US Congress House Bill 2137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017 This bill directs the President to: (1) treat the impacts to state waterways and coastal estuaries of a harmful algal bloom conveyed downstream as a result of a water transfer carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers within such state as an emergency for purposes of federal emergency assistance programs under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and (2) exercise such authority to provide federal emergency assistance under such Act as necessary to address such an emergency, including exercising debris-removal authority to remove toxic algal biomass and muck.

Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017

Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2017-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2017-04-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-04-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2137/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2137/BILLS-115hr2137ih.pdf