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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 895 

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

overflow control grants program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2009 

Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. CAMP) 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. 

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 2009’’. 

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 2010, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, 

14 $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, $400,000,000 for fis15 cal year 2013, and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014’’. 

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 2010.—Subject to subsection 

20 (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appro21 priated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2010 

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 2011 AND THEREAFTER.— 

2 Subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall 

3 use the amounts appropriated to carry out this sec4 tion for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year there5 after for making grants to States under subsection 

6 (a)(1) in accordance with a formula to be established 

7 by the Administrator, after providing notice and an 

8 opportunity for public comment, that allocates to 

9 each State a proportional share of such amounts 

10 based on the total needs of the State for municipal 

11 combined sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer 

12 overflow controls identified in the most recent survey 

13 conducted pursuant to section 516.’’. 

14 (d) REPORTS.—The first sentence of section 221(i) 

15 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(i)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 

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