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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1232 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect and restore 

the Great Lakes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 26, 2013 

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

BROWN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. SCHUMER, and Ms. BALDWIN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect 

and restore the Great Lakes. 

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 ‘‘Great Lakes Ecological 

5 and Economic Protection Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES PROVISION MODIFICATIONS. 

7 (a) FINDINGS; PURPOSE.—Section 118(a) of the 

8 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)) 

9 is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) by striking subparagraph (B) and in3 serting the following: 

4 ‘‘(B) the United States should seek to at5 tain the goals embodied in the Great Lakes 

6 Restoration Initiative Action Plan, the Great 

7 Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy, and the 

8 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 

9 (including subsequent amendments); and’’; and 

10 (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, 

11 tribal,’’ after ‘‘State’’; 

12 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 

15 to achieve the goals established in the Great Lakes 

16 Restoration Initiative Action Plan, the Great Lakes 

17 Regional Collaboration Strategy, and the Great 

18 Lakes Water Quality Agreement through— 

19 ‘‘(A) improved organization and definition 

20 of mission on the part of the Agency; 

21 ‘‘(B) the funding of grants, contracts, and 

22 interagency agreements for protection, restora23 tion, and pollution control in the Great Lakes 

24 area; and 

25 ‘‘(C) improved accountability.’’; and 


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1 (3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(A) AGENCY.—The term ‘Agency’ means 

5 the Environmental Protection Agency. 

6 ‘‘(B) AREA OF CONCERN.—The term ‘area 

7 of concern’ means a geographic area located 

8 within the Great Lakes, in which beneficial uses 

9 are impaired and which has been officially des10 ignated as an area of concern under Annex 2 

11 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

12 ‘‘(C) GREAT LAKES.—The term ‘Great 

13 Lakes’ means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake 

14 Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Michi15 gan, and Lake Superior, and the connecting 

16 channels (Saint Mary’s River, Saint Clair River, 

17 Detroit River, Niagara River, and Saint Law18 rence River to the Canadian Border). 

19 ‘‘(D) GREAT LAKES MAYOR.—The term 

20 ‘Great lakes mayor’ means a mayor of a mu21 nicipality located in a Great Lakes State. 

22 ‘‘(E) GREAT LAKES REGIONAL COLLABO23 RATION STRATEGY.—The term ‘Great Lakes 

24 Regional Collaboration Strategy’ means the 

25 Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy to 


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1 Protect and Restore the Great Lakes, released 

2 on December 12, 2005, including any amend3 ments or updates thereafter. 

4 ‘‘(F) GREAT LAKES STATE.—The term 

5 ‘Great Lakes State’ means any of the States of 

6 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New 

7 York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 

8 ‘‘(G) GREAT LAKES SYSTEM.—The term 

9 ‘Great Lakes System’ means all the streams, 

10 rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water within 

11 the drainage basin of the Great Lakes. 

12 ‘‘(H) GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY

13 AGREEMENT.—The term ‘Great Lakes Water 

14 Quality Agreement’ means the Agreement on 

15 Great Lakes Water Quality, 1978, signed at 

16 Ottawa on November 22, 1978 (30 UST 1383; 

17 TIAS 9257), between the United States and 

18 Canada. 

19 ‘‘(I) POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY.— 

20 The term ‘potentially responsible party’ means 

21 an individual or entity that may be liable under 

22 any Federal or State authority that is being 

23 used or may be used to facilitate the cleanup 

24 and protection of the Great Lakes. 


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1 ‘‘(J) PROGRAM OFFICE.—The term ‘Pro2 gram Office’ means the Great Lakes National 

3 Program Office established by this section. 

4 ‘‘(K) REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN.—The term 

5 ‘Remedial Action Plan’ means a written docu6 ment that embodies a systematic and com7 prehensive ecosystem approach to restoring and 

8 protecting the beneficial uses of areas of con9 cern, in accordance with article VI and Annex 

10 2 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

11 ‘‘(L) SITE CHARACTERIZATION.—The term 

12 ‘site characterization’ means a process for mon13 itoring and evaluating the nature and extent of 

