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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect and Restore 

3 America’s Estuaries Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New Jersey; Maryland Coastal 

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

13 Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia 

14 River, Oregon and Washington’’. 

15 SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE. 

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

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

18 (1) by striking ‘‘management plan that rec19 ommends’’ and inserting ‘‘management plan that— 

20 ‘‘(A) recommends’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(B) addresses the effects of recurring ex23 treme weather events on the estuary, including 

24 the identification and assessment of 

25 vulnerabilities in the estuary and the develop-
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1 ment and implementation of adaptation strate2 gies; and 

3 ‘‘(C) increases public education and aware4 ness of the ecological health and water quality 

5 conditions of the estuary;’’. 

6 SEC. 4. MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE. 

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

8 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is amended by insert9 ing ‘‘nonprofit organizations,’’ after ‘‘educational institu10 tions,’’. 

11 SEC. 5. GRANTS. 

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

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

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

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘, emerging,’’ after ‘‘ur16 gent’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘coastal areas’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘the estuaries selected by the Administrator 

19 under subsection (a)(2), or that relate to the 

20 coastal resiliency of such estuaries’’; 

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

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

23 after clause (v) the following: 

24 ‘‘(vi) stormwater runoff; 

25 ‘‘(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 insert6 ing ‘‘, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

7 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 

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