 |
| S.J.Res.7 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States'”. | This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States,” which was submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2023. The rule specifies which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. The 2023 rule replaced a 2020 rule that included a narrower definition of waters of the United States. | Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] | Environment and Public Works | Introduced in Senate 02/02/2023 |