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[H.R. 2747 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 247

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2747

                          [Report No. 104-515]

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                                 A BILL

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 make grants to States for the purpose of financing the construction, 
rehabilitation, and improvement of water supply systems, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                             March 29, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
                                                 Union Calendar No. 247
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2747

                          [Report No. 104-515]

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 make grants to States for the purpose of financing the construction, 
rehabilitation, and improvement of water supply systems, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 1995

 Mr. Shuster (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
Clinger, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Petri, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Wise, Mr. Traficant, 
   Mr. Hayes, Mr. Coble, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Costello, Mr. Poshard, Mr. 
   Hutchinson, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Baker of California, Miss Collins of 
 Michigan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Horn, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Ms. Danner, 
Mr. Blute, Mr. Quinn, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Bachus, 
Mr. Tucker, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Brewster, 
 Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Mascara, Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. LaHood, 
 Mr. Martini, and Mr. McHale) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

                             March 29, 1996

Additional sponsors: Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
                         Minge, and Mr. Weller

                             March 29, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           December 7, 1995]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 make grants to States for the purpose of financing the construction, 
rehabilitation, and improvement of water supply systems, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Supply Infrastructure 
Assistance Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To provide grants for establishment of State revolving 
        funds for the purpose of providing financial and technical 
        assistance for the construction, rehabilitation, and 
        improvement of water supply systems, including treatment to 
        remove pollutants from navigable waters for the purpose of 
        making such waters usable by water supply systems and for 
        source water quality protection programs.
            (2) To provide for administrative efficiencies through 
        implementation of this Act relying on existing mechanisms of 
        State water pollution control revolving loan fund programs 
        established pursuant to title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
        Control Act.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the 
requirements of title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f-300j-9), commonly referred to as the Safe Drinking Water Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Disadvantaged community.--The term ``disadvantaged 
        community'' means the service area of a water supply system 
        with respect to which the average annual residential charges 
        for a user of the water supply system meet affordability 
        criteria established by the State in which the water supply 
        system is located (after providing for public review and 
        comment) in accordance with guidelines to be established by the 
        Administrator, in cooperation with the States.
            (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
        meaning such term has under section 518 of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act and includes Alaska Native Villages and 
        former Indian reservations in Oklahoma.
            (4) Small water supply system.--The term ``small water 
        supply system'' means a water supply system that serves a 
        population of 10,000 or fewer.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means a State, the District 
        of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
        Islands.
            (6) Water supply system.--The term ``water supply system'' 
        means a system for the provision to the public of piped water 
        for human consumption if such system has at least 15 service 
        connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals and a 
        draw and fill system for the provision to the public of water 
        for human consumption. Such term does not include a for-profit 
        system that has fewer than 15 service connections used by year-
        round residents of the area served by the system or a for-
        profit system that regularly serves fewer than 25 year-round 
        residents and does not include a system owned by a Federal 
        agency. Such term includes (A) any collection, treatment, 
        storage, and distribution facilities under control of the 
        operator of such system and used primarily in connection with 
        such system, and (B) any collection or pretreatment facilities 
        not under such control that are used primarily in connection 
        with such system.

SEC. 5. GRANTS TO STATES.

    Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Administrator shall make 
grants to each State for the purpose of establishing a water supply 
infrastructure account in the State water pollution control revolving 
loan fund programs established pursuant to title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, if any, to provide assistance (1) for the 
construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of water supply systems, 
and (2) consistent with nonpoint source management programs established 
under section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, for 
source water quality protection programs to address pollutants in 
navigable waters for the purpose of making such waters usable by water 
supply systems.

SEC. 6. GRANT AGREEMENTS.

