[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3481 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3481

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Federal 
                responsibility for stormwater pollution.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2010

  Mr. Cardin 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 clarify Federal 
                responsibility for stormwater pollution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STORMWATER POLLUTION.

    Section 313 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1323) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Federal Responsibility for Stormwater Pollution.--Reasonable 
service charges described in subsection (a) include reasonable fees or 
assessments made for the purpose of stormwater management in the same 
manner and to the same extent as any nongovernmental entity.
    ``(d) No Treatment as Tax or Levy.--A fee or assessment described 
in this section--
            ``(1) shall not be considered to be a tax or other levy 
        subject to an assertion of sovereign immunity; and
            ``(2) may be paid using appropriated funds.''.
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