[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3906 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3906

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish a stormwater infrastructure funding task force, 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 ``Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING TASK FORCE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall establish a stormwater infrastructure funding 
task force composed of representatives of Federal, State, and local 
governments and private (including nonprofit) entities to conduct a 
study on, and develop recommendations to improve, the availability of 
public and private sources of funding for the construction, 
rehabilitation, and operation and maintenance of stormwater 
infrastructure to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
    (b) Considerations.--In carrying out subsection (a), the task force 
shall--
            (1) identify existing Federal, State, and local public 
        sources and private sources of funding for stormwater 
        infrastructure; and
            (2) consider--
                    (A) how funding for stormwater infrastructure from 
                such sources has been made available, and utilized, in 
                each State to address stormwater infrastructure needs 
                identified pursuant to section 516(b)(1) of the Federal 
                Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375(b)(1));
                    (B) how the source of funding affects the 
                affordability of the infrastructure (as determined 
                based on the considerations used to assess the 
                financial capability of municipalities under the 
                integrated planning guidelines described in the 
                Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning 
                Approach Framework, issued by the Environmental 
                Protection Agency on June 5, 2012, and dated May, 
                2012), including consideration of the costs associated 
                with financing the infrastructure; and
                    (C) whether such sources of funding are sufficient 
                to support capital expenditures and long-term operation 
                and maintenance costs necessary to meet the stormwater 
                infrastructure needs of municipalities.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that 
describes the results of the study conducted, and the recommendations 
developed, under subsection (a).
    (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362).

            Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3906

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish a stormwater infrastructure funding task force, and for other 
                               purposes.