[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1651 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1651

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to create a 
designation for property owners who take actions to reduce nutrient and 
   sediment runoff into the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2011

 Mr. Sarbanes 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 create a 
designation for property owners who take actions to reduce nutrient and 
   sediment runoff into the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 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 ``Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    Section 117(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1267(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Designation program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of the Save the Chesapeake Bay 
                Homeowner Act of 2011, the Administrator shall develop 
                and implement the `Save the Chesapeake Bay Home' 
                designation program.
                    ``(B) Designation requirement.--The program under 
                subparagraph (A) shall designate a property owner in 
                the Chesapeake Bay watershed as a participant in such 
                program if the property owner performs a specified 
                number of items from a list of actions developed by the 
                Administrator to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff 
                into the Chesapeake Bay.
                    ``(C) Total maximum daily load credit.--The 
                Administrator shall determine an appropriate amount of 
                credit for compliance with total maximum daily load 
                requirements to award to a State or their designee 
                based on the number of property owners in the 
                jurisdiction who have received a designation under the 
                program.''.
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