    (a) General Rule.--To receive a grant with funds made available 
under section 13, a State shall enter into an agreement with the 
Administrator which shall include, but not be limited to, the 
specifications set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
    (b) Specific Requirements.--The Administrator shall enter into an 
agreement under this section with a State only after the State has 
established to the satisfaction of the Administrator that--
            (1) the State will accept grant payments with funds to be 
        made available under this Act and will deposit all such 
        payments in the water supply infrastructure account established 
        by the State in accordance with this Act;
            (2) if the State has a water pollution control revolving 
        fund established in accordance with title VI of the Federal 
        Water Pollution Control Act, the State will establish the water 
        supply infrastructure account as a separate account in such 
        fund;
            (3) the State will deposit in the water supply 
        infrastructure account from State moneys an amount equal to at 
        least 20 percent of the total amount of all grants which will 
        be made to the State with funds to be made available under 
        section 13 on or before (A) the date on which each grant 
        payment will be made to the State under this Act (other than 
        sections 14 and 15), or (B) September 30, 1998, in the case of 
        grant payments made from funds appropriated for fiscal years 
        1995, 1996, and 1997;
            (4) the State will enter into binding commitments to 
        provide assistance in accordance with this Act in an amount 
        equal to 120 percent of the amount of each such grant payment 
        within 1 year after the receipt of such grant payment;
            (5) the State will not make available any assistance from 
        the account unless the State has first determined that the 
        applicant--
                    (A) has adopted or will adopt a system of charges, 
                policies, and procedures to ensure that recipients of 
                financial assistance from the account are reasonably 
                likely to repay the assistance and will have adequate 
                resources to pay the cost of operation and maintenance 
                (including replacement) of the water supply system; and
                    (B) has or will have legal, institutional, 
                technical, managerial, and financial capability to 
                ensure adequate construction, operation, and 
                maintenance of water supply systems throughout the 
                applicant's jurisdiction;
            (6) the State will take such action as may be necessary to 
        ensure that construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of a 
        water supply system undertaken with funds directly made 
        available by grants under section 5 are carried out in the most 
        cost-effective manner, as determined by the State;
            (7) the State will take such action as may be necessary to 
        ensure that, after construction, rehabilitation, and 
        improvement of a water supply system undertaken with funds 
        directly made available by grants under section 5, such system 
        will provide water supply services at the most economical cost, 
        including consideration of water conservation measures, as 
        determined by the applicant; and
            (8) the State will make annual reports to the Administrator 
        on the actual use of funds in accordance with section 606(d) of 
        the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

SEC. 7. INCORPORATION OF FWPCA BY REFERENCE.

    (a) General Rule.--The provisions of title VI of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act shall apply as provided in this Act to accounts 
established by States under this Act. For purposes of this Act, any 
reference to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and to any section 
thereof shall be treated as a reference to such Act or section as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Types of Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Section 603(d) of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act shall apply to accounts established by 
        States under this Act to the same extent and in the same manner 
        as such section applies to water pollution control revolving 
        funds under such Act.
            (2) Exceptions for disadvantaged communities.--
                    (A) Term of loan.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
                the repayment period referred to in section 
                603(d)(1)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
                for a loan made from a State water supply 
                infrastructure account to a disadvantaged community 
                shall be the lesser of 40 years or the expected life of 
                the project to be financed with the proceeds of the 
                loan and the date for full loan amortization referred 
                to in section 603(d)(1)(B) of such Act shall be the 
                date of the expiration of the term of the loan.
                    (B) Negative interest rates.--In any case in which 
                the State is making a loan from its water supply 
                infrastructure account to a disadvantaged community, 
                the State may charge a negative annual interest rate of 
                not to exceed 2 percent to reduce the unpaid principal 
                of the loan. The aggregate amount of all such negative 
                interest rate loans the State makes in a fiscal year 
                shall not exceed 20 percent of the funds in the water 
                supply infrastructure account of the State.
            (3) Exception for district of columbia and territories.--In 
        the case of a water supply infrastructure account established 
        by the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Pacific Trust Territories, or the Virgin Islands, the 
account may be used directly by the State for construction, 
rehabilitation, and improvement of a water supply system.
    (c) Corrective Action.--Section 605 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act shall apply to a State's agreement with the Administrator 
under this Act and to requirements of this Act to the same extent and 
in the same manner as such section applies to a State's agreement under 
section 602 of such Act and the requirements of title VI of such Act.
    (d) Audits, Reports, and Fiscal Controls.--Subsections (a), (b), 
(d), and (e) of section 606 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
shall apply to a State establishing an account under this Act and to 
such account to the same extent and in the same manner as such 
subsections apply to a State establishing a water pollution control 
revolving fund under title VI of such Act and to such fund.

