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HR.284 - 119th Congress

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This bill would continue federal support for work to protect and restore the Great Lakes. It renews the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and sets aside $500 million each year from fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for this effort. In simple terms, it keeps money flowing to help improve water quality, restore habitats, and support other cleanup and protection projects in the Great Lakes region.

  • It reauthorizes the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is a federal program focused on the Great Lakes.
  • It sets the funding level at $500 million per year.
  • The funding would apply for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

Official Summaries

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2025 or the GLRI Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which carries out programs and projects to protect and restore the Great Lakes.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 284 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 284

 To reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Huizenga, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Kaptur, 
Mr. Stauber, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Stevens, Mr. 
Foster, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
    Mr. Casten, Mr. Bergman, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. 
 Thanedar, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. James, Mr. Steil, 
   Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Barrett, and Ms. 
    Brown) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, 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 ``Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
Act of 2025'' or the ``GLRI Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 118(c)(7)(J)(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)(J)(i)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (V), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subclause (VI), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VII) $500,000,000 for each of 
                                fiscal years 2027 through 2031.''.
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