14 sediment contamination in accordance with the 

15 guidance of the Agency for the assessment of 

16 contaminated sediment in an area of concern lo17 cated wholly or partially within the United 

18 States.’’. 

19 (b) GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT.—Section 118(c) of 

20 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

21 1268(c)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘,;’’ 

24 and inserting a semicolon; 

25 (B) by striking subparagraph (E); 


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1 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

2 and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respec3 tively; 

4 (D) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig5 nated), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (E) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesig7 nated), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe8 riod; and 

9 (F) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) coordinate with the Great Lakes 

12 Interagency Task Force, as required under 

13 paragraph (8);’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘subpara15 graph (c)(1)(C) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘para16 graph (1)(D)’’; 

17 (3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(6) GREAT LAKES GOVERNANCE AND MANAGE20 MENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) GREAT LAKES ADVISORY BOARD.— 

22 ‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Adminis23 trator shall establish an advisory board, to 

24 be known as the ‘Great Lakes Advisory 

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1 tions to the Administrator on matters per2 taining to Great Lakes restoration and 

3 protection. 

4 ‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The Great 

5 Lakes Advisory Board shall be composed 

6 of not fewer than 12 and not more than 20 

7 members of whom— 

8 ‘‘(I) 1 shall be appointed by the 

9 Great Lakes Governors to represent 

10 the interests of all of the Great Lakes 

11 States; 

12 ‘‘(II) 1 shall be appointed by the 

13 Great Lakes mayors to represent the 

14 interests of local governments in the 

15 Great Lakes Region; 

16 ‘‘(III) 1 shall be from a Great 

17 Lakes tribal government; and 

18 ‘‘(IV) the remaining members 

19 shall be appointed by the Adminis20 trator and shall include, in a manner 

21 that ensures to the maximum extent 

22 practicable geographic representation 

23 of the Great Lakes basin, representa24 tives of or individuals affiliated with— 

25 ‘‘(aa) environmental groups; 


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1 ‘‘(bb) hunting, fishing, and 

2 conservation organizations; 

3 ‘‘(cc) businesses; 

4 ‘‘(dd) agricultural groups; 

5 ‘‘(ee) foundations; 

6 ‘‘(ff) environmental justice 

7 organizations; 

8 ‘‘(gg) academia; and 

9 ‘‘(hh) State, local, and tribal 

10 governments. 

11 ‘‘(iii) MEETINGS.—The Great Lakes 

12 Advisory Board shall meet not less fre13 quently than once every 180 days. 

14 ‘‘(iv) OPERATION.—The Great Lakes 

15 Advisory Board shall— 

16 ‘‘(I) operate on a collaborative 

17 basis; and 

18 ‘‘(II) seek input from a broad va19 riety of stakeholders. 

20 ‘‘(v) COSTS.—The members of the 

21 Great Lakes Advisory Board shall be al22 lowed travel expenses, including per diem 

23 in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized 

24 for employees of agencies under subchapter 

25 I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 


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1 Code, while away from their homes or reg2 ular places of business in the performance 

3 of services for the Board.’’; 

4 (4) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(7) GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIA7 TIVE.— 

8 ‘‘(A) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

9 ‘‘(i) the goal of the Great Lakes pro10 gram of the Agency is to restore and main11 tain the chemical, physical, and biological 

12 integrity of the Great Lakes basin eco13 system; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) in 2010, the Agency, in coordina15 tion with Federal partners, commenced im16 plementation of a new Great Lakes Res17 toration Initiative (referred to in this para18 graph as the ‘Initiative’), which is de19 signed— 

20 ‘‘(I) to identify programs and 

21 projects that are strategically se22 lected— 

23 ‘‘(aa) to target the most sig24 nificant environmental problems 


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1 in the Great Lakes ecosystem; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(bb) to implement the 

4 Great Lakes Regional Collabora5 tion Strategy; 

6 ‘‘(II) to be based on the work of 

7 the Great Lakes Interagency Task 

8 Force established by paragraph 

9 (8)(A); and 

10 ‘‘(III) to represent the commit11 ment of the Federal Government to 

12 significantly advancing Great Lakes 

13 protection and restoration. 

