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Union Calendar No. 30 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1921 

[Report No. 117–47] 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake 

Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2021 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MAY 28, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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

3 SECTION 1. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION 

4 PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 

5 (a) REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT

6 PLAN.—Section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution Con7 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

10 and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe12 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(7) ensure that the comprehensive conserva15 tion and management plan approved for the Basin 

16 under section 320 is reviewed and revised in accord17 ance with section 320 not less often than once every 

18 5 years, beginning on the date of enactment of this 

19 paragraph.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘recommended 

21 by a management conference convened for the Basin 

22 under section 320’’ and inserting ‘‘identified in the 

23 comprehensive conservation and management plan 

24 approved for the Basin under section 320’’. 


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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 121(e)(1) of the Federal 

2 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1273(e)(1)) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘, a 5,000 square mile’’. 

4 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 121(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

6 U.S.C. 1273(f)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2001 

8 through 2012 and the amount appropriated for fis9 cal year 2009 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 

10 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Ad13 ministrator may use for administrative expenses not 

14 more than 5 percent of the amounts appropriated to 

15 carry out this section.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 30 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1921 

[Report No. 117–47] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

Restoration Program, and for other purposes. to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin 

MAY 28, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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