[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3670 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3670

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
              Great Lakes program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2000

 Mr. Oberstar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
              Great Lakes program, 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. GRANTS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AT AREAS OF CONCERN.

    Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Grants to improve water quality at areas of 
        concern.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator may make 
                grants to States, Indian tribes (as defined in section 
                518), interstate agencies, and local governments for 
                projects to improve water quality at areas of concern.
                    ``(B) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost 
                of a project carried out with amounts from grants made 
                available under this paragraph shall not exceed 60 
                percent.
                    ``(C) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition 
                to other amounts authorized under this section, there 
                is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                paragraph $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 
                through 2005.''.

SEC. 2. PROJECTS TO IMPROVE DEGRADED FRESH WATER ESTUARY HABITAT.

    Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1268(c)) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) Projects to improve degraded fresh water estuary 
        habitat.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator may undertake 
                (either directly or by making grants or entering into 
                cooperative agreements) projects to improve degraded 
                fresh water estuary habitat (including both physical 
                and functional restoration) for the purpose of 
                attaining self-sustaining systems integrated into the 
                surrounding landscape.
                    ``(B) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost 
                of a project carried out under this paragraph shall not 
                exceed 65 percent.
                    ``(C) Fresh water estuary defined.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `fresh water estuary' means all or 
                part of the mouth of a river or stream or other body of 
                water having an unimpaired natural connection with a 
                Great Lake and within which the water from the Great 
                Lake is measurably diluted with water from land 
                drainage.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The first sentence of section 118(h) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(h)) is amended to read as follows: ``There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this 
section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''.

SEC. 4. LABOR STANDARDS.

    Section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1268) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Labor Standards.--The Administrator shall take such actions 
as may be necessary to ensure that, for purposes of section 513, 
construction funded using amounts from grants made available under this 
section will be treated in the same manner and subject to the same 
terms and conditions as construction of treatment works funded using 
amounts from grants made available under title II.''.
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