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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5628 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain 

allotments under that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2020 

Mr. WALTZ (for himself and Mr. BROWN of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify 

certain allotments under that Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Water Allotment 

5 Modernization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOTMENTS UNDER FEDERAL 

7 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT. 

8 Section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

9 Act (33 U.S.C. 1285) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking the section designation and 

2 heading and all that follows through the end of sub3 section (a) and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 205. ALLOTMENTS. 

5 ‘‘(a) FISCAL YEARS 2021 AND THEREAFTER.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2021 and 

7 each fiscal year thereafter, of the amounts made 

8 available for the fiscal year, the Administrator shall 

9 make allotments to States and territories and pos10 sessions of the United States in accordance with this 

11 subsection. 

12 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEARS 2021 AND 2022.— 

13 ‘‘(A) CERTAIN TERRITORIES AND POSSES14 SIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this section, subject to subparagraph (C), for 

16 each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, of the 

17 amounts made available for the fiscal year, the 

18 Administrator shall initially provide under this 

19 subsection to each territory or possession of the 

20 United States (other than the Commonwealth 

21 of Puerto Rico) an allotment of not less than 

22 the allotment described in the following table: 

‘‘Territory or possession Allotment 

American Samoa ............................................................................. 0.004063

Guam .............................................................................................. 0.006328

Northern Mariana Islands .............................................................. 0.002250

Virgin Islands ................................................................................. 0.002358. 


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1 ‘‘(B) STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 

2 AND PUERTO RICO.—Notwithstanding any other 

3 provision of this section, subject to subpara4 graph (C), for each of fiscal years 2021 and 

5 2022, of the amounts made available for the 

6 fiscal year remaining after the allotments under 

7 subparagraph (A) are provided, each State, the 

8 District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

9 Puerto Rico shall receive an allotment under 

10 this subsection of not less than the allotment 

11 described in the following table: 

‘‘State Allotment 

Alabama .......................................................................................... 0.010697

Alaska ............................................................................................. 0.005000

Arizona ............................................................................................ 0.016651

Arkansas ......................................................................................... 0.005000

California ........................................................................................ 0.085481

Colorado .......................................................................................... 0.013329

Connecticut ..................................................................................... 0.011613

Delaware ......................................................................................... 0.005000

District of Columbia ....................................................................... 0.005001

Florida ............................................................................................ 0.091324

Georgia ............................................................................................ 0.013990

Hawaii ............................................................................................. 0.005897

Idaho ............................................................................................... 0.006140

Illinois ............................................................................................. 0.034437

Indiana ............................................................................................ 0.019873

Iowa ................................................................................................ 0.010305

Kansas ............................................................................................ 0.010519

Kentucky ......................................................................................... 0.014435

Louisiana ........................................................................................ 0.033232

Maine .............................................................................................. 0.005894

Maryland ......................................................................................... 0.029054

Massachusetts ................................................................................. 0.025852

Michigan ......................................................................................... 0.039307

Minnesota ....................................................................................... 0.017899

Mississippi ....................................................................................... 0.006992

Missouri .......................................................................................... 0.022532

Montana .......................................................................................... 0.005000

Nebraska ......................................................................................... 0.006313

Nevada ............................................................................................ 0.008674


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‘‘State Allotment 

New Hampshire .............................................................................. 0.007609

New Jersey ..................................................................................... 0.041644

New Mexico ..................................................................................... 0.005000

New York ........................................................................................ 0.084044

North Carolina ................................................................................ 0.020203

North Dakota ................................................................................. 0.005000

Ohio ................................................................................................ 0.042865

Oklahoma ........................................................................................ 0.009182

Oregon ............................................................................................ 0.011879

Pennsylvania ................................................................................... 0.030161

Puerto Rico ..................................................................................... 0.009931

Rhode Island ................................................................................... 0.005113

South Carolina ................................................................................ 0.007800

South Dakota .................................................................................. 0.005000

Tennessee ........................................................................................ 0.011061

Texas ............................................................................................... 0.047631

Utah ................................................................................................ 0.005000

Vermont .......................................................................................... 0.005000

Virginia ........................................................................................... 0.027382

Washington ..................................................................................... 0.015596

West Virginia .................................................................................. 0.011870

Wisconsin ........................................................................................ 0.020585

Wyoming ......................................................................................... 0.005000. 

1 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of this section, for each of fiscal 

3 years 2021 and 2022, the Administrator may 

4 not decrease the amount provided to any State 

5 or territory or possession of the United States 

6 under this section by more than— 

7 ‘‘(i) a percentage below the amount 

8 provided to the State or territory or pos9 session of the United States under this 

10 section for fiscal year 2019 that is equal to 

11 the percentage decrease in total funding 

12 under this section, as compared to that 

13 total funding for fiscal year 2019, if the 


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1 total funding remains below 95 percent of 

2 that fiscal year 2019 funding level; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) 5 percent below the amount pro4 vided to the State or territory or posses5 sion of the United States under this sec6 tion for fiscal year 2019, if the total 

7 amount of funding under this section re8 mains at or above 95 percent of that fiscal 

9 year 2019 funding level. 

10 ‘‘(3) ALLOTMENT UPDATES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

12 shall update the tables contained in paragraph 

13 (2) through application of the formula devel14 oped pursuant to subparagraph (B)— 

15 ‘‘(i) by not later than September 30, 

16 2022, to ensure updated allotments are in 

17 effect for fiscal year 2023; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) thereafter, by not later than 1 

19 year after the date of submission of any 

20 new clean watersheds needs survey and as21 sociated data under section 516(b)(1)(B). 

22 ‘‘(B) FORMULA.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

24 shall develop, by regulation, a formula for 

25 the calculation of allotments to States and 


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1 territories and possessions of the United 

2 States under this section, in accordance 

3 with clauses (ii) and (iii). 

4 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(I) BASES.—The formula under 

6 clause (i) shall be developed based 

7 on— 

8 ‘‘(aa) the State needs identi9 fied in the most recently available 

10 clean watersheds needs survey 

11 prepared by the Administrator 

12 under section 516(b)(1)(B); 

13 ‘‘(bb) the State population 

14 results of the most recent decen15 nial census; and 

16 ‘‘(cc) the most recently 

17 available water quality impair18 ment component ratio published 

19 by the Administrator for pur20 poses of this Act. 

21 ‘‘(II) WEIGHT.—In developing 

22 the formula under clause (i), the Ad23 ministrator shall give— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) 50 percent weight to 

2 the survey referred to in sub3 clause (I)(aa); 

4 ‘‘(bb) 30 percent weight to 

5 the census referred to in sub6 clause (I)(bb); and 

7 ‘‘(cc) 20 percent weight to 

8 the ratio referred to in subclause 

9 (I)(cc). 

10 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 

11 clause (ii), in developing the formula under 

12 this subparagraph, the Administrator may 

13 not increase the allotment to any State or 

14 territory or possession of the United States 

15 by more than 200 percent, or decrease the 

16 allotment to the State, territory, or posses17 sion by more than 25 percent, as compared 

18 to the allotment level established for the 

19 State or territory or possession of the 

20 United States under the previous for21 mula.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘shall not 

23 exceed 4 per centum. or $400,000 whichever amount 

24 is the greater’’ and inserting ‘‘shall not exceed the 

25 greater of 4 percent and $400,000’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘for this 

2 fiscal year.’’ and inserting ‘‘for that fiscal year.’’. 

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