[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3450 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3450

 To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
 to make grants to assist communities in complying with environmental 
 requirements, to authorize the use of penalty amounts collected under 
laws administered by the Environmental Protection Agency to finance the 
                    grants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2011

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
    to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Agriculture, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
 to make grants to assist communities in complying with environmental 
 requirements, to authorize the use of penalty amounts collected under 
laws administered by the Environmental Protection Agency to finance the 
                    grants, 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 ``Fairness in Negative Enforcement Act 
of 2011'' or the ``FINE Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may make grants to States and local governments for projects and 
activities to assist communities in complying with environmental 
requirements under laws administered by the Environmental Protection 
Agency.
    (b) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a State or local government shall submit to the Administrator 
an application that is in such form and contains such information as 
the Administrator may require.
    (c) Selection of Grant Recipients.--The Administrator shall select 
among applicants for grants under this section based on need.
    (d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project or 
activity carried out with grant funds received under this section shall 
be 75 percent.
    (e) Funding.--The Administrator shall make grants under this 
section using amounts made available from the EPA Compliance Trust Fund 
established under section 3.

SEC. 3. EPA COMPLIANCE TRUST FUND.

    (a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the ``EPA Compliance 
Trust Fund'' (in this section referred to as the ``Fund'').
    (b) Transfers to Trust Fund.--There is hereby appropriated to the 
Fund amounts equivalent to the amounts deposited in the general fund of 
the Treasury that are attributable to penalties collected under laws 
administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. The amounts to be 
transferred to the Fund under this subsection shall be determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    (c) Administration of Trust Fund.--The Administrator shall 
administer the EPA Compliance Trust Fund.
    (d) Use of Funds.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the 
Administrator, in amounts specified in appropriation Acts, for making 
grants under section 2.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    None of the funds made available to the Environmental Protection 
Agency for a fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act may be used to fund programs or activities that are carried out 
outside of the United States.
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