109 HR 2129 IH: Great Lakes Environmental Protection and Restoration Programs Reauthorization Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-05-05
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1.This Act may be cited as Great Lakes Environmental Protection and Restoration Programs Reauthorization Act
.
2.For purposes of this Act, the term Great Lakes
means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior, and the connecting channels (Saint Mary’s River, Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, and Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian Border).
<enum>I</enum><header>Funding reauthorizations</header>
<section id="H6BF832E1AC084269BAAFAA2435BED180"><enum>101.</enum><header>Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 506(g) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-22">42 U.S.C. 1962d–22</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0267E7C704DE4DBC834C413B7FDABE2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H841BB06F0F6E49D1A2A9CEA1B4B0AC9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H627DEF4526A7422F912700A04021E757"><enum>(2)</enum><text>There are authorized to carry out paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H573B1AEAD2594081B603693F3E77012D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65E76013B53B4A2BB8D1ADDC50B293BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D2945C8733946210042BE1D58BA6F40"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E4463105B8349E0B84269CA953232BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1710F374A9B7439A9FA3598130E64710"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBC066D60A6284F2CB427A3E34E3D3933"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$110,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HA6AA08A358704230B0C3A6C2125F83B"><enum>102.</enum><header>Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268nt">33 U.S.C. 1268nt</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB201579B79C5418594DC057F00A51FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H32527ECA5A054CB600E305018F52023"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H39EE3957E13448D9BF64ECAB77E00063"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FBDD871DF8C440BB642CE86001EC95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H488A14B5180E49B9BBF175A13D5E4B66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BD075BF057E431188E5542645C3321"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E53116D59FE43D1B03E1E7221007E66"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59C0314C50354AD69C5DA81F786789A3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H8494BFE6B3E34EBBA4DEEA4D1799C22"><enum>103.</enum><header>Sediment management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 516(g) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326b">33 U.S.C. 2326b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC201022994464E5AB234581FE08D3F00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A042E10719E4D45A9CDB3B776007DE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9E60776FFC654EA5A3C6181DB5CA23BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Great lakes tributary model</header><text>In addition to any amounts made available under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (e) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H99228B3DB6984CB0A6B0BAD826CAD87" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>104.</enum><header>Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 1240P of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-3">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–3</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H76FC7736803E423E95A787BEBF896B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the program the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="H362AC926D0B549968FEA8E96CA4F3ECA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99620193288648088770543D2DE81D30"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20170A6D81C541CE9DF6F8D76577F1B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DBF7F818DF54EF3ADB7E63D036CCA90"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DA1FECAD91842359EA2DD385CDAA0FE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1B099EBE1B74B8DAF46EC00FE7B34E1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HE025CDE9D278454591C33C0331418DF7"><enum>105.</enum><header>Great Lakes legacy act</header>
<subsection id="H64D7A6A271DB414DA049004B0071F896"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern</header><text>Clause (i) of section 118(c)(12)(H) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HA07AB543EC164523B7E64752DCC3085"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to other amounts authorized under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E0D38C8124E44579B43DD5441FCAF00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7D36C0661EE47F1B4CFF625900C100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE8FFFB5000645B3A0282E04A3EEED7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C65BDCC6CB14CBDBEEDD1B44D8F68EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85F4DB0FBE574FBA879F0020371C16A4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A484D8D1312424983214B32D1BEDC36"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HE25A4754F8E04A75A2BFB6AFBCF0A3C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Research and development program</header><text>Section 106(b)(1) of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1271a">33 U.S.C. 1271a(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2F1A8A8F5644499EAC20134CD223A769"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H44867DBE0B7E4CD800B24496F437A337"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCB38272CE6240D193FDD626C96351F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA11DCA97229420FA1ADFCCBDEB62286"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2011</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H5E53644814B845C0891B427074B221A4"><enum>106.</enum><header>Great lakes national program office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (h) of section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(h)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H7CBCEE8651E2475AB500343BB9AD878"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HC59383DC87514F648056B492C5AACA5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D755DA6594F482A831849219152859E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28A40F663E2A4C9F8559C56859132BBE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4CAA5A5238A4B858EC1CE4058AD9876"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76FF68FE8B734682AB29FA5C93EFA61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$140,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A243876ABA14AFA9125F0947740F2E4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$190,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H45789FE2F3564BE796CB0800315E8EDE" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>107.</enum><header>Department of the Interior programs relating to Great Lakes fisheries restoration</header>
