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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5826 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the sewer 

overflow control grants program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2014 

Mr. PASCRELL 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 the sewer overflow control grants program, 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 Invest5 ment Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS. 

7 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

8 221(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

9 U.S.C. 1301(e)) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—A project 

2 that receives assistance under this section shall be carried 

3 out subject to the same requirements as a project that 

4 receives assistance from a State water pollution control 

5 revolving fund under title VI, except to the extent that 

6 the Governor of the State in which the project is located 

7 determines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent 

8 with the purposes of this section.’’. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The first 

10 sentence of section 221(f) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(f)) 

11 is amended by striking ‘‘$750,000,000’’ and all that fol12 lows before the period and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000 for 

13 fiscal year 2015, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, 

14 $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, $400,000,000 for fis15 cal year 2018, and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2019’’. 

16 (c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 221(g) of such 

17 Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(g)) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—Subject to subsection 

20 (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appro21 priated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2015 

22 for making grants to municipalities and municipal 

23 entities under subsection (a)(2) in accordance with 

24 the criteria set forth in subsection (b). 


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1 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THEREAFTER.— 

2 Subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall 

3 use the amounts appropriated to carry out this sec4 tion for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year there5 after for making grants to States under subsection 

6 (a)(1), in accordance with a formula to be estab7 lished by the Administrator, after providing notice 

8 and an opportunity for public comment, that allo9 cates to each State a proportional share of such 

10 amounts based on the total needs of the State for 

11 municipal combined sewer overflow controls and san12 itary sewer overflow controls identified in the most 

13 recent survey conducted pursuant to section 516.’’. 

14 (d) REPORTS.—Section 221(i) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 

15 1301(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘2017’’. 

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