,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bacg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjag,mr4
 ,mast introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,president to    
treat a harmful algal bloom caused by   
certain activities of the ,federal      
,government as an emergency for purposes
 of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster 
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,federal ,do ,no ,harm ,act of #bjag4   
#b4 ,emergency assistance for harmful   
algal blooms caused by ,corps of        
,engineers water transfers  7a7         
,treatment as emergency ,notwithstanding
 section #eja of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaia71 the ,president shall  
treat the impacts to ,state waterways   
and coastal estuaries of a harmful algal

 bloom conveyed downstream as a result  
of a water transfer carried out by the  
,corps of ,engineers within such ,state 
as an emergency for purposes of title ,v
 of such ,act4  7b7 ,emergency          
assistance ,the ,president1 in          
consultation with the affected ,state1  
shall exercise any authority under      
section #ejb or #ejc of the ,robert ,t4 
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaib1 #eaic7 that the        
,president determines is necessary to   
address an emergency described in       
subsection 7a71 including exercising    
debris-removal authority under section  
#ejb7;a77#e7 of such ,act to remove     
toxic algal biomass and muck4