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H.R. 3428119th CongressPassed one chamberLatest action Sep 9, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
Introduced:
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GAO must spend a year reviewing three river basin commissions, then track their fixes for five years.
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The bill directs the GAO to spend one year reviewing the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, examining their ethics policies, public communication, funding sources, overlap with federal duties, and reporting practices. GAO must then send findings and recommendations to congressional committees, after which each commission must submit annual compliance plans for five years.
Affects the three river basin commissions and the federal and state agencies that fund or interact with them, plus residents of watershed areas in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
The bill does not change water policy or commission operations directly, but could lead to future changes in transparency, oversight, or spending if Congress acts on GAO's recommendations.
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Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.