[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 169 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1128. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title IV of division C, insert 
     the following:


                         chesapeake bay program

       Sec. 4__.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     division, the amount made available for Geographic Programs 
     under the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' 
     under the heading ``ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'' under 
     title II shall be increased by $9,000,000 to provide 
     additional funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program (as defined 
     in section 117(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
     (33 U.S.C. 1267(a)), of which--
       (1) $1,500,000 shall be for additional nutrient and 
     sediment removal grants, as described in the report 
     accompanying this Act;
       (2) $1,500,000 shall be for additional small watershed 
     grants to control polluted runoff from urban, suburban, and 
     agricultural lands, as described in the report accompanying 
     this Act; and
       (3) $6,000,000 shall be for State-based implementation in 
     the most effective basins.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, 
     funds made available for Operations and Administration under 
     the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' under 
     the heading ``ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'' under title 
     II in the report accompanying this Act shall be reduced by 
     $9,000,000.
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