Senate Bill 1586
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2017
Active
Passed Senate on Sep 6, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1586
Congress
115
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
checkPassed on September 6, 2018
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6103; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6103)
Summary
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to update at least once every seven years its environmental sensitivity index products for each coastal area of the Great Lakes. (An environmental sensitivity product is a map or similar tool that is utilized to identify sensitive shoreline, coastal or offshore, resources prior to an oil spill event.)
September 7, 2018
September 6, 2018
October 31, 2017
July 19, 2017
09/10/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
09/07/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
09/07/2018
Received in the House.
09/07/2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
09/06/2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6103; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6103)
09/06/2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6103; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6103)
10/31/2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.
10/31/2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-180.
08/02/2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
07/19/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
07/19/2017
Introduced in Senate
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