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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3119 

To amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound 

restoration and stewardship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2010 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. DODD, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long 

Island Sound restoration and stewardship. 

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 ‘‘Long Island Sound 

5 Restoration and Stewardship Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 

7 (a) LONG ISLAND SOUND RESTORATION PRO8 GRAM.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of the Federal 

2 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1269) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (c)(4), by inserting ‘‘co5 operate and’’ before ‘‘coordinate’’; and 

6 (B) by striking subsection (f). 

7 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

8 by paragraph (1) takes effect on October 1, 2010. 

9 (b) LONG ISLAND SOUND STEWARDSHIP PRO10 GRAM.— 

11 (1) LONG ISLAND SOUND STEWARDSHIP ADVI12 SORY COMMITTEE.—Section 8 of the Long Island 

13 Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 1269 

14 note; Public Law 109–359) is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2011’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(h) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal 

19 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 

20 to— 

21 ‘‘(1) the Advisory Committee; or 

22 ‘‘(2) any board, committee, or other group es23 tablished under this Act.’’. 

24 (2) REPORTS.—Section 9(b)(1) of the Long Is25 land Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 


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1 1269 note; Public Law 109–359) is amended in the 

2 matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 

3 ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 

4 (3) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 11 of the Long 

5 Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 

6 1269 note; Public Law 109–359) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking subsection (a); 

8 (B) by redesignating subsections (b) 

9 through (d) as subsections (a) through (c), re10 spectively; and 

11 (C) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated), 

12 by striking ‘‘under this section each’’ and in13 serting ‘‘to carry out this Act for a’’. 

14 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

15 by this subsection take effect on October 1, 2010. 

16 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro18 priated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protec19 tion Agency such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal 

20 years 2011 through 2015 for the implementation of— 

21 (1) section 119 of the Federal Water Pollution 

22 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1269), other than subsection 

23 (d) of that section; and 

24 (2) the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 

25 2006 (33 U.S.C. 1269 note; Public Law 109–359). 


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1 (b) LONG ISLAND SOUND GRANTS.—There is author2 ized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the Envi3 ronmental Protection Agency to carry out subsection (d) 

4 of section 119 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

5 (33 U.S.C. 1269) $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

6 2011 through 2015. 

7 (c) REPORTS.—For each of fiscal years 2011 through 

8 2015, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

9 Agency shall submit to Congress a report describing— 

10 (1) the amounts used during the fiscal year to 

11 carry out each of— 

12 (A) section 119 of the Federal Water Pol13 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1269), other than 

14 subsection (d) of that section; and 

15 (B) the Long Island Sound Stewardship 

16 Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 1269 note; Public Law 

17 109–359); and 

18 (2) the method used by the Administrator to al19 locate the amounts made available under this section 

20 between that section (33 U.S.C. 1269) and that Act 

21 (33 U.S.C. 1269 note; Public Law 109–359) for the 

22 fiscal year. 

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