Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a grant, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term environmental justice community means a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 3. Connecticut River Watershed Partnership program, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4. It relies on grants, compliance mandates, definition changes, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Education, Healthcare, and Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a grant, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term environmental justice community means a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities...
- Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 3. Connecticut River Watershed Partnership program.
- Expands a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4.
- Expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 5. Annual reports.
- Expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 6.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a grant, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term environmental justice community means a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 3. Connecticut River Watershed Partnership program, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Healthcare, Transportation
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a grant, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term environmental justice community means a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 3. Connecticut River Watershed Partnership program, and expands a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Markey, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …
Introduced in Senate
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?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Native American groups that descend from peoples indigenous to the Watershed, without regard to whether the groups are— recognized by the Federal Government or a Watershed State
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