[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3539 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3539

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant 
       program to assist in the restoration of San Francisco Bay.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2010

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) 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 establish a grant 
       program to assist in the restoration of San Francisco Bay.

    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 ``San Francisco Bay Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 123. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Grant Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator may provide grants to 
        State and local agencies, and public or nonprofit agencies, 
        institutions, and organizations, for ecosystem restoration 
        projects and habitat improvement for fish, waterfowl, and 
        wildlife, in accordance with the priorities described in the 
        comprehensive management plan for the San Francisco estuary 
        developed under section 320.
            ``(2) Maximum amount of grants; non-federal share.--
                    ``(A) Maximum amount of grants.--A grant provided 
                to any individual or entity under this section for a 
                fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 
                percent of the total cost of eligible activities that 
                are to be carried out using funds from the grant.
                    ``(B) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
                the total cost of any eligible activities that are 
                carried out using funds from a grant provided under 
                this section shall be--
                            ``(i) not less than 50 percent; and
                            ``(ii) provided from non-Federal sources.
    ``(b) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out 
        this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 2011 through 2020.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the amount made 
        available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 
        Administrator shall use not more than 5 percent to pay 
        administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this 
        section.''.
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