SEC. 8. WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.

    (a) Requirements for Obligation of Grant Funds.--Before a State may 
receive a grant with funds made available under section 13, the State 
shall first establish a water supply infrastructure account which 
complies with the requirements of this Act.
    (b) Administrator.--Each State water supply infrastructure account 
shall be administered by an instrumentality of the State with such 
powers and limitations as may be required to operate such account in 
accordance with the requirements and purposes of this Act.
    (c) Projects Eligible for Assistance.--The amounts of funds 
available to each State water supply infrastructure account shall be 
used only for providing financial assistance (1) for construction, 
rehabilitation, and improvement of water supply systems, and (2) 
consistent with nonpoint source management programs established under 
section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and subject to 
subsection (d)(3), for source water quality protection programs to 
address pollutants in navigable waters for the purpose of making such 
waters usable by water supply systems. In addition, amounts in such 
account may be used to provide assistance to undertake feasible and 
appropriate changes in operations of the water supply system (including 
ownership, management, accounting, rates, maintenance, consolidation, 
alternative water supply, or other procedures) if the State determines 
that such measures are necessary to ensure adequate construction, 
operation, and maintenance of the water supply system. The account 
shall be established, maintained, and credited with repayments, and the 
account balance shall be available in perpetuity for providing such 
assistance.
    (d) Types of Assistance.--In addition to the types of assistance 
which may be made available under section 603(d) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act from a water supply infrastructure account of a 
State under this Act--
            (1) up to 2 percent of the funds in such account may be 
        used to provide technical assistance with respect to 
        construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of water supply 
        systems;
            (2) up to 10 percent of the funds in such account may be 
        used to provide technical and financial assistance described in 
        subsection (c)(2);
            (3) up to \1/4\ of the 10 percent set-aside under paragraph 
        (2) may be used to make grants to pay 50 percent of the cost of 
        the source water quality protection programs described in 
        subsection (c)(2); and
            (4) such account may be used to provide loan guarantees for 
        developing and implementing innovative technologies.
    (e) Acquisition of Lands.--Assistance provided with funds made 
available under section 13 may be used for the acquisition of lands and 
other interests in lands; however, nothing in this Act authorizes the 
acquisition of lands or other interests in lands from other than 
willing sellers.

SEC. 9. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.

    (a) Fiscal Year 1996.--Sums authorized to be appropriated pursuant 
to section 13 for fiscal year 1996 shall be allotted for such year by 
the Administrator not later than the 10th day which begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. Sums authorized for such fiscal year 
shall be allotted in accordance with the following table:

