Save Florida Bay Act of 1992 - Requires the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to establish and coordinate an interagency committee to develop a program for facilitating the restoration of Florida Bay and to define the roles and responsibilities of each agency in facilitating that restoration.
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the Chairman should include Florida Bay in the Coastal America program.
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add Florida Bay, Florida, to the list of areas mandated for priority consideration as an estuary of national significance.
Mandates a study of Florida Bay problems, including those from Hurricane Andrew. Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.
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