[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1751 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1751

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 for the municipal 
          construction grant program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2001

  Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
  Bonior, Mr. Frank, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Engel, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Boucher, 
Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
 DeLauro, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Clement, Mr. John, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
Allen, Mr. Levin, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Lewis 
 of Georgia, Mr. Holden, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. 
    Solis, and Mr. Kildee) 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 authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 for the municipal 
          construction grant 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Infrastructure Improvement Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.

    Section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1281(g)(1)) is amended by striking the period at the end of the 
first sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of 
the last sentence and inserting the following: ``and for any purpose 
for which a grant may be made under sections 319(h) and 319(i) of this 
Act (including any innovative and alternative approaches for the 
control of nonpoint sources of pollution).''.

SEC. 3. ALLOTMENT.

    (a) Formula.--Section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1285(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Fiscal years 2002 through 2006.--Sums authorized to 
        be appropriated pursuant to section 207 for each of fiscal 
        years 2002 through 2006 shall be allotted by the Administrator 
        not later than the 10th day which begins after the date of 
        enactment of this paragraph among the States in accordance with 
        regulations issued by the Administrator in the ratio that the 
        estimated cost of construction of all needed publicly owned 
        treatment works in each State bears to the estimated cost of 
        construction of all needed publicly owned treatment works in 
        all of the States.''.
    (b) Minimum Percentage.--Section 205(e) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
1285(e)) is amended by striking ``and 1990'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006''.
    (c) Set-Aside for Innovative and Alternative Projects.--Section 
205(i) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1285(i)) is amended by striking ``1990'' 
each place it appears and inserting ``2006''.
    (d) Marine Estuary Reservation.--Section 205(l)(1) of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 1285(l)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Fiscal years 2002 through 2006.--For each of 
                fiscal years 2002 through 2006, the reservation shall 
                be 1\1/2\ percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to 
                section 207 for such fiscal year.''.
    (e) Discretionary Deposits.--Section 205(m)(1) of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 1285(m)(1)) is amended by inserting ``and ending before October 
1, 2001,'' after ``1986,''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 207 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1287) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``; and $5,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
2006.''.
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