Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act
Latest action. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.
Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act - Amends Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ocean dumping provisions to require, in addition to other provisions of law, that the transportation of dredged material from a dredging project over 25,000 cubic yards by a non-Federal applicant, any dredging project by a Federal applicant, or any Federal project for the purpose of dumping it into the waters of Long Island Sound (including Fisher's Island Sound) satisfy all ocean dumping requirements as if the Long Island Sound waters were ocean waters. (Current law requires, in addition to other provisions of law and notwithstanding a specific exclusion of dredged material, that the dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound from any Federal project (or by Federal authorization) or from a dredging project by a non-Federal applicant over 25,000 cubic yards comply with ocean dumping requirements.)
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House with amendment(s)" stage on May 2, 2000. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 2, 2000: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 106th Congress (1999-00), 580 of the 9,158 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
MICHAEL FORBES (R-NY) introduced it on February 25, 1999, and 7 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 4 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on February 25, 1999, 10059 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 9627 days ago, on May 2, 2000.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 106th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2001 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers