[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7788 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7788

To authorize the Chesapeake Bay Program Office to serve as a member of 
       certain State watershed programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2026

  Ms. Elfreth (for herself, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Mfume, and Mr. Raskin) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Chesapeake Bay Program Office to serve as a member of 
       certain State watershed programs, 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 ``Maryland Whole Watershed Program 
Federal Partnership Act''.

SEC. 2. CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM OFFICE AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--The Chesapeake Bay Program Office shall serve as 
an advisory member of the State Management Team for the Maryland Whole 
Watershed Program and any other substantially similar program in a 
State.
    (b) Authorized Activities.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Chesapeake Bay Program Office is authorized to--
            (1) coordinate with State and local governments and Federal 
        agencies; and
            (2) provide technical assistance and financial resources 
        for projects carried out in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
    (c) Chesapeake Bay Program Office Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``Chesapeake Bay Program Office'' means the office established and 
maintained pursuant to section 117(b) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1267(b)).
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