[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 569 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 569

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
           appropriations for sewer overflow control grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2007

   Mr. Pascrell (for himself, Mr. Camp of Michigan, and Mr. Capuano) 
 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 sewer overflow control grants.

    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 Quality Investment Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS.

    (a) Administrative Requirements.--Section 221(e) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(e)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(e) Administrative Requirements.--A project that receives 
assistance under this section shall be carried out subject to the same 
requirements as a project that receives assistance from a State water 
pollution control revolving fund under title VI, except to the extent 
that the Governor of the State in which the project is located 
determines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent with the 
purposes of this section.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--The first sentence of section 
221(f) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(f)) is amended by striking ``this 
section $750,000,000'' and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ``this section $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, 
$550,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, 
and $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2013''.
    (c) Allocation of Funds.--Section 221(g)(2) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
1301(g)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Allocation of Funds.--Subject to subsection (h), the 
Administrator shall use the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
section for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter for making 
grants to municipalities and municipal entities under subsection 
(a)(2), in accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (b).''.
    (d) Reports.--The first sentence of section 221(i) of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 1301(i)) is amended by striking ``2003'' and inserting ``2010''.
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