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‘‘(6) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1995;
‘‘(7) $2,250,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(8) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
‘‘(9) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
‘‘(10) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(11) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) SECTION 118.—Section 118(c)(1)(A) (33 U.S.C.
1268(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking the last comma.
(b) SECTION
120.—Section 120(d) (33 U.S.C.
1270(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘(1)’’.
(c) SECTION 204.—Section 204(a)(3) (33 U.S.C.
1284(a)(3)) is amended by striking the final period and
inserting a semicolon.
(d) SECTION 205.—Section 205 (33 U.S.C. 1285) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ‘‘and 1985’’
and inserting ‘‘1985, and 1986’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ‘‘through
1985’’ and inserting ‘‘through 1986’’;
(3) in subsection (g)(1) by striking the period
following ‘‘4 per centum’’; and
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(4) in subsection (m)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘this’’
the last place it appears and inserting ‘‘such’’.
(e) SECTION 208.—Section 208 (33 U.S.C. 1288) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (h)(1) by striking ‘‘designed’’
and inserting ‘‘designated’’; and
(2) in subsection (j)(1) by striking ‘‘September
31, 1988’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1988’’.
(f) SECTION 301.—Section 301(j)(1)(A) (33 U.S.C.
1311(j)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘that’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘than’’.
(g) SECTION
309.—Section 309(d) (33 U.S.C.
1319(d)) is amended by striking the second comma follow-
ing ‘‘Act by a State’’.
(h) SECTION 311.—Section 311 (33 U.S.C. 1321) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (b) by moving paragraph (12)
(including subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C)) 2 ems
to the right; and
(2) in subsection (h)(2) by striking ‘‘The’’ and
inserting ‘‘the’’.
(i) SECTION
505.—Section 505(f) (33 U.S.C.
1365(f)) is amended by striking the last comma.
(j) SECTION 516.—Section 516 (33 U.S.C. 1375) is
amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).
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(k) SECTION
518.—Section 518(f) (33 U.S.C.
1377(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)’’.
SEC. 702. JOHN A. BLATNIK NATIONAL FRESH WATER
QUALITY RESEARCH LABORATORY.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The laboratory and research fa-
cility established pursuant to section 104(e) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(e)) that is
located in Duluth, Minnesota, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘John A. Blatnik National Fresh Water
Quality Research Laboratory’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the laboratory and research facility referred to
in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘John A. Blatnik National Fresh Water Quality Research
Laboratory’’.
SEC. 703. WASTEWATER SERVICE FOR COLONIAS.
(a) GRANT ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator may
make grants to States along the United States-Mexico
border to provide assistance for planning, design, and con-
struction of treatment works and appropriate connections
to provide wastewater service to the communities along
such border commonly known as ‘‘colonias’’.
(b) TREATMENT WORKS DEFINED.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘treatment works’’ has the meaning
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such term has under section 212 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated for making grants under
subsection (a) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. Such
sums shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 704. SAVINGS IN MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER COSTS.
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, shall review,
analyze, and compile information on the annual savings
that municipalities realize in the construction, operation,
and maintenance of drinking water facilities as a result
of actions taken under the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act.
(b) CONTENTS.—The study conducted under sub-
section (a), at a minimum, shall contain an examination
of the following elements:
(1) Savings to municipalities in the construction
of drinking water filtration facilities resulting from
actions taken under the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act.
(2) Savings to municipalities in the operation
and maintenance of drinking water facilities result-
ing from actions taken under such Act.
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(3) Savings to municipalities in health expendi-
tures resulting from actions taken under such Act.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
transmit to Congress a report containing the results of
the study conducted under subsection (a).
TITLE 
VIII—WETLANDS 
CON-
SERVATION 
AND 
MANAGE-
MENT
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive Wet-
lands Conservation and Management Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 802. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) wetlands play an integral role in maintain-
ing the quality of life through material contributions
to our national economy, food supply, water supply
and quality, flood control, and fish, wildlife, and
plant resources, and thus to the health, safety,
recreation and economic well-being of citizens
throughout the Nation;
(2) wetlands serve important ecological and nat-
ural resource functions, such as providing essential
nesting and feeding habitat for waterfowl, other
wildlife, and many rare and endangered species, fish-