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Union Calendar No. 232 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4044 

[Report No. 116–288] 

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 

NOVEMBER 13, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. KILMER, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 

ROUDA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 

New York, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. MAST, Mr. KIM, Ms. 

BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. CRIST, Mr. BYRNE, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, and Mr. PALLONE

NOVEMBER 13, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

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

purposes. 


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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 

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

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

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

13 Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New Jersey; Maryland Coastal 

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

15 Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia 

16 River, Oregon and Washington’’. 

17 SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE. 

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

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

20 (1) by striking ‘‘management plan that rec21 ommends’’ and inserting ‘‘management plan that— 

22 ‘‘(A) recommends’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(B) addresses the effects of recurring ex25 treme weather events on the estuary, including 


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1 the identification and assessment of vulnerabili2 ties in the estuary and the development and im3 plementation of adaptation strategies; and 

4 ‘‘(C) increases public education and aware5 ness of the ecological health and water quality 

6 conditions of the estuary;’’. 

7 SEC. 4. MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE. 

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

9 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is amended by insert10 ing ‘‘nonprofit organizations,’’ after ‘‘educational institu11 tions,’’. 

12 SEC. 5. GRANTS. 

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

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

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

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘, emerging,’’ after ‘‘ur17 gent’’; and 

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

19 resiliency’’ after ‘‘coastal areas’’; 

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

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

22 after clause (v) the following: 

23 ‘‘(vi) stormwater runoff; 

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


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1 (3) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by in2 serting ‘‘, extreme weather,’’ after ‘‘sea level rise’’. 

3 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

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

6 ‘‘$26,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021’’ 

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

8 through 2026’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 232 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4044 

[Report No. 116–288] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

and for other purposes. to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, 

NOVEMBER 13, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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