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House Bill 2504
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Stop Poisoning Florida Act
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Introduced in House on Apr 6, 2023
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H. R. 2504 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2504


To require the Corps of Engineers to prohibit certain discharges of water at Lake Okeechobee, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 6, 2023

Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To require the Corps of Engineers to prohibit certain discharges of water at Lake Okeechobee, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Stop Poisoning Florida Act”.

SEC. 2. Lake Okeechobee discharge prohibition.

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall prohibit discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee through the S–308 and S–80 lock and dam structures when the water exceeds the maximum concentration of microcystins recommended for recreational waters by the Environmental Protection Agency, as described in the notice titled “Recommended Human Health Recreational Ambient Water Quality Criteria or Swimming Advisories for Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin” (84 Fed. Reg. 26413) (or any successor water quality criteria), based on tests conducted by the Secretary, another Federal agency, or the State of Florida.