<subsection id="H02E8DC5E6FDB4D86B49CA1A7106F636E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To develop and implement proposals for restoring fish and wildlife resources in the Great Lakes Basin under the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/941">16 U.S.C. 941 et seq.</external-xref>), and to encourage cooperative conservation, restoration, and management of fish and wildlife resources and their habitats under such Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior—</text>
<paragraph id="H45571D58832A44A8B78C6E26A2762BC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for activities of the Great Lakes Coordination Office—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC469EDF36E824C749DADB706DCEAC8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$4,000,000 for fiscal years 2006 and 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A7521253DBA4DEBB3CCF6F0D8E4EDA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 and 2009; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B7DB7EE9E204778865FF525229CB1B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,000,000 for fiscal years 2010 and 2011; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA43D7DF694044DEE924225A6547EB116"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement proposals for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5CB08EB0AEF41038F64A8B88B42A7D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC709D0F8EC364FA784D9C45DB2BA73DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H098DE302B02F42E389CDACEFBFC72600"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H551C45EA63304440B716B59DFBCBF33"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61400717508642BF8D5DCA0385AC55E3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE960436CEE34F3085B32F5F11FB31D5"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H258D18EBB9AB468597CDEAF70700B617"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lower Great Lakes Fisheries Research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To coordinate and fund programs for research on fisheries and ecosystems in the Lower Great Lakes under the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/941">16 U.S.C. 941 et seq.</external-xref>), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior—</text>
<paragraph id="H36CDE05BA61246029E6F879C917E72B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the activities of the Great Lakes Coordination Office, the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office, and the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38B595C05C064B7CAD6964F5D91798E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4EC1527A778840BBB5DE8CC4FF47AE01" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13A1BE1C11F5490DAFD05BD0E42C3DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED08580B13224CD396DF007FF498D7C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for implementation of fish and wildlife restoration research—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2694BF5D414476389DD7638E0A3ABF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7450AC4684424F488E8225D4002C66B1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3044E9425854441F8333F199E6E5C67" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A5FA8CDB7974B0EAE138740414F5BAB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7959A98862684B07B342D02E72727E62" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Research program</header>
<section id="H3536F403B1954969916500FFEA4C39D3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Research reauthorizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF2313F16552C435EB1DD91FBF8007944"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H44A94EC12D674A6881D65CC01803B6D2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Research and management coordination</header>
<paragraph id="H3B22C0FED02240BDBECA6107FCD4051"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Joint plan</header><text>Before October 1 of each year, the Program Office and the Research Office shall prepare and submit to the Executive Committee of the Regional Collaboration a joint research plan for the fiscal year which begins in the following calendar year. The plan shall be transmitted to Congress at the time of transmission of the President’s annual budget request.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B4DCEA5D64B456FB13430AE1245A3E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of plan</header><text>Each plan prepared under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BC3F193E47245F79DC6D8016200719C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify all proposed research dedicated to activities conducted under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978, as amended by the Water Quality Agreement of 1987, and any other agreements and amendments;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF775F55EF4247DA9BB63BB92C5EE3CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the Regional Collaboration’s assessment of priorities for research needed to fulfill the terms of such Agreement; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB02066010C144C7CB1A5811512F89580"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify all proposed research that may be used to develop a comprehensive environmental data base for the Great Lakes System and establish priorities for development of such data base. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HC1B57EADE89145DD9CC8D335C6F0061" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Great Lakes Science Center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, for use by the Great Lakes Science Center, to carry out research activities that advance scientific knowledge and provide scientific information for restoring, enhancing, managing, and protecting the living marine resources and habitats in the Great Lakes basin ecosystem the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H31489B1A0E5E4FAA80A05B1C9660D8B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87C4579F097D45E6BE88A33163C900B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H261054DF6AF548A7B667DDB785001261"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H3479C62004B54641A6080950BEFB6CD6" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>203.</enum><header>Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory</header>
<subsection id="H5C8B808FE4964F0D848CF0027324F5E4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a) </enum><header>Authorizations</header><text>Section 118(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(h)</external-xref>) is amended —</text>
