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H.R. 3428: Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
119th Congress · introduced 2025-05-15 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
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Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review and report on the ethics policies, practices used to communicate with the public, and funding of the Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions. These commissions are the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. The GAO must submit a report to Congress on (1) the findings of the review, and (2) any recommendations to increase the transparency or congressional oversight of the commissions. Within 90 days of the GAO submitting its report, and annually thereafter for five years, each commission must submit to Congress a plan detailing actions the commission has taken to comply with the recommendations contained in the GAO's report.
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Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] · 1 cosponsors
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr3428.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr3428 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills