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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4187 

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to make modifications to the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection 

program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 2, 2009 

Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. HOYER, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. CASTLE, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, and Mr. HOLDEN) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 

to make modifications to the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program. 

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

3 SECTION 1. CHESAPEAKE BAY ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORA4 TION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 510(a)(1) of the Water 

6 Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘pilot’’. 


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1 (b) IN-KIND SERVICES; TREATMENT OF CERTAIN

2 FUNDS.—Section 510(d)(2) of such Act (110 Stat. 3760) 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(C) IN-KIND SERVICES.—The non-Federal 

5 share of the project costs of a local cooperation 

6 agreement entered into under this section may 

7 include in-kind services. 

8 ‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.— 

9 Funds provided by a Federal department or 

10 agency other than the Corps of Engineers for a 

11 project under this section shall be treated as 

12 non-Federal funds for purposes of cost sharing 

13 requirements under this subsection.’’. 

14 (c) PROJECTS.—Section 510(f) of such Act (110 

15 Stat. 3760) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(f) PROJECTS.—The Secretary may carry out 

17 projects under this section in the Chesapeake Bay water18 shed, with the goal of carrying out projects in— 

19 ‘‘(1) the States of Delaware, New York, Mary20 land, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the District of Columbia.’’. 

22 (d) SMALL WATERSHED GRANTS.—Section 510 of 

23 such Act (110 Stat. 3759) is amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 

25 subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(h) SMALL WATERSHED GRANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab5 lish a program, to be administered by the National 

6 Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to provide small wa7 tershed grants for technical and financial assistance 

8 to local governments and nonprofit organizations in 

9 the Chesapeake Bay region. 

10 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A local government or 

11 nonprofit organization that receives a grant under 

12 paragraph (1) shall use funds from the grant only 

13 for implementation of cooperative tributary basin 

14 and other Chesapeake Bay-wide strategies that ad15 dress storm water management or the establishment, 

16 restoration, protection, or enhancement of natural 

17 habitat associated with the Chesapeake Bay eco18 system.’’. 

19 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

20 510(j) of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1) 

21 of this section) is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 

23 (f) RESTORATION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY ECO24 SYSTEM.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 the Army shall develop at Federal expense and sub4 mit to Congress a comprehensive plan to prioritize 

5 projects within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, in6 cluding projects in the Anacostia, Elizabeth, James, 

7 Patapsco, Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahannock, Sus8 quehanna, and York River basins. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall— 

10 (A) focus on integrating existing and po11 tential future work of the Corps of Engineers; 

12 (B) be developed in consultation with the 

13 Chesapeake Bay Program under section 117 of 

14 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

15 U.S.C. 1267); and 

16 (C) encompass all actions of the Corps of 

17 Engineers that are necessary to assist in the 

18 implementation of the goals of the Chesapeake 

19 Bay Agreement, an interstate agreement among 

20 the Administrator, the Chesapeake Bay Com21 mission, the District of Columbia, and the 

22 States of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, 

23 as determined by the Secretary. 


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1 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this subsection $1,000,000. 

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