[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4245 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4245

 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide assistance relating 
 to water resource protection and development in Pennsylvania, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide assistance relating 
 to water resource protection and development in Pennsylvania, 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 ``Comprehensive Water Resource 
Development Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army may establish a program 
to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the 
State of Pennsylvania.
    (b) Assistance.--
            (1) Management plans.--The Secretary may develop watershed 
        and sub-watershed management plans to identify problems, and 
        projects to address those problems, for purposes of receiving 
        assistance under this section.
            (2) Projects.--The Secretary may provide assistance under 
        this section for projects identified in--
                    (A) management plans developed under this section; 
                or
                    (B) such other management plans as the Secretary 
                determines are appropriate.
            (3) Form of assistance.--The Secretary may provide 
        assistance under this section in the form of design and 
        construction assistance for water-related environmental 
        infrastructure, resource protection and development, flood 
        damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration projects in 
        Pennsylvania, including projects for--
                    (A) wastewater treatment and related facilities;
                    (B) water supply and related facilities;
                    (C) ecosystem restoration; and
                    (D) surface water resource protection and 
                development.
    (c) Partnership Agreements.--Before providing assistance under this 
section, the Secretary shall enter into a partnership agreement with a 
non-Federal interest to provide for design and construction of the 
project to be carried out with such assistance.
    (d) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of a project 
        carried out under this section shall be 75 percent.
            (2) In-kind services.--The non-Federal share of such cost 
        may be provided in the form of in-kind services, including 
        planning, design, construction, and management services, that 
        the Secretary determines to be compatible with, and necessary 
        for, the project.
            (3) No cost sharing for management plan.--The Federal share 
        of the cost of a management plan developed under subsection 
        (b)(1) shall be 100 percent.
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