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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4044 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 

National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2019 

Mr. MALINOWSKI (for himself, Mrs. FLETCHER, and Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana) 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 National Estuary 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 ‘‘Protect and Restore 

5 America’s Estuaries Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. 

7 Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution 

8 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘and Peconic Bay, New York’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘Peconic Bay, New York; Casco Bay, Maine; Tampa Bay, 

2 Florida; Coastal Bend, Texas; San Juan Bay, Puerto 

3 Rico; Tillamook Bay, Oregon; Piscataqua Region, New 

4 Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New Jersey; Maryland Coastal 

5 Bays, Maryland; Charlotte Harbor, Florida; Mobile Bay, 

6 Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia 

7 River, Oregon and Washington’’. 

8 SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE. 

9 Section 320(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution 

10 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(b)(4)) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘management plan that rec12 ommends’’ and inserting ‘‘management plan that— 

13 ‘‘(A) recommends’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) addresses the effects of recurring ex16 treme weather events on the estuary, including 

17 the identification and assessment of vulnerabili18 ties in the estuary and the development and im19 plementation of adaptation strategies; and 

20 ‘‘(C) increases public education and aware21 ness of the ecological health and water quality 

22 conditions of the estuary;’’. 

23 SEC. 4. MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE. 

24 Section 320(c)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution 

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1 ing ‘‘nonprofit organizations,’’ after ‘‘educational institu2 tions,’’. 

3 SEC. 5. GRANTS. 

4 Section 320(g)(4)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution 

5 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)(4)(C)) is amended— 

6 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘, emerging,’’ after ‘‘ur8 gent’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘or that relate to coastal 

10 resiliency’’ after ‘‘coastal areas’’; 

11 (2) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as 

12 clauses (viii) and (ix), respectively, and inserting 

13 after clause (v) the following: 

14 ‘‘(vi) stormwater runoff; 

15 ‘‘(vii) accelerated land loss;’’; and 

16 (3) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by in17 serting ‘‘, extreme weather,’’ after ‘‘sea level rise’’. 

18 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 Section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 

20 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(i)(1)) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘$26,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

23 through 2026’’. 

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