  States:
                                                           Percentages:
        Alabama............................................       0.98 
        Alaska.............................................       2.34 
        Arizona............................................       1.36 
        Arkansas...........................................       0.98 
        California.........................................       6.27 
        Colorado...........................................       1.35 
        Connecticut........................................       1.73 
        Delaware...........................................       0.63 
        District of Columbia...............................       0.52 
        Florida............................................       3.72 
        Georgia............................................       2.10 
        Hawaii.............................................       0.60 
        Idaho..............................................       1.13 
        Illinois...........................................       3.16 
        Indiana............................................       2.10 
        Iowa...............................................       1.36 
        Kansas.............................................       1.12 
        Kentucky...........................................       0.95 
        Louisiana..........................................       1.65 
        Maine..............................................       1.00 
        Maryland...........................................       1.42 
        Massachusetts......................................       1.15 
        Michigan...........................................       4.93 
        Minnesota..........................................       3.47 
        Mississippi........................................       1.32 
        Missouri...........................................       1.77 
        Montana............................................       1.19 
        Nebraska...........................................       1.02 
        Nevada.............................................       0.85 
        New Hampshire......................................       1.09 
        New Jersey.........................................       2.28 
        New Mexico.........................................       1.01 
        New York...........................................       4.90 
        North Carolina.....................................       3.80 
        North Dakota.......................................       0.76 
        Ohio...............................................       3.55 
        Oklahoma...........................................       1.41 
        Oregon.............................................       1.53 
        Pennsylvania.......................................       4.41 
        Rhode Island.......................................       0.61 
        South Carolina.....................................       1.18 
        South Dakota.......................................       0.82 
        Tennessee..........................................       1.01 
        Texas..............................................       5.81 
        Utah...............................................       0.87 
        Vermont............................................       0.81 
        Virginia...........................................       2.41 
        Washington.........................................       2.55 
        West Virginia......................................       0.98 
        Wisconsin..........................................       3.42 
        Wyoming............................................       0.81 
        American Samoa.....................................       0.18 
        Guam...............................................       0.17 
        Northern Marianas..................................       0.17 
        Puerto Rico........................................       0.81 
        Pacific Trust Territories..........................       0.17 
        Virgin Islands.....................................       0.31.
    (b) Fiscal Years 1997 Through 2000.--Sums authorized to be 
appropriated pursuant to section 13 for each of fiscal years 1997 
through 2000 shall be allotted by the Administrator in accordance with 
the relative needs of the States for construction, rehabilitation, and 
improvement of water supply systems and for source water quality 
protection programs described in section 5, as determined by the 
Administrator, in consultation with the States.
    (c) Reservation of Funds for Indian Tribes.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), 
        the Administrator shall reserve for each fiscal year not to 
        exceed 1.5 percent of the amount made available to carry out 
        section 13 for such fiscal year for the purpose of making 
        grants to Indian tribes for construction, rehabilitation, and 
        improvement of water supply systems.
            (2) Alaska native villages.--In the case of a grant under 
        this subsection for a project in an Alaska Native village, the 
        Administrator is also authorized to make grants to the State of 
        Alaska for the benefit of Native villages. An amount not to 
        exceed 4 percent of the grant amount may be used by the State 
        of Alaska for project management.
    (d) Allotment Period.--
            (1) Period of availability for grant award.--Sums allotted 
        to a State under this section for a fiscal year shall be 
        available for obligation by the State during the fiscal year 
        for which sums are authorized and during the following fiscal 
        year; except that for sums allotted in fiscal year 1996, such 
        period of availability shall be fiscal years 1996 through 1998.
            (2) Reallotment of unobligated funds.--The amount of any 
        allotment not obligated by the State by the last day of the 
        period of availability established by paragraph (1) shall be 
        immediately reallotted by the Administrator on the basis of the 
        same ratio as is applicable to sums allotted under this section 
        for the second fiscal year of such period. None of the funds 
        reallotted by the Administrator shall be reallotted to any 
        State which has not obligated all sums allotted to such State 
        in the first fiscal year of such period.

SEC. 10. INTENDED USE PLANS.

    (a) In General.--After providing for public review and comment, 
each State establishing a water supply infrastructure account under 
this Act shall annually prepare a plan that identifies the intended 
uses of the amounts in the account.
    (b) Contents.--An intended use plan shall include--
            (1) a list of the projects to be assisted in the first 
        fiscal year that begins after the date of the plan, including a 
        description of the project, the expected terms of financial 
        assistance, and the size of the service area;
            (2) a determination of the priority to be given to such 
        projects, taking into account the relative financial and other 
        needs for construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of 
        water supply systems and for source water quality protection 
        within the boundaries of the State;
            (3) the criteria and methods established for the 
        distribution of funds; and
            (4) a description of the financial status of the water 
        supply infrastructure account.

SEC. 11. NEEDS SURVEY.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator, in cooperation with the States 
and Indian tribes, shall make--
            (1) a detailed estimate, biennially revised, of the cost of 
        needed construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of water 
        supply systems in the States and Indian tribes and of the cost 
        of needed construction in each of the States and Indian tribes; 
        and
            (2) a comprehensive study of the economic impact on 
        affected units of government of the costs of installation of 
        water supply systems and parts thereof.
    (b) Submission to Congress.--The Administrator shall submit the 
detailed estimate and the comprehensive study of costs under subsection 
(a) to Congress no later than January 1, 1998, and January 1 of each 
even-numbered year thereafter. The Administrator shall also submit 
recommendations for allotment of funds under section 9 to the States 
based on such estimates and on such additional factors as the 
Administrator deems appropriate, including financial need. Whenever the 
Administrator, pursuant to this section, requests and receives an 
estimate of costs from a State, the Administrator shall furnish copies 
of such estimate together with such detailed estimate to Congress.

