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<item congress="114" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6465" measure-id="id114hr6465" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2016-12-07" update-date="2017-05-23">
<title>To authorize the incorporation of water quality improvement partnership programs into Federal Water Pollution Control Act NPDES permit programs, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr6465v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-05-23">
<action-date>2016-12-07</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by allowing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program to incorporate a water quality improvement partnership program that encourages investment by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems in watershed-based projects for improving water quality. Those partnerships may be used by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems to attain and maintain water quality standards.</p>]]></summary-text>
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