HR 3428
Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Robert P. Bresnahan [R-PA-8]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Water Resources Development
- Introduced
- 2025-05-15
- Latest action
- 2025-09-09: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committee referrals
- Environment and Public Works Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-09-09
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-09-08
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Discharged from · 2025-06-11
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-06-11
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-05-15
Recent actions
- 2025-09-09: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 2025-09-08: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-09-08: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3879)
- 2025-09-08: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3879)
- 2025-09-08: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3428.