S. 2779 (111th): Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act

Introduced:
Nov 16, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:

H.R. 3671 (same title)
Passed House — Mar 19, 2010

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Status

This bill was introduced on November 16, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Nov 16, 2009
Referred to Committee Nov 16, 2009
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1D) (show)
Committees

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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Full Title

A bill to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Nov 16, 2009.
10 pages

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11/16/2009--Introduced.
Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a nutrient and sediment monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) establish guidelines for related data collection and storage activities;
(2) inventory the sediment and monitoring efforts of governmental and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of creating a baseline understanding of overlap, data gaps, and redundancies; and
(3) collaborate with other public and private monitoring efforts in establishing the monitoring program.
Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a water resources assessment of the Basin. Requires the Director of the USGS to establish: (1) a computer modeling program of nutrient and sediment sources in the Basin; and (2) an Internet-based system to distribute information about nutrient and sediment loss reduction projects and nutrient and sediment levels in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.

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