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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4044 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4044

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                                 AN ACT

 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
           National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect and Restore America's 
Estuaries Act''.

SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``and Peconic Bay, New 
York'' and inserting ``Peconic Bay, New York; Casco Bay, Maine; Tampa 
Bay, Florida; Coastal Bend, Texas; San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico; Tillamook 
Bay, Oregon; Piscataqua Region, New Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New 
Jersey; Maryland Coastal Bays, Maryland; Charlotte Harbor, Florida; 
Mobile Bay, Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia River, 
Oregon and Washington''.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``management plan that recommends'' and 
        inserting ``management plan that--
                    ``(A) recommends''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) addresses the effects of recurring extreme 
                weather events on the estuary, including the 
                identification and assessment of vulnerabilities in the 
                estuary and the development and implementation of 
                adaptation strategies; and
                    ``(C) increases public education and awareness of 
                the ecological health and water quality conditions of 
                the estuary;''.

SEC. 4. MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(c)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is amended by inserting ``nonprofit organizations,'' 
after ``educational institutions,''.

SEC. 5. GRANTS.

    Section 320(g)(4)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(g)(4)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, emerging,'' after ``urgent''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``coastal areas'' and inserting 
                ``the estuaries selected by the Administrator under 
                subsection (a)(2), or that relate to the coastal 
                resiliency of such estuaries'';
            (2) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses 
        (viii) and (ix), respectively, and inserting after clause (v) 
        the following:
                            ``(vi) stormwater runoff;
                            ``(vii) accelerated land loss;''; and
            (3) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by inserting ``, 
        extreme weather,'' after ``sea level rise''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(i)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, and $50,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026,'' after ``2021''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 2020.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4044

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
           National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
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