[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Sullivan, and Mrs. 
        Fischer):
  S. 2586. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under 
that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2586

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. STATE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERMITS UNDER 
                   FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.

       Section 404(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
     (33 U.S.C. 1344(g)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking 
     ``In addition, such State'' and inserting the following:
       ``(B) Requirement.--In submitting a proposal to the 
     Administrator under subparagraph (A), the State'';
       (2) by striking the subsection designation and all that 
     follows through ``The Governor'' in the first sentence of 
     paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(g) State Administration.--
       ``(1) State permit program.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Governor''; and
       (3) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Applications by certain state departments of 
     transportation.--
       ``(i) In general.--A State department of transportation 
     that has assumed the responsibilities of the Secretary of 
     Transportation under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) under the surface 
     transportation project delivery program under section 327 of 
     title 23, United States Code, may apply to the Administrator 
     to administer an individual and general permit program under 
     subparagraph (A) with respect to highway projects subject to 
     that assumption of responsibility.
       ``(ii) Treatment.--For the purpose of this subsection, a 
     reference to a State shall be deemed to include a State 
     department of transportation described in clause (i).''.
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