[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6465 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6465

To authorize the incorporation of water quality improvement partnership 
    programs into Federal Water Pollution Control Act NPDES permit 
                   programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2016

   Mr. Duncan of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the incorporation of water quality improvement partnership 
    programs into Federal Water Pollution Control Act NPDES permit 
                   programs, 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. WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.--Section 402 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Water Quality Improvement Partnerships.--A permit program 
administered under this section may incorporate a water quality 
improvement partnership program that, consistent with the requirements 
of this Act, encourages investment by publicly owned treatment works 
and municipal separate storm sewer systems in watershed-based projects 
to improve water quality.''.
    (b) Water Quality Standards and Implementation Plans.--Section 303 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Watershed-Based Restoration Work.--Water quality improvement 
partnerships established pursuant to section 402(s) may be used by 
publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer 
systems to attain and maintain water quality standards, consistent with 
the requirements of this Act.''.
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