A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Act to assist in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, and for other purposes..
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) continue the Chesapeake Bay Program; and (2) maintain a Program Office to provide specified support to the Chesapeake Executive Council.
Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance and assistance grants to nonprofit private organizations and individuals, State and local governments, colleges and universities, and interstate agencies to carry out the Program. Provides the Federal and non-Federal share of various Program costs. Provides for Chesapeake Bay Agreement (an agreement among signatory members to restore and protect the Bay's ecosystem) implementation and monitoring grants, with specified Federal and non-Federal shares. Directs the Administrator to make public a document describing in detail projects funded for the current and previous years. Requires any Federal agency that owns or operates a facility within the Bay watershed to: (1) participate in regional and subwatershed planning and restoration programs; and (2) report to the President and the Council on expenditures to carry out such programs.
Requires the Administrator to: (1) ensure that management plans are developed and that implementation is begun by signatories to the Agreement for the Bay tributaries to achieve specified water nutrient and quality goals and habitat restoration and protection; and (2) offer technical assistance and assistance grants for a small watershed grants program within the Bay.
Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the state of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and on Program goals, effects, and strategies. Requires a five-year study to establish and expand understanding of Bay ecosystem living resources response to water quality improvements resulting from the Program.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2005.
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
Became Public Law No: 106-457.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2097-2098, S2100-2101)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-284.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Chafee without amendment. With written report No. 106-181.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Chafee without amendment. With written report No. 106-181.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 314.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2013)
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