[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2458 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2458

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require a certain 
  percentage of funds appropriated for revolving fund capitalization 
       grants be used for green projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2019

 Ms. Mucarsel-Powell introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require a certain 
  percentage of funds appropriated for revolving fund capitalization 
       grants be used for green projects, 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 ``Water Infrastructure Sustainability 
and Efficiency Act'' or the ``WISE Act''.

SEC. 2. CAPITALIZATION GRANTS.

    Section 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1382(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) beginning on the date of enactment of this 
        paragraph, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project 
        applications and with respect to any funds for capitalization 
        grants made available in any appropriations Act that the State 
        receives, the State will use not less than 20 percent of such 
        funds for projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
        energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally 
        innovative activities.''.
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