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H.R. 6577: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact

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H.R. 6577: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-23 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Grants congressional consent to and approval of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact entered into between the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.

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Official text

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] · 47 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6577, A bill to express the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin (2008-08-11); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6577, A bill to express the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin (2008-08-11)

Cosponsors on this site

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Tim Walberg (R-MI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6577 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110