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On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The bill (S. 1057), as amended, was passed, as follows: S. 1057 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 1998. Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). SEC. 3. INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE. Section 603(a) (33 U.S.C. 4001(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following: ``(13) the Army Corps of Engineers; and''. SEC. 4. SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS OF FRESHWATER HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS. Section 603 (33 U.S.C.…
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