[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3750 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3750

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include certain 
   inland lakes within a coastal water monitoring and grant program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2010

 Mr. Brown of Ohio 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 include certain 
   inland lakes within a coastal water monitoring and grant program.

    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 ``Safe Water Intensive Monitoring 
Act'' or the ``SWIM Act''.

SEC. 2. INLAND LAKES.

    Section 406 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1346) is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(i) Inland Lakes.--For fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Administrator shall develop monitoring and notification 
criteria in accordance with subsection (a), and provide grants in 
accordance with subsection (b), for such inland lakes that are 
designated by States for swimming and that have public beaches as the 
Administrator, in consultation with affected State, local, and tribal 
governments, determines to be appropriate, taking into consideration--
            ``(1) the size of the inland lakes;
            ``(2) the annual number of visitors to the inland lakes;
            ``(3) identified harmful algal blooms in the inland lakes, 
        including cyanobacteria, or other known pathogens; and
            ``(4) the potential health and economic impacts of poor 
        water quality of the inland lakes with respect to affected 
        communities, individuals, fish, and wildlife.
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter--
            ``(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), to provide 
        grants under subsection (b), including implementation of 
        monitoring and notification programs by the Administrator under 
        subsection (h), $30,000,000; and
            ``(2) to carry out subsection (i), $10,000,000.''.
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