Extend authorization for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for five more years before leaving office.

Gary C. Peters · Michigan · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Keep working in a bipartisan way to get the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative reauthorization bill signed into law.. Promised outcome: The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is extended and continues to support Great Lakes restoration projects.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Press release from Peters' U.S. Senate office after Senate passage of Peters and Slotkin legislation to extend the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, authorizing annual funding through 2030.

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I’m the primary sponsor of the bill to extend it for five more years. I'll be leaving in a few months. I've said this is my number one priority. We got to get this done before I leave.

Peters said extending the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for five more years is his top priority before leaving office.

ICYMI: Senator Peters Leads 10th and Final Motorcycle Tour Across Michigan
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“The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is the most significant investment ever made to restore and protect our Great Lakes from things like invasive species, pollution, and shoreline erosion,” said Senator Peters . “Now more than ever, we need to ensure this vital program has the funding it needs to continue supporting projects that will keep these treasured bodies of water healthy and vibrant for years to come. I’ll keep working in a bipartisan way to get this commonsense bill signed into law.”

Peters said he would keep working in a bipartisan way to get the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative reauthorization bill signed into law.

Senate Passes Peters and Slotkin Legisla... | Senator Gary Peters
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Evidence

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The tracker lists S.528, the GLRI Act of 2025, sponsored by Sen. Gary C. Peters and others, with the latest action: “04/15/2026: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.” It also lists H.R.6422, American Water Stewardship Act, with latest action: “03/25/2026: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the Sept. 9-11 lookback window, a current Great Lakes legislation tracker still showed Peters’ GLRI reauthorization bill and related House vehicle pending in Senate committee, not enacted.

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Federal Great Lakes and Water Legislation Tracker, 2025-26
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S. 4949 was reported in Senate on July 15, 2026, Calendar No. 457. Section 2301 would amend 33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)(J) to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative at $475,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A Senate-reported WRDA vehicle includes a GLRI extension, but only through FY2030 and still as pending bill text, so it does not yet deliver a five-year enacted reauthorization before Peters leaves office.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 4949 (RS) - Water Resources Development Act of 2026
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

As of September 11, 2026, Peters has materially advanced the promise by sponsoring/leading the GLRI Act of 2025 to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through FY2031 and by helping move a WRDA 2026 provision through Senate EPW. But the relevant vehicles remain pending and no five-year GLRI reauthorization has been enacted yet. Because Peters is still in office and the before-leaving-office deadline has not passed, the correct status is unresolved rather than never.

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