Designate the Great Lakes Commission as the official Regional Great Lakes Partnership within NOAA's Regional Ocean Partnerships Program so the Great Lakes region receives a fair share of program funding for research and conservation.

Tom Barrett · Michigan · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Designate the Great Lakes Commission as the official Regional Great Lakes Partnership within NOAA's Regional Ocean Partnerships Program.. Promised outcome: The Great Lakes region receives a fair share of program funding and federal resources for coordinated Great Lakes research and conservation.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th District; press release announcing Barrett's co-introduction of the bipartisan Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act in the 119th Congress.

Occurrences

This legislation designates the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) as the official Regional Great Lakes Partnership within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Regional Ocean Partnerships Program. This designation ensures that the Great Lakes region receives a fair share of program funding, delivering federal resources to support the GLC’s longstanding work to coordinate Great Lakes research and conservation efforts.

Barrett joined colleagues in introducing legislation to designate the Great Lakes Commission as NOAA's Regional Great Lakes Partnership and direct fair-share program funding to Great Lakes research and conservation.

Barrett Joins Midwest Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Legislation to Bolster Great Lakes Conservation | Representative Tom Barrett
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

No stored evidence yet.

Assessments

No assessments yet.