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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1497 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 

water pollution control programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2019 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. KATKO) 

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 reauthorize certain water pollution control programs, 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 ‘‘Water Quality Protec5 tion and Job Creation Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

8 106(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

9 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

2 (1); 

3 (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of 

4 paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(3) such sums as may be necessary for each 

8 of fiscal years 1991 through 2019, and 

9 $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

10 2024;’’. 

11 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 106(e) of the 

12 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) 

13 is amended by striking ‘‘Beginning in fiscal year 1974 

14 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

15 SEC. 3. WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS. 

16 Section 122(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Con17 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1274(c)) is amended to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $120,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

22 2024.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER 

2 SOURCE PROJECTS. 

3 (a) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—Section 220(d) of 

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

5 1300(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redes6 ignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

7 (b) COMMITTEE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE.—Section 

8 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

9 U.S.C. 1300) is amended by striking subsection (e) and 

10 redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (e) 

11 through (i), respectively. 

12 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 220(h)(1) of the Federal 

13 Water Pollution Control Act (as redesignated by sub14 section (b) of this section) is amended by striking ‘‘or 

15 wastewater or by treating wastewater’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

16 wastewater, or stormwater or by treating wastewater or 

17 stormwater’’. 

18 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

19 220(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as re20 designated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended 

21 by striking ‘‘a total of $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 

22 through 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000 for each of fis23 cal years 2020 through 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MU2 NICIPAL GRANTS. 

3 Section 221(f)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 

4 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(f)(1)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 

6 SEC. 6. STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING 

7 FUNDS. 

8 Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

9 (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking section 607; 

11 (2) by redesignating section 608 as section 607; 

12 and 

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

14 ‘‘SEC. 608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

16 this title $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

17 through 2024.’’. 

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