<paragraph id="H77F4CD8C0E584ADCA05690AFD2AF4BEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, for use by the Research Office,</quote> after <quote>Administrator</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H050DAA6358124B229F8D597C207502D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E3E3CF6745841629C699CAD1CAB3966"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD3E45AA2596243C8981F50DE656C1AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D10BA46FC5547C993A8C6D05100838B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15989F26D7A548879F4F7E50FDF9AF60"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BB0D6AB6AA44FBFBA8FEDC1638C63C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DB1AAEE29C8497C9E191273A0C1A372"><enum>(7)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC70214D7A30B45F288378592005C3D04"><enum>(8)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B86171C53C646C097897F5246E2D6F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAC5241ECFE724440A199CC8AA4B3918" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Section 118(d)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Laboratory may provide grants for such research and monitoring activities.</quote>. </text></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>State revolving funds for clean water</header>
<section id="H0088EB6F93DA43E88200B6B9BB62B6B"><enum>301.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></section>
<section id="H273EE64A639E47DB83309B87D73C7735"><enum>302.</enum><header>Technical assistance</header>
<subsection id="H54B4E379929C47369DFD48FF4FB4657D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical assistance for rural and small treatment works</header><text>Section 104(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1254">33 U.S.C. 1254(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE8D83FFF880407DAFC12D9B9ECC6737"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63833E07EEEF45A1906C00E932DB7DF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4EF824FE8E8C45CC9BDF00B4FEED1096"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H19B5DA08DC1C46A8B8F3A38DF5F2D500"><enum>(8)</enum><text>make grants to nonprofit organizations—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE64648DC070547F69004226176EBCF82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance to rural and small municipalities for the purpose of assisting, in consultation with the State in which the assistance is provided, such municipalities in the planning, developing, and acquisition of financing for wastewater infrastructure assistance;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B57AF560A3742E0A118B548F6E5B8F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to capitalize revolving loan funds for the purpose of providing loans, in consultation with the State in which the assistance is provided, to rural and small municipalities for predevelopment costs associated with wastewater infrastructure projects or short-term costs incurred for equipment replacement that is not part of regular operation and maintenance activities for existing wastewater systems, subject to the conditions that any loan from the fund will be made at a below market interest rate, for a term not to exceed 10 years, and in an amount not to exceed $100,000 and that all loan repayments will be credited to the fund;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D9F0AEB828F4B788FDC2F9FDBFF614"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance and training for rural and small publicly owned treatment works and decentralized wastewater treatment systems to enable such treatment works and systems to protect water quality and achieve and maintain compliance with the requirements of this Act; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28EF3F137AE44E2F88D8EE1F00F49B2D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to disseminate information to rural and small municipalities and municipalities that meet the affordability criteria established pursuant to section 603(i)(2) by the State in which the municipality is located with respect to planning, design, construction, and operation of publicly owned treatment works and decentralized wastewater treatment systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0AC343ECEC3C46AB9E506DCB2C55BDED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 104(u) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1254">33 U.S.C. 1254(u)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F206CDC53B24139AD16426D678C7BB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(6)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA33D7D24E3874F3A00E24341BEC29777"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>; and (7) not to exceed $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 for carrying out paragraphs (3) and (8) of subsection (b), except that not less than 20 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this paragraph in a fiscal year shall be used for carrying out paragraph (8) of subsection (b) and not more than one-third of the amount used in a fiscal year for carrying out paragraph (8) of subsection (b) may be used to carry out subparagraph (B) of that paragraph</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0E3BAA5DD5074BC799A27C1976ABC37C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Competitive procedures for awarding grants</header><text>Section 104 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1254">33 U.S.C. 1254(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HF08C338D52B04280AE9C9BBE7384EEBB"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Competitive procedures for awarding grants</header><text>The Administrator shall establish procedures that, to the maximum extent practicable, promote competition and openness in the award of grants to nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations under this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H94D54052F8DF435DA92BD1C8256B1513"><enum>303.</enum><header>Sewer overflow control grants</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1301">33 U.S.C. 1301</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HE846B0D33C484BC4905800759E314329"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Financially distressed community defined</header><text>In subsection (b), the term <quote>financially distressed community</quote> means a community that meets affordability criteria established pursuant to section 603(i)(2) by the State in which the community is located under section 603(i)(2).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H23A05122E111406994BA15BCC4B2921"><enum>304.</enum><header>Water pollution control revolving loan funds</header>
