HR2977-119

Introduced

To establish the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to carry out projects for the protection and restoration of the Mississippi River Corridor, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Apr 21, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to carry out projects for the protection and restoration of the Mississippi River Corridor, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Education.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD4A75BE0E35E4DE887B054FCE233626A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative Act or the MRRRI Act.
  • Section HEF636A0EB9264B9C883BA8ECA55C639B: 2. Purpose It is the purpose of this Act to establish the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to protect and restore the ecological health...
  • Section H1A126AF7BF4B4DC5B84299635B24511B: 3. Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at...
  • Section H720E210E3B6D464BAAB211D99BE7E686: 127. Mississippi River In this section: The term Agency means the Environmental Protection Agency. The term Hypoxia Task Force means the Mississippi River/Gulf...
  • Section H880CC97FB0AF4E50B0C796D7AE6B95D0: 4. Mississippi River Corridor research centers and science plan The Secretary of the Interior shall coordinate with the MRRRI Director to establish a network...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to carry out projects for the protection and restoration of the Mississippi River Corridor, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, To establish the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to carry out projects for the protection and restoration of the Mississippi River Corridor, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 21, 2025

Ms. McCollum introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Education
Actor Mappings
"administrator_of_epa"
→ Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"relevant Federal agency" §H1A126AF7BF4B4DC5B84299635B24511B

any of the following agencies: (A)The Department of Agriculture—(i)the Natural Resources Conservation Service

"relevant Federal agency" §H720E210E3B6D464BAAB211D99BE7E686

any of the following agencies: The Department of Agriculture— the Natural Resources Conservation Service

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