14 ‘‘(B) FOCUS AREAS.—The Initiative shall 

15 prioritize work done by non-Federal partners 

16 using funding made available for the Great 

17 Lakes for priority areas for each fiscal year, 

18 such as— 

19 ‘‘(i) the remediation of toxic sub20 stances and areas of concern; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the prevention and control of 

22 invasive species and the impacts of invasive 

23 species; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the protection and restoration of 

2 nearshore health and the prevention and 

3 mitigation of nonpoint source pollution; 

4 ‘‘(iv) habitat and wildlife protection 

5 and restoration, including wetlands res6 toration and preservation; and 

7 ‘‘(v) accountability, monitoring, eval8 uation, communication, and partnership 

9 activities. 

10 ‘‘(C) PROJECTS.—Pursuant to the Initia11 tive, the Agency shall consult with Federal 

12 partners, including the Great Lakes Inter13 agency Task Force, and take into consideration 

14 the recommendations of the Great Lakes Advi15 sory Board to select the best combination of 

16 programs and projects for Great Lakes protec17 tion and restoration using principles and cri18 teria such as— 

19 ‘‘(i) the ability to achieve strategic 

20 and measurable environmental outcomes 

21 that implement the Great Lakes Collabora22 tion Strategy and the Great Lakes Water 

23 Quality Agreement; 

24 ‘‘(ii) the feasibility of— 

25 ‘‘(I) prompt implementation; 


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1 ‘‘(II) timely achievement of re2 sults; and 

3 ‘‘(III) the ability to leverage re4 sources; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) opportunities for improved inter6 agency and inter-organizational coordina7 tion and collaboration to reduce duplication 

8 and streamline efforts. 

9 ‘‘(D) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Funds made avail11 able to carry out the Initiative shall be 

12 used to strategically implement— 

13 ‘‘(I) Federal projects; and 

14 ‘‘(II) projects carried out in co15 ordination with States, Indian tribes, 

16 municipalities, institutions of higher 

17 education, and other organizations. 

18 ‘‘(ii) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of 

19 amounts made available for environmental 

20 programs and management for the Great 

21 Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Adminis22 trator may— 

23 ‘‘(I) transfer not more than 

24 $475,000,000 to the head of any Fed25 eral department or agency, with the 


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1 concurrence of the department or 

2 agency head, to carry out activities to 

3 support the Initiative and the Great 

4 Lakes Water Quality Agreement; 

5 ‘‘(II) enter into an interagency 

6 agreement with the head of any Fed7 eral department or agency to carry 

8 out activities described in subclause 

9 (I); and 

10 ‘‘(III) make grants to govern11 mental entities, nonprofit organiza12 tions, institutions, and educational in13 stitutions for use in carrying out plan14 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, 

15 training, studies, surveys, investiga16 tions, experiments, demonstration 

17 projects, and implementation relating 

18 to the activities described in subclause 

19 (I). 

20 ‘‘(E) SCOPE.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Projects shall be 

22 carried out pursuant to the Initiative on 

23 multiple levels, including— 

24 ‘‘(I) local; 

25 ‘‘(II) Great Lakes-wide; and 


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1 ‘‘(III) Great Lakes basin-wide. 

2 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—No funds made 

3 available to carry out the Initiative may be 

4 used for any water infrastructure activity 

5 (other than a green infrastructure project 

6 that improves habitat and other ecosystem 

7 functions in the Great Lakes) for which 

8 amounts are made available from— 

9 ‘‘(I) a State water pollution con10 trol revolving fund established under 

11 title VI; or 

12 ‘‘(II) a State drinking water re13 volving loan fund established under 

14 section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

15 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 

16 ‘‘(F) ACTIVITIES BY OTHER FEDERAL

17 AGENCIES.—Each relevant Federal department 

18 and agency shall, to the maximum extent prac19 ticable— 

20 ‘‘(i) maintain the base level of funding 

21 for the Great Lakes activities of the agen22 cy; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) identify new activities and 

24 projects to support the environmental goals 

25 of the Initiative. 