<subsection id="HF29DBD4DBA324AED81E056F68759C1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extended payment period</header><text>Section 603(d)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H262129F3300949C7881B28CF9C2B673"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>20 years</quote> and inserting <quote>the lesser of 30 years or the design life of the project to be financed with the proceeds of the loan</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H729AE683CA624D2BBF8F95EB2680046"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>not later than 20 years after project completion</quote> and inserting <quote>upon the expiration of the term of the loan</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1BC1D714963F478B96A261B2105B1FC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and planning assistance for small systems</header><text>Section 603(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H081E8D31FDC8495399C862FFA81DC9EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H181B8F4702A344ACB8AEA98920FFEB36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB23D52F390E74663B19D9E73B9114643"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H6AAC8F3B32064A8FBB3B1C0500C4EEE9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to provide owners and operators of small treatment works (for a municipality or intermunicipal interstate or State agency that is seeking assistance under this title and serves a population of 20,000 or fewer) with technical and planning assistance and assistance in financial management, user fee analysis, budgeting, capital improvement planning, facility operation and maintenance, repair schedules, and other activities to improve wastewater treatment plant management and operations; except that such amounts shall not exceed 2 percent of grant awards to such fund under this title.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA328F11655294CFEBAA04FFBF9843EAD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional subsidization</header><text>Section 603 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H6ECD529C193A43BFAD8219D806D3A860"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional subsidization</header>
<paragraph id="H97F471F814744941B13100C390FBA6A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any case in which a State provides assistance to a municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency under subsection (d), the State may provide additional subsidization, including forgiveness of principal and negative interest loans—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB9C91AD622184F08AC44A8D31746C3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to benefit a municipality that—</text>
<clause id="H0AE6DC6F08B04D30A5CFA171FCDA2633"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the State’s affordability criteria established under paragraph (2); or</text></clause>
<clause id="H7831DAB3F1EF454CB0CB07DE6C689292"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not meet the State’s affordability criteria if the recipient—</text>
<subclause id="H80E4EC35A15645B0A36FF10D2D018E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>seeks additional subsidization to benefit individual ratepayers in the residential user rate class;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCBAE7BD5C12146F1B7D632F4718FC00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>demonstrates to the State that such ratepayers will experience a significant hardship from the increase in rates necessary to finance the project or activity for which assistance is sought; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF60D5DDDDA1C4713BFDFAC3F93CB61CA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensures, as part of an assistance agreement between the State and the recipient, that the additional subsidization provided under this paragraph is directed through a user charge rate system (or other appropriate method) to such ratepayers; or</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H98047304F6F849A7A077464DFF1905DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to implement alternative processes, materials, and techniques (including nonstructural protection of surface waters, new or improved methods of waste treatment, and pollutant trading) that may result in cost savings or increased environmental benefit when compared to standard processes, materials, and techniques.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H659248AE3A19428B87E4BC2039058BA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Affordability criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="H582C49F2874646A7BD46A3388CF43400"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>On or before September 30, 2006, and after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, a State shall establish affordability criteria to assist in identifying municipalities that would experience a significant hardship raising the revenue necessary to finance a project or activity eligible for assistance under section 603(c)(1) if additional subsidization is not provided. Such criteria shall be based on income data, population trends, and other data determined relevant by the State.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54DFF6DC74854D2483C500E1F2C20072"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Existing criteria</header><text>If a State has previously established, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, affordability criteria that meet the requirements of subparagraph (A), the State may use the criteria for the purposes of this subsection. For purposes of this Act, any such criteria shall be treated as affordability criteria established under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC556CD89E04340BD8F005300F43F8BCC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Information to assist states</header><text>The Administrator may publish information to assist States in establishing affordability criteria described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E38EEF50C8747D5AF2EDA09A81F7DED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>A State may give priority to a recipient for a project or activity eligible for funding under section 603(c)(1) if the recipient meets the State’s affordability criteria.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DBC1773243A4BDCA83B904900D02FBC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Set-aside</header>
<subparagraph id="HCE657CB71F454BB1A959AE1085F5D2F0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any fiscal year in which the Administrator has available for obligation more than $1,400,000,000 for the purposes of carrying out this title, a State shall provide additional subsidization under this subsection in the amount specified in subparagraph (B) to eligible entities described in paragraph (1) for projects and activities identified in the State’s intended use plan prepared under section 606(c) to the extent that there are sufficient applications for such assistance.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAC191385DED4D6684939DFFEE1C00E5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>In a fiscal year described in subparagraph (A), a State shall set aside for purposes of subparagraph (A) an amount not less than 25 percent of the difference between—</text>
