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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2905

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the

cities of New York, Los Angeles, and San Diego, the county sanitation

districts of Los Angeles County, the municipality of metropolitan Seattle,

and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for the construction

of wastewater treatment works.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5, 1993

Mr. TUCKER (for himself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms.

CANTWELL, Mr. KREIDLER, Mr. HORN, and Mr. BERMAN) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works

and Transportation

A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the cities of New York, Los Angeles, and San Diego, the county sanitation districts of

Los Angeles County, the municipality of metropolitan

Seattle, and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for the construction of wastewater treatment works.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Cities Clean

3 Water Initiative of 1993’’.

4 SEC. 2. COASTAL CITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT

5 GRANTS.

6 Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

7 (33 U.S.C. 1361–1377) is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating section 519 as section 520;

9 and

10 (2) by inserting after section 518 the following

11 new section:

12 ‘‘SEC. 519. COASTAL CITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT

13 GRANTS.

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall make

15 grants to the cities of New York, New York, Los Angeles,

16 California, and San Diego, California, the county sanita17 tion districts of Los Angeles County, California, the mu18 nicipality of metropolitan Seattle, Washington, and the

19 Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for construct20 ing wastewater treatment works for the areas served by

21 each such entity.

22 ‘‘(b) APPORTIONMENT.—For each fiscal year, the

23 grants under this section shall be apportioned as follows:

24 the city of New York, $70,000,000; the city of Los Ange25 les, $50,000,000; the city of San Diego, $40,000,000; the

26 county sanitation districts of Los Angeles County,
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1 $50,000,000; the municipality of metropolitan Seattle,

2 $35,000,000; and the Massachusetts Water Resources Au3 thority, $100,000,000.

4 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a

5 project under subsection (a) shall not exceed 75 percent

6 of the cost of construction of the wastewater treatment

7 works. The non-Federal share may be satisfied by any

8 combination of public or private funds or in-kind services.

9 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—No funds appropriated to carry

10 out this section shall be used to expand the capacity of

11 the North River Waste Water Treatment Plant located in

12 New York, New York.

13 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

15 appropriated to carry out this section $345,000,000

16 for fiscal year 1994, $345,000,000 for fiscal year

17 1995, and $345,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.

18 ‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS.—Funds made

19 available under paragraph (1) shall be used to sup20 plement and not to supplant other amounts made

21 available under titles II and VI of this Act.’’.

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