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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1132 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant 

program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2019 

Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. ESHOO, 

Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Ms. 

LEE of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 

Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San 

Francisco Bay. 

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 ‘‘San Francisco Bay 

5 Restoration Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PRO2 GRAM. 

3 Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

4 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 124. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PRO7 GRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL PRIORITY LIST.—The term ‘an10 nual priority list’ means the annual priority list com11 piled under subsection (b). 

12 ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The term ‘com13 prehensive plan’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) the comprehensive conservation and 

15 management plan approved under section 320 

16 for the San Francisco Bay estuary; and 

17 ‘‘(B) any amendments to that plan. 

18 ‘‘(3) ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘Es19 tuary Partnership’ means the San Francisco Estu20 ary Partnership, the entity that is designated as the 

21 management conference under section 320. 

22 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM OFFICE.— 

23 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator 

24 shall establish in the Environmental Protection 

25 Agency a San Francisco Bay Program Office. The 


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1 Office shall be located at the headquarters of region 

2 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

3 ‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.—The Ad4 ministrator shall appoint a Director of the Office, 

5 who, by reason of management experience and tech6 nical expertise relating to the San Francisco Bay, 

7 shall be highly qualified to support the development 

8 and implementation of projects, programs, and stud9 ies necessary to implement the comprehensive plan. 

10 ‘‘(3) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY; STAFFING.— 

11 The Administrator shall delegate to the Director 

12 such authority and provide such staff as may be nec13 essary to carry out this section. 

14 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL PRIORITY LIST.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After providing public no16 tice, the Administrator shall annually compile a pri17 ority list identifying and prioritizing the activities, 

18 projects, and studies intended to be funded with the 

19 amounts made available under subsection (c). 

20 ‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—The annual priority list 

21 compiled under paragraph (1) shall include the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(A) Activities, projects, or studies, includ24 ing restoration projects and habitat improve25 ment for fish, waterfowl, and wildlife, that adVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Feb 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1132.IH H1132

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1 vance the goals and objectives of the approved 

2 comprehensive plan for— 

3 ‘‘(i) water quality improvement; 

4 ‘‘(ii) wetland, riverine, and estuary 

5 restoration and protection; 

6 ‘‘(iii) nearshore and endangered spe7 cies recovery; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) adaptation to climate change. 

9 ‘‘(B) Information on the activities, 

10 projects, programs, or studies specified under 

11 subparagraph (A), including a description of— 

12 ‘‘(i) the identities of the financial as13 sistance recipients; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the communities to be served. 

15 ‘‘(C) The criteria and methods established 

16 by the Administrator for selection of activities, 

17 projects, and studies. 

18 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the pri19 ority list under paragraph (1), the Administrator 

20 shall consult with and consider the recommendations 

21 of— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Estuary Partnership; 

23 ‘‘(B) the State of California and affected 

24 local governments in the San Francisco Bay es25 tuary watershed; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the San Francisco Bay Restoration 

2 Authority; and 

3 ‘‘(D) any other relevant stakeholder in4 volved with the protection and restoration of 

5 the San Francisco Bay estuary that the Admin6 istrator determines to be appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(d) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 320, 

9 the Administrator may provide funding through co10 operative agreements, grants, or other means to 

11 State and local agencies, special districts, and public 

12 or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organiza13 tions, including the Estuary Partnership, for activi14 ties, studies, or projects identified on the annual pri15 ority list. 

16 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS; NON-FED17 ERAL SHARE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 

19 Amounts provided to any individual or entity 

20 under this section for a fiscal year shall not ex21 ceed an amount equal to 75 percent of the total 

22 cost of any eligible activities that are to be car23 ried out using those amounts. 

24 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non25 Federal share of the total cost of any eligible 


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1 activities that are carried out using amounts 

2 provided under this section shall be— 

3 ‘‘(i) not less than 25 percent; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) provided from non-Federal 

5 sources. 

6 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 

7 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad9 ministrator to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 

10 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

11 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the 

12 amount made available to carry out this section for 

13 a fiscal year, the Administrator shall use not more 

14 than 5 percent to pay administrative expenses in15 curred in carrying out this section. 

16 ‘‘(3) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FUNDING.— 

17 Nothing in this section limits the eligibility of the 

18 Estuary Partnership to receive funding under sec19 tion 320(g). 

20 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION.—No amounts made avail21 able under subsection (c) may be used for the ad22 ministration of a management conference under sec23 tion 320. 

24 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN.—The President, as 

25 part of the annual budget submission of the President 


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1 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

2 submit information regarding each Federal department 

3 and agency involved in San Francisco Bay protection and 

4 restoration, including— 

5 ‘‘(1) a report that displays for each Federal 

6 agency— 

7 ‘‘(A) the amounts obligated in the pre8 ceding fiscal year for protection and restoration 

9 projects, programs, and studies relating to the 

10 San Francisco Bay; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the proposed budget for protection 

12 and restoration projects, programs, and studies 

13 relating to the San Francisco Bay; and 

14 ‘‘(2) a description and assessment of the Fed15 eral role in the implementation of the comprehensive 

16 plan and the specific role of each Federal depart17 ment and agency involved in San Francisco Bay pro18 tection and restoration, including specific projects, 

19 programs, and studies conducted or planned to 

20 achieve the identified goals and objectives of the 

21 comprehensive plan.’’. 

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