[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1429 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1429

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
                        Chesapeake Bay Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2017

Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
                        Chesapeake Bay Program.

    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 ``Chesapeake Bay Program 
Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM.

    Section 117 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1267) is amended by striking subsection (j) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for 
fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available 
until expended.''.
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