Bill Details
S.528 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2026-04-15 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
Introduced Date
2025-02-11
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (12)
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-Indiana]
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-Minnesota]
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-Ohio]
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-Wisconsin]
- Sen. Husted, Jon [R-Ohio]
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-Illinois]
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-Minnesota]
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-New York]
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-Pennsylvania]
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-Michigan]
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-New York]
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-Illinois]
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This bill would continue federal support for cleaning up and restoring the Great Lakes. It renews the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and sets aside $500 million each year from fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to help fund efforts to improve water quality, protect wildlife, and address pollution and other environmental problems in the Great Lakes region.
- It reauthorizes the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is a federal program focused on the Great Lakes.
- It sets funding at $500 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
- The bill changes existing water pollution law to include this new funding period.
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.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 528 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 528
To reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 11, 2025
Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Young, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Moreno, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Husted, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.
Fetterman, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works
_______________________________________________________________________
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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