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Union Calendar No. 7 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 569 

[Report No. 110–16] 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 

appropriations for sewer overflow control grants. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 18, 2007 

Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, and Mr. CAPUANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

FEBRUARY 16, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. EHLERS, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HIGGINS, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. MILLER of 

Michigan, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HARE, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. LYNCH

FEBRUARY 16, 2007 

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] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 

authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants. 

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 ‘‘Water Quality Invest3 ment Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS. 

5 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

6 221(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

7 U.S.C. 1301(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—A project 

9 that receives assistance under this section shall be carried 

10 out subject to the same requirements as a project that 

11 receives assistance from a State water pollution control 

12 revolving fund under title VI, except to the extent that 

13 the Governor of the State in which the project is located 

14 determines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent 

15 with the purposes of this section.’’. 

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The first 

17 sentence of section 221(f) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(f)) 

18 is amended by striking ‘‘this section $750,000,000’’ and 

19 all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 

20 ‘‘this section $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 

21 $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $450,000,000 for fis22 cal year 2010, $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, 

23 $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $750,000,000 for 

24 fiscal year 2013’’. 


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1 (c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 221(g)(2) of 

2 such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(g)) is amended to read as fol3 lows: 

4 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Subject to subsection 

5 (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appropriated 

6 to carry out this section for fiscal year 2008 and each fis7 cal year thereafter for making grants to municipalities and 

8 municipal entities under subsection (a)(2), in accordance 

9 with the criteria set forth in subsection (b).’’. 

10 (d) REPORTS.—The first sentence of section 221(i) 

11 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(i)) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

13 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Quality Invest15 ment Act of 2007’’. 

16 SEC. 2. SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS. 

17 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 221(e) 

18 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

19 1301(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—A project 

21 that receives assistance under this section shall be carried 

22 out subject to the same requirements as a project that re23 ceives assistance from a State water pollution control re24 volving fund under title VI, except to the extent that the 

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1 mines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent with 

2 the purposes of this section.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The first 

4 sentence of section 221(f) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(f)) 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘$750,000,000’’ and all that follows 

6 before the period and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000 for fiscal 

7 year 2008, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $350,000,000 

8 for fiscal year 2010, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and 

9 $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2012’’. 

10 (c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 221(g) of such 

11 Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(g)) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2008.—Subject to subsection 

14 (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appro15 priated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2008 

16 for making grants to municipalities and municipal 

17 entities under subsection (a)(2) in accordance with 

18 the criteria set forth in subsection (b). 

19 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2009 AND THEREAFTER.—Sub20 ject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the 

21 amounts appropriated to carry out this section for 

22 fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter for 

23 making grants to States under subsection (a)(1) in 

24 accordance with a formula to be established by the 

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1 tunity for public comment, that allocates to each 

2 State a proportional share of such amounts based on 

3 the total needs of the State for municipal combined 

4 sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer overflow 

5 controls identified in the most recent survey con6 ducted pursuant to section 516.’’. 

7 (d) REPORTS.—The first sentence of section 221(i) of 

8 such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 7 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 569 

[Report No. 110

–16] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

control grants. to authorize appropriations for sewer overflow 

FEBRUARY 16, 2007 

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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