To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for certain projects included in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-2415House of Representatives
Updated: May 11, 2017

Summary

Everglades Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treatment Act or the Everglades FIRST Act This bill directs the Department of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for the following projects in Florida and to expedite completion of construction of the projects it determines are feasible: Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs, Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project, and Western Everglades Restoration Project.

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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