[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2232 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2232

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
   appropriations for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998 for the 
   construction of wastewater treatment works to serve United States 
 colonias by providing water pollution control in the vicinity of the 
 international boundary between the United States and Mexico, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 23 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. DeConcini) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
   appropriations for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998 for the 
   construction of wastewater treatment works to serve United States 
 colonias by providing water pollution control in the vicinity of the 
 international boundary between the United States and Mexico, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES COLONIAS.

    Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 220. ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES COLONIAS.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to protect the 
economy, public health, environment, surface water, ground water, and 
water quality in the United States colonias areas, which are endangered 
and are being polluted by raw or partially treated sewage, in 
furtherance of the goals of this Act.
    ``(b) Definition of United States Colonia.--As used in this 
section, the term `United States colonia'--
            ``(1) means any identifiable community that--
                    ``(A) is in the State of Arizona, California, New 
                Mexico, or Texas;
                    ``(B) is in the area of the United States within 
                100 kilometers of the border between the United States 
                and Mexico; and
                    ``(C) is determined to be a colonia on the basis of 
                objective criteria, including lack of potable water 
                supply or lack of adequate sewage systems; and
            ``(2) includes a community within a standard metropolitan 
        statistical area that has a population exceeding 1,000,000, but 
        does not include the entire standard metropolitan statistical 
        area.
    ``(c) Financial Assistance to United States Colonias.--The 
Administrator is authorized to provide financial assistance to any 
State of the United States along the United States-Mexico border, or to 
any entity designated by the President, for the construction of 
treatment works to serve United States colonias.
    ``(d) Approval of Plans.--Any wastewater treatment works to serve 
United States colonias for which financial assistance is provided under 
this section shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by 
the State under appropriate standards required by the Administrator. 
The plans shall include construction cost estimates and identify 
responsible parties and the appropriate allocation of costs associated 
with operating and maintaining the treatment works.
    ``(e) Cost Share.--The Federal share of construction costs for 
grants under this section shall be 50 percent. The non-Federal share 
shall consist of State funds from State sources.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 
and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through 1998.''.

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