SEC. 12. BUY AMERICAN.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that a 
recipient of assistance under this Act should purchase American-made 
equipment and products.
    (b) Notice.--The Administrator shall provide to each recipient of 
assistance under this Act a notice describing the sense of Congress set 
forth in subsection (a).

SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act (other 
than sections 14 and 15)--
            (1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            (2) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (3) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            (4) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            (5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.

SEC. 14. TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCING ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Technical Assistance for Small Water Supply Systems.--
            (1) Grants.--The Administrator may make grants to States, 
        local governments, and nonprofit organizations to provide 
        technical assistance and training to owners and operators of 
        small water supply systems (including systems that utilize an 
        alternative treatment technology) to enable the systems to 
        achieve the purposes of this Act.
            (2) Dissemination of information.--The Administrator may 
        disseminate information to communities with respect to the 
        planning, design, construction, and operation of water supply 
        systems.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $13,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000. Such sums shall remain 
        available until expended.
    (b) Environmental Finance Centers.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall support the 
        network of university-based Environmental Finance Centers in 
        providing technical assistance to State and local officials to 
        enable water supply systems to meet the purposes of this Act.
            (2) Emphasis.--Assistance authorized under this subsection 
        shall be used by Environmental Finance Centers to increase the 
        capabilities of State and local officials to fund, operate, and 
        maintain water supply systems and source water quality 
        protection programs, as described in section 5 of this Act, 
        with greater involvement of private sector and public, non-
        Federal sector participants.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $2,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000. Such funds shall remain 
        available until expended.

SEC. 15. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATERSHEDS.

    (a) General Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator may provide technical 
        and financial assistance in the form of grants to States (A) 
        for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of water 
        supply systems, and (B) consistent with nonpoint source 
        management programs established under section 319 of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act, for source water quality 
        protection programs to address pollutants in navigable waters 
        for the purpose of making such waters usable by water supply 
        systems.
            (2) Limitation.--Not more than 30 percent of the amounts 
        appropriated to carry out this subsection in a fiscal year may 
        be used for source water quality protection programs described 
        in paragraph (1)(B).
            (3) Condition.--As a condition to receiving assistance 
        under this subsection, a State shall ensure that such 
        assistance is carried out in the most cost-effective manner, as 
        determined by the State.
            (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000. Such sums shall remain 
        available until expended.
    (b) New York City Watershed, New York.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator may provide technical 
        and financial assistance in the form of grants for a source 
        water quality protection program described in subsection (a) 
        for the New York City Watershed in the State of New York.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $15,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000. Such sums shall remain 
        available until expended.
    (c) Rural and Native Villages, Alaska.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator may provide technical 
        and financial assistance in the form of grants to the State of 
        Alaska for the benefit of rural and Alaska Native villages for 
        the development and construction of water systems to improve 
        conditions in such villages and to provide technical assistance 
        relating to construction and operation of such systems.
            (2) Consultation.--The Administrator shall consult the 
        State of Alaska on methods of prioritizing the allocation of 
        grants made to such State under this subsection.
            (3) Administrative expenses.--The State of Alaska may use 
        not to exceed 4 percent of the amount granted to such State 
        under this section for administrative expenses necessary to 
        carry out the activities for which the grant is made.
            (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $25,000,000. 
        Such sums shall remain available until expended.
    (d) Acquisition of Lands.--Assistance provided with funds made 
available under this section may be used for the acquisition of lands 
and other interests in lands; however, nothing in this Act authorizes 
the acquisition of lands or other interests in lands from other than 
willing sellers.
    (e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of activities for 
which grants are made under this section shall be 50 percent.
    (f) Condition on Authorizations of Appropriations.--An 
authorization of appropriations under this section shall be in effect 
for a fiscal year only if at least 75 percent of the total amount of 
funds authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year by section 13 
are appropriated.