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1 ‘‘(G) FUNDING.— 

2 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA3 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appro4 priated to carry out the Initiative 

5 $475,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

6 through 2018. 

7 ‘‘(ii) PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 

8 amounts made available to carry out the 

9 Initiative, the Administrator shall transfer 

10 expeditiously to the Federal partners of the 

11 Initiative such sums as are necessary for 

12 subsequent use and distribution by the 

13 Federal partners in accordance with this 

14 section.’’; 

15 (5) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(8) GREAT LAKES INTERAGENCY TASK

18 FORCE.— 

19 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF TASK FORCE.—In 

20 this paragraph, the term ‘Task Force’ means 

21 the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force estab22 lished under subparagraph (B). 

23 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab24 lished a task force, to be known as the ‘Great 

25 Lakes Interagency Task Force’ as described in 


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1 Executive Order 13340 (33 U.S.C. 1268 note), 

2 relating to the establishment of Great Lakes 

3 Interagency Task Force and promotion of re4 gional collaboration of national significance for 

5 Great Lakes. 

6 ‘‘(C) MEMBERSHIP.— 

7 ‘‘(i) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force 

8 shall be composed of— 

9 ‘‘(I) the Administrator, who shall 

10 serve as Chair; 

11 ‘‘(II) the Secretary of State; 

12 ‘‘(III) the Secretary of Agri13 culture; 

14 ‘‘(IV) the Secretary of Com15 merce; 

16 ‘‘(V) the Secretary of Housing 

17 and Urban Development; 

18 ‘‘(VI) the Secretary of Transpor19 tation; 

20 ‘‘(VII) the Secretary of Home21 land Security; 

22 ‘‘(VIII) the Secretary of the 

23 Army; 

24 ‘‘(IX) the Chair of the Council on 

25 Environmental Quality; and 


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1 ‘‘(X) the Secretary of Health and 

2 Human Services. 

3 ‘‘(ii) DELEGATION.—Any member of 

4 the Task Force may delegate any duty of 

5 the member of the Task force described in 

6 this paragraph to any person who— 

7 ‘‘(I) is a member of the depart8 ment, agency, or office of the member; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(II)(aa) is an officer of the 

11 United States appointed by the Presi12 dent; or 

13 ‘‘(bb) is a full-time employee 

14 compensated at a rate of pay not less 

15 than the minimum annual rate of 

16 basic pay for GS–15 under section 

17 5332 of title 5, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(D) COORDINATION AND ASSISTANCE.— 

19 The Program Office shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) coordinate, to the maximum ex21 tent practicable, with the Task Force; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) assist the Task Force with the 

23 performance of the functions of the Task 

24 Force. 


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1 ‘‘(E) DUTIES.—The Task Force, as a body 

2 or through member agencies, shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) collaborate with Canada, prov4 inces of Canada, and binational bodies in5 volved in the Great Lakes region regarding 

6 policies, strategies, projects, and priorities 

7 for the Great Lakes System; 

8 ‘‘(ii)(I) coordinate the development of 

9 Federal policies, strategies, projects, and 

10 priorities for addressing the restoration 

11 and protection of the Great Lakes System 

12 consistent with— 

13 ‘‘(aa) the Great Lakes Water 

14 Quality Agreement; 

15 ‘‘(bb) the Great Lakes Regional 

16 Collaboration Strategy; and 

17 ‘‘(cc) the Great Lakes Restora18 tion Initiative Action Plan; 

19 ‘‘(II) take into consideration any rec20 ommendations of the Great Lakes Advisory 

21 Board; and 

22 ‘‘(III) assist in the appropriate man23 agement of the Great Lakes System; 

24 ‘‘(iii) develop outcome-based goals for 

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1 ing data and science-based indicators of 

2 water quality, related environmental fac3 tors, and other information) that— 

4 ‘‘(I) focus on outcomes such as 

5 cleaner water, improved public health, 

6 sustainable fisheries, and biodiversity 

7 of the Great Lakes System; 

