[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5870 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5870

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
   establish a grant program to facilitate land acquisitions made to 
             improve water quality, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2016

    Mr. Murphy of Florida (for himself and Mr. Clawson of Florida) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
   establish a grant program to facilitate land acquisitions made to 
             improve water quality, 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 ``Federal Partnership for Clean Water 
Land Acquisition Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CLEAN WATER LAND ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall establish a program to facilitate land 
acquisitions made for the purpose of improving water quality.
    (b) Grant Authority.--In carrying out the program established under 
subsection (a), the Administrator may make a grant, in accordance with 
this section, to any State.
    (c) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under subsection (b), 
a State shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, 
in such form, and containing such information as the Administrator may 
require.
    (d) Grant Use.--A State may use grant amounts provided under 
subsection (b) only--
            (1) to acquire private land; and
            (2) if the acquisition of the land will substantially 
        improve, as determined by the Administrator, water quality for 
        an area (including by means of water storage, water treatment, 
        estuary restoration, or ecosystem restoration).
    (e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the costs of any land 
acquisition assisted with a grant under subsection (b) shall not exceed 
50 percent.
    (f) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' means any 
governmental entity of the several States, the District of Columbia, or 
a territory or possession of the United States.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator for each fiscal year $750,000,000 to 
carry out this section.
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