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Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014

Public Law 113-273 · S. 1000 · 113th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Dec 18, 2014 · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)

Cosponsors (1): Sen. Tim Kaine

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 416 yea, 0 nay416–0
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to Congress a financial report on restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by September 30 of each year. Requires the report to contain:

• an interagency crosscut budget for federal and state restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed;

• an accounting of funds received and obligated by each federal agency for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years;

• an accounting from Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia of all funds received and obligated from a federal agency for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years; and

• a description of each of the proposed federal and state restoration activities to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year.

Requires the report to describe only restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $300,000 for the first three years and restoration activities that have funding amounts of at least $100,000 thereafter.

(Sec. 4) Establishes an Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay watershed to review and report to Congress every two years on restoration activities and related topics that are suggested by the Chesapeake Executive Council. Sets forth the process for appointment of the Independent Evaluator and the qualifications for the position.

(Sec. 5) Provides that no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 113th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 416 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

416 yea0 nay18 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(190)

Republicans who voted yea(226)

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The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1193 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 739Related bill

    Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013

  • H.R. 2954Related bill

    Public Access and Lands Improvement Act

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 18 actions.

  1. Dec 18, 2014Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 113-273.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Dec 12, 2014FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Dec 10, 2014FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 555).House roll call 555
  5. FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  6. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  7. Dec 9, 2014FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  8. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1000.
  9. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  10. FloorFloor · Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. Dec 2, 2014FloorFloor · Held at the desk.
  12. FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  13. FloorFloor · Received in the House.
  14. FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  15. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  16. CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  17. May 21, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  18. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
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Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.

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Amendments

1 amendment offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.

  • S.Amdt. 3965SenateSen. Mark WarnerD-VA· offered Dec 2, 2014Agreed to

    In the nature of a substitute.

    Dec 2, 2014: Amendment SA 3965 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

    Agreed to
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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.