8 ‘‘(II) ensure that Federal poli9 cies, strategies, projects, and priorities 

10 support measurable results; and 

11 ‘‘(III) are consistent with the 

12 Great Lakes Regional Collaboration 

13 Strategy and the Great Lakes Res14 toration Initiative Action Plan; 

15 ‘‘(iv) exchange information regarding 

16 policies, strategies, projects, and activities 

17 of the agencies represented on the Task 

18 Force relating to— 

19 ‘‘(I) the Great Lakes System; 

20 ‘‘(II) the Great Lakes Water 

21 Quality Agreement; 

22 ‘‘(III) the Great Lakes Restora23 tion Initiative Action Plan; and 

24 ‘‘(IV) the Great Lakes Regional 

25 Collaboration Strategy; 


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1 ‘‘(v) coordinate government action as2 sociated with the Great Lakes System; 

3 ‘‘(vi) seek input from nongovern4 mental organizations, States, and local and 

5 tribal governments; 

6 ‘‘(vii) ensure coordinated scientific 

7 and other research associated with the 

8 Great Lakes System; 

9 ‘‘(viii) provide assistance and support 

10 to agencies represented on the Task Force 

11 in activities relating to the Great Lakes 

12 System; 

13 ‘‘(ix) after receipt of recommendations 

14 from the Great Lakes Advisory Board, es15 tablish annual priorities with respect to 

16 Great Lakes protection and restoration, 

17 consistent with priorities for the Great 

18 Lakes Collaboration Strategy and Great 

19 Lakes Water Quality Agreement; and 

20 ‘‘(x) not later than 1 year after the 

21 date of enactment of the Great Lakes Eco22 logical and Economic Protection Act of 

23 2013 and every 5 years thereafter— 

24 ‘‘(I) in coordination with the 

25 Great Lakes Governors, Great Lakes 


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1 mayors, tribal leaders, and nongovern2 mental organizations— 

3 ‘‘(aa) review the Great 

4 Lakes Regional Collaboration 

5 Strategy and the Great Lakes 

6 Restoration Initiative Action 

7 Plan; and 

8 ‘‘(bb) update and revise the 

9 Great Lakes Restoration Initia10 tive Action Plan— 

11 ‘‘(AA) to reflect the 

12 most comprehensive sci13 entific information available; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(BB) to improve the 

16 implementation of the Great 

17 Lakes Regional Collabora18 tion Strategy; and 

19 ‘‘(II) submit a report to Congress 

20 on what actions have and have not 

21 been implemented with respect to the 

22 recommendations made by— 

23 ‘‘(aa) the Great Lakes Advi24 sory Board; 


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1 ‘‘(bb) the Great Lakes may2 ors; 

3 ‘‘(cc) the Great Lakes Gov4 ernors; and 

5 ‘‘(dd) tribal leaders in Great 

6 Lakes States.’’; 

7 (6) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(10) REPORTS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE RESTORA11 TION REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

12 the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator 

13 shall submit to Congress and make publicly 

14 available a comprehensive report on the overall 

15 health of the Great Lakes that includes— 

16 ‘‘(i) a description of the achievements 

17 during the fiscal year in implementing the 

18 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and 

19 any other applicable agreements and 

20 amendments that— 

21 ‘‘(I) demonstrate, by category 

22 (including categories for judicial en23 forcement, research, State cooperative 

24 efforts, and general administration) 

25 the amounts expended on Great Lakes 


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1 water quality initiatives for the fiscal 

2 year; 

3 ‘‘(II) describe the progress made 

4 during the fiscal year in implementing 

5 the system of surveillance of the water 

6 quality in the Great Lakes System, in7 cluding the monitoring of groundwater 

8 and sediment, with a particular focus 

9 on toxic pollutants; 

10 ‘‘(III) describe the prospects of 

11 meeting the goals and objectives of 

12 the Great Lakes Water Quality Agree13 ment; and 

14 ‘‘(IV) provide a comprehensive 

15 assessment of the planned efforts to 

16 be pursued in the succeeding fiscal 

17 year for implementing the Great 

18 Lakes Water Quality Agreement and 

19 any other applicable agreements and 

20 amendments that— 

21 ‘‘(aa) indicate, by category 

22 (including categories for judicial 

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1 pated to be expended on Great 

