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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Gary C. Peters

Democrat · MI · Senator

Votes with party: 57.8% (320 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (12)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.

2026-04-15

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Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksHearings By (full committee) · 2026-04-15

Previously

Environment and Public Works CommitteeHearings By (full committee) · 2026-04-15
Environment and Public Works CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-11
Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2025-02-11

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Environmental Protection

Full Bill Text

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[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.''. <all>

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