H.R. 6235, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2023
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 12, 2024
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
10
25
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
10
25
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
106
112
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $2.5 billion
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
Yes
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $5 billion
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
No
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
Summary
H.R. 6235 would reauthorize and expand activities administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) related to the research, observation, and control of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. Harmful blooms occur when colonies of algae grow uncontrollably and become toxic, which also may lead to reduced oxygen (or hypoxia) in the water. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $27.5 million annually from 2024 through 2028 for those purposes, which includes expanding the membership and activities of an existing interagency task force and establishing a new program to create technologies to mitigate and control harmful algal blooms. In 2024, NOAA allocated $31.5 million for those activities.
The bill also would authorize the appropriation of $2 million to address harmful blooms and hypoxia events that would have a significant detrimental effect on the environment, economy, or public health of a state.
