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Union Calendar No. 234 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4275 

[Report No. 116–291] 

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

Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. RICHMOND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

NOVEMBER 14, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 10, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration 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. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION 

4 PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 

5 (a) REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT

6 PLAN.—Section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

7 Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

10 and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the period 

12 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(7) ensure that the comprehensive conservation 

15 and management plan approved for the Basin under 

16 section 320 is reviewed and revised in accordance 

17 with section 320 not less often than once every five 

18 years, beginning on the date of enactment of this 

19 paragraph.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘recommended 

21 by a management conference convened for the Basin 

22 under section 320’’ and inserting ‘‘identified in the 

23 comprehensive conservation and management plan 

24 approved for the Basin under section 320’’. 


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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 121(e)(1) of the Federal 

2 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1273(e)(1)) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘, a 5,000 square mile’’. 

4 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 121(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

6 U.S.C. 1273(f)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2001 through 

8 2012 and the amount appropriated for fiscal year 

9 2009 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Admin13 istrator may use for administrative expenses not more 

14 than 5 percent of the amounts appropriated to carry 

15 out this section.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 234 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4275 

[Report No. 116–291] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

Restoration Program, and for other purposes. to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin 

NOVEMBER 14, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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