[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4479 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4479

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) to 
  authorize appropriations in each of fiscal years 1994-2001 for the 
 construction of wastewater treatment works to provide water pollution 
        control in or near the United States-Mexico border area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 1994

Mr. Coppersmith (by request) (for himself, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
   Pastor, and Mr. Bryant) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) to 
  authorize appropriations in each of fiscal years 1994-2001 for the 
 construction of wastewater treatment works to provide water pollution 
        control in or near the United States-Mexico border area.

    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 ``U.S.-Mexico 
Border Water Pollution Control Act''.
    Sec. 2. Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section:
    ``Sec. 520. (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to protect 
the economy, public health, environment, surface water, ground water, 
and water quality of the U.S.-Mexico border area which is endangered 
and is being polluted by raw or partially treated sewage, in 
furtherance of the goals of the Agreement Between The Government Of The 
United States Of America And The Government Of The United Mexican 
States Concerning The Establishment Of A Border Environment Cooperation 
Commission And A North American Development Bank (Signed November 16 
and 18, 1993), and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1251 et seq.). This section shall not be construed so as to affect or 
impair the provisions of any international agreement of the United 
States. Nor shall it be construed so as to affect or impair any Federal 
legislation applicable to the Border Environment Cooperation 
Commission, the North American Development Bank, or the International 
Boundary and Water Commission, the United States and Mexico.
    ``(b) Financial Assistance for Wastewater Treatment Works.--The 
Administrator is authorized to provide financial and other assistance 
to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, any appropriate 
Federal, State or local governmental entity, and the International 
Boundary and Water Commission, the United States and Mexico, subject to 
such terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate, for 
planning, design, and construction of wastewater treatment works for 
the purposes specified in section (a). Such wastewater treatment works 
shall be located, regardless of the place of origin or ultimate 
destination of the wastewater, in the U.S.-Mexico border area (or near 
the U.S.-Mexico border areas they would remedy a transboundary 
environmental or health problem) and shall be planned, designed, and 
constructed in accordance with any applicable international agreement 
to which the United States is a party.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act $20,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1994, $47,500,000 for fiscal year 1995, $100,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000, and $22,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001.''.
    Sec. 3. Section 502 of the Clean Water Act is amended by adding the 
following new subsection:
    ``(20) The term `border area' has the meaning such term has under 
Article 4 of the Agreement Between The United States Of America And The 
United Mexican States On Cooperation For The Protection And Improvement 
Of The Environment In The Border Area (Signed August 14, 1993, commonly 
known as the `La Paz Agreement').''.

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