US Congress House Bill 1651 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) develop and implement the Save the Chesapeake Bay Home program, which shall designate property owners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed as program participants if such owners perform a specified number of actions on a list of actions developed by the Administrator to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff into the Bay, and (2) determine an appropriate amount of credit for compliance with total maximum daily load requirements to award to a state based on the number of property owners in the state who have been designated as program participants.

Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2011

Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]

Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2011-04-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2011-04-15	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E756)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1651/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1651/BILLS-112hr1651ih.pdf