DEFEND the Great Lakes Act
USA117th CongressHR-4768| House
| Updated: 6/16/2022
David P. Joyce
Republican Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (1)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to the Defend the Great Lakes Act or the DEFEND the Great Lakes Act This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to initiate no fewer than five aquatic ecosystem restoration projects along the shoreline of the Great Lakes to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of coastal wetlands due to shoreline erosion.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Water Resources Development
Aquatic ecologyGreat LakesLakes and riversLand use and conservationSeashores and lakeshoresWetlands
DEFEND the Great Lakes Act
USA117th CongressHR-4768| House
| Updated: 6/16/2022
Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to the Defend the Great Lakes Act or the DEFEND the Great Lakes Act This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to initiate no fewer than five aquatic ecosystem restoration projects along the shoreline of the Great Lakes to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of coastal wetlands due to shoreline erosion.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
David P. Joyce
Republican Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (1)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Water Resources Development
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Aquatic ecologyGreat LakesLakes and riversLand use and conservationSeashores and lakeshoresWetlands