HR7289-118

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.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 7, 2024

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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 HCD2695060D5F4CD5B4AD1E904886D9C5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative Act or the MRRRI Act.
  • Section H702BEE3646564D00AA82416AF3C72D79: 2. Findings; purpose Congress finds the following: The Mississippi River flows more than 2,300 miles from its source at Lake Itasca through the center of the...
  • Section H522885B086AB4FEC8AFFDD037F7E0695: 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 H2A352A0E10484A6392862C89A942FED3: 127. Mississippi River In this section: The term Agency means the Environmental Protection Agency. The term MRRRI means the Mississippi River Restoration and...
  • Section H699BB7B4E1234F86963CA780ECC7F031: 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
Feb 7, 2024

Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. García of Illinois, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

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" §H2A352A0E10484A6392862C89A942FED3

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

"relevant Federal agency" §H522885B086AB4FEC8AFFDD037F7E0695

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

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