Introduced. Latest step, Sep 16, 2026: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. It would change 1 section of existing law.
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S. 4573 would change 1 section of existing law. Read from the bill text as introduced in the Senate (May 19, 2026).
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Sec. 2Designating the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership1 change
(E) The Great Lakes Commission (established pursuant to the Great Lakes Basin Compact to which Congress granted consent in the Act of July 24, 1968 (Public Law 90–419; 82 Stat. 414)), comprised of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
The bill says: Section 10202(b)(3) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (16 U.S.C. 1468(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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Sep 16, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.Senate
May 19, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Senate
May 19, 2026Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress