CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Gary Peters (D-MI)

Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act of 2026

S. 4573 · Senate bill Environmental Protection

A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See all 4 cosponsors

Last activity — Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the ``Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act of 2026'', seeks to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership. It proposes an amendment to the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The Great Lakes Commission includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This legislation was introduced by Mr. Peters and Mr. Moreno.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    Recognizing the Commission as a formal regional partnership supports more structured environmental management of the Great Lakes basin.

  • Scored +1

    Does this cut the pollution that drives climate change?

    The formal designation may facilitate better coordinated regional efforts toward environmental protection of the Great Lakes.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.