America has a problem with pollution. We need to educate people of the effects of pollution. So, this bill offers two programs to help with marine pollution: the Environmental Literacy Grant Program and regional programs under the B-WET Program. So, what do these programs do?
Environmental Literacy Grant Program:
A grant, offering financial assistance to expand and encourage education, build administrative and technical capacity to communities and stakeholders to enhance effectiveness, and encourage water and wildlife dependant outdoor recreations to promote stewardship and economic development.
B-WET Program:
A grant program to promote bay-watershed education, professional development and training for educators. Priority given to the the following areas" US territories, Great Lake States, Alaska, and the mid-Atlantic region.
Illinois Votes:
Not Voting: Luis Gutierrez
Aye: Boddy Rich, Jesse Jackson, Daniel Lipinski, Mike Quigley, Danny Davis, Janice Schakowsky, Mark Kirk, Deborah Halvorson, Jerry Costello, Judy Biggert, Bill Foster, and Phil Hare
Nay: Peter Roskam, Melissa Bean, Timothy Johnson, Donald Manzullo, Aaron Schock, and John Shimkus
Summery:
Sponsor: Lois Capps
Introduced: Sept 24, 2009
Passed House: Mar 19, 2010
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