2 Lakes water quality initiatives 

3 for the applicable fiscal year; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) include a report on 

5 programs administered by other 

6 Federal agencies that make re7 sources available for Great Lakes 

8 water quality management ef9 forts; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a detailed list of accomplish11 ments of the Great Lakes Restoration Ini12 tiative with respect to each organizational 

13 element of the Initiative and the means by 

14 which progress will be evaluated; 

15 ‘‘(iii) recommendations for stream16 lining the work of advisory and coordi17 nating committees (such as the Great 

18 Lakes Regional Collaboration and the 

19 United States Policy Committee), including 

20 a recommendation for eliminating any such 

21 entity if the work of the entity— 

22 ‘‘(I) is duplicative; or 

23 ‘‘(II) complicates the protection 

24 and restoration of the Great Lakes; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) with respect to each priority es2 tablished under paragraph (8)(E)(ix) dur3 ing the fiscal year, the reasons why the 

4 Administrator implemented, or did not im5 plement, the priorities and recommenda6 tions. 

7 ‘‘(B) CROSSCUT BUDGET.—Not later than 

8 45 days after the date of submission of the 

9 budget of the President to Congress, the Direc10 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in 

11 coordination with the Governor of each Great 

12 Lakes State and the Task Force, shall submit 

13 to Congress and make publicly available a fi14 nancial report, certified by the head of each 

15 agency that has budget authority for Great 

16 Lakes restoration activities, containing— 

17 ‘‘(i) an interagency budget crosscut 

18 report that— 

19 ‘‘(I) describes the budget pro20 posed, including funding allocations 

21 by each agency for the Great Lakes 

22 Restoration Initiative; 

23 ‘‘(II) identifies any adjustments 

24 from the budget request; 


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1 ‘‘(III) identifies the funding in 

2 any amount for each of the Federal 

3 agencies that carry out restoration 

4 and protection activities in the subse5 quent fiscal year, separately reporting 

6 the amount of funding to be provided 

7 under each law pertaining to the 

8 agency; 

9 ‘‘(IV) compares specific funding 

10 levels allocated for participating Fed11 eral agencies from fiscal year to fiscal 

12 year; and 

13 ‘‘(V) identifies all expenditures 

14 since fiscal year 2004 by the Federal 

15 Government and State governments 

16 for Great Lakes restoration activities; 

17 ‘‘(ii) a detailed accounting of all funds 

18 received and obligated by all Federal agen19 cies and, to the maximum extent prac20 ticable, State agencies using Federal 

21 funds, for Great Lakes restoration activi22 ties during the current and previous fiscal 

23 years; 

24 ‘‘(iii) a budget for the proposed 

25 projects (including a description of the 


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1 project, authorization level, and project 

2 status) to be carried out in the subsequent 

3 fiscal year with the Federal share of funds 

4 for activities; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) a listing of all projects to be un6 dertaken in the subsequent fiscal year with 

7 the Federal share of funds for activities.’’; 

8 and 

9 (7) in paragraph (12)(H), by striking clause (i) 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION.—In addition to 

12 other amounts authorized to be appro13 priated pursuant to this section, there are 

14 authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

15 this paragraph— 

16 ‘‘(I) $50,000,000 for each of fis17 cal years 2004 through 2010; and 

18 ‘‘(II) $150,000,000 for each of 

19 fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

21 118(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

22 U.S.C. 1268(h)) is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

24 (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, 

25 and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized’’; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM OFFICE.—There is authorized to 

6 be appropriated to the Program Office to carry out 

7 this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

8 2014 through 2018.’’. 

9 (d) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section 

10 or an amendment made by this section affects— 

11 (1) the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives 

12 of— 

13 (A) any department, agency, or officer 

14 of— 

15 (i) the Federal Government; or 

16 (ii) any State or tribal government; or 

17 (B) any international body established by 

18 treaty with authority relating to the Great 

19 Lakes (as defined in section 118(a)(3) of the 

20 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

21 1268(a)(3))); or 

22 (2) any other Federal or State authority that is 

23 being used or may be used to facilitate the cleanup 

24 and protection of the Great Lakes (as so defined). 

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