<clause id="H031F5CC382A443EDAAD5A5E060006C74"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount that would have been allotted to the State under section 604 for such fiscal year if the amount available to the Administrator for obligation under this title for such fiscal year was equal to $1,400,000,000; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE97AA859F07D4E33B28D4C04AF495BA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total amount allotted to the State under section 604 for such fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC6CD900B0234C0689C17EA6AA30E9C2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total amount of additional subsidization provided under this subsection by a State may not exceed 30 percent of the total amount of capitalization grants received by the State under this title in fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2005.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H52A107A4D32945BF94A3F4E5BAA3499D"><enum>305.</enum><header>Allotment of funds</header>
<subsection id="H77B571CFC8FF40CA9ED203CD3FBBE5B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 604(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1384">33 U.S.C. 1384(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HFE5C5B5B047A429692C8D9397C404000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allotments</header>
<paragraph id="H98FF7A5BA74941D18D3B8EC7E6E94C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2005 and 2006</header><text>Sums appropriated to carry out this title for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006 shall be allotted by the Administrator in accordance with the formula used to allot sums appropriated to carry out this title for fiscal year 2004.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53ADEAAE2AD5473FBB59F1F1926B001C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2007 and thereafter</header><text>Sums appropriated to carry out this title for fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be allotted by the Administrator as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5D0BB49427D42E2B62EA1EF480158A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Amounts that do not exceed $1,350,000,000 shall be allotted in accordance with the formula described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4AE0B7B4F764C6EB69EA3B73C48C020"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Amounts that exceed $1,350,000,000 shall be allotted in accordance with the formula developed by the Administrator under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HEFB8D7D575B9473F94B55547D2745446"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Planning assistance</header><text>Section 604(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1384">33 U.S.C. 1384(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>2 percent</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC4CA8479E2B242D3A856E3B2B14E1555"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Formula</header><text>Section 604 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1384">33 U.S.C. 1384</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HA230DC48BD8A4070A93685F2561F8BB1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Formula based on water quality needs</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2006, and after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, the Administrator shall publish an allotment formula based on water quality needs in accordance with the most recent survey of needs developed by the Administrator under section 516(b).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H6927D306603D4B47AEA3D1A1971E2483"><enum>306.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 607 is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9CBC9AFC277240AF93F306A56FE427FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33111EDDADFA4C469F2DF33391D163FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1046A5B47F0A4385ACA45189046699DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72125152F1884E019DD739AA6377A9E9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE90CB295C4764BEC83370264B11E00BC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$6,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Interagency coordination</header>
<section id="HA06E3A5137B44DBE0008F8E6CB5D33CD"><enum>401.</enum><header>Task force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is a Great Lakes Interagency Task Force within the Environmental Protection Agency, as originally established by Executive Order No. 13340. In addition to the duties described in the Executive Order, such Task Force shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C29315EE5DF486987DC43C001ABEE5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that program and project implementation is coordinated, effective, and cost-efficient; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7558FF67DA864CEE9994E09CE99F59E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work in cooperation on the development of budgets regarding the Great Lakes for the annual submissions by the President to Congress of the budget of the United States.</text></paragraph></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Framework for great lakes regional collaboration</header>
<section id="H896103E86EBE43338C00B8B4F79C3E00"><enum>501.</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is a Framework for the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, a document signed and endorsed on December 3, 2004, by several members of the Great Lakes Governors, Great Lakes Mayors, the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, tribal leaders, and members of the Great Lakes Congressional Delegation. The duties of such Collaboration include—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D2BB7B3CF3C40A19F4645000093C661"><enum>(1)</enum><text>developing a restoration and protection strategy to inform future program implementation funding decisions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BE0F167FBB64D798964A938AB480820"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serving as a forum for addressing near-term regional issues related to ecosystem restoration and protection; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD90ADD1BDE84ECA008CA5A6AAE10645"><enum>(3)</enum><text>creating an oversight forum to coordinate and enhance implementation of the strategy.</text></paragraph></section>