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[H.R. 4275 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 234
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4275

                          [Report No. 116-291]

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
 Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2019

 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Richmond) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

                           November 14, 2019

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 10, 2019]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
 Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, 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. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION PROGRAM 
              REAUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Review of Comprehensive Management Plan.--Section 121 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) ensure that the comprehensive conservation and 
        management plan approved for the Basin under section 320 is 
        reviewed and revised in accordance with section 320 not less 
        often than once every five years, beginning on the date of 
        enactment of this paragraph.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``recommended by a 
        management conference convened for the Basin under section 
        320'' and inserting ``identified in the comprehensive 
        conservation and management plan approved for the Basin under 
        section 320''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 121(e)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1273(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``, a 5,000 
square mile''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 121(f) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1273(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2001 through 2012 and 
        the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for each of fiscal 
        years 2013 through 2017'' and inserting ``2020 through 2024''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Administrative expenses.--The Administrator may use 
        for administrative expenses not more than 5 percent of the 
        amounts appropriated to carry out this section.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 234

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 4275

                          [Report No. 116-291]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
 Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 14, 2019

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed