[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 878 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 878

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit grants for 
    the national estuary program to be used for the development and 
implementation of a comprehensive conservation and management plan, to 
  reauthorize appropriations to carry out the program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 1999

   Mr. Torricelli (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
  Moynihan, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. 
    Murray) 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 permit grants for 
    the national estuary program to be used for the development and 
implementation of a comprehensive conservation and management plan, to 
  reauthorize appropriations to carry out the 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. NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM.

    (a) Grants.--Section 320(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) 
and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Purposes.--Grants under this subsection shall be made 
        to pay for assisting activities necessary for the development 
        and implementation of a comprehensive conservation and 
        management plan under this section.
            ``(3) Federal share.--The Federal share of a grant to any 
        person (including a State, interstate, or regional agency or 
        entity) under this subsection for a fiscal year--
                    ``(A) shall not exceed--
                            ``(i) 75 percent of the annual aggregate 
                        costs of the development of a comprehensive 
                        conservation and management plan; and
                            ``(ii) 50 percent of the annual aggregate 
                        costs of the implementation of the plan; and
                    ``(B) shall be made on condition that the non-
                Federal share of the costs are provided from non-
                Federal sources.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 320(i) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(i)) is amended by striking 
``$12,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1987, 1988, 
1989, 1990, and 1991'' and inserting ``$50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2000 through 2004''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on October 1, 1999.
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