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Union Calendar No. 497
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4104
[Report No. 106–840]
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize funding
to carry out certain water quality and barrier island restoration projects
for the Mississippi Sound, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 28, 2000
Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
Reported with amendments, 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 March 28, 2000]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to au-
thorize funding to carry out certain water quality and
barrier island restoration projects for the Mississippi
Sound, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mississippi Sound Res-
toration Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM.
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Mississippi
Sound is an estuary of national significance.
(b) ADDITION TO NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM.—
Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting
‘‘Mississippi Sound, Mississippi;’’ before ‘‘and Peconic Bay,
New York.’’.
SEC. 3. MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘SEC. 121. MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESTORATION PROGRAM.—
The Administrator shall establish within the Environ-
mental Protection Agency the Mississippi Sound Restora-
tion Program.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program shall be
to restore the ecological health of the Sound, including bar-
rier islands, coastal wetlands, keys, and reefs, by developing
and funding restoration projects and related scientific and
public education projects and by coordinating efforts among
Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and non-
regulatory organizations.
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the program, the Ad-
ministrator shall—
‘‘(1) provide administrative and technical assist-
ance to a management conference convened for the
Sound under section 320;
‘‘(2) assist and support the activities of the man-
agement conference, including the implementation of
recommendations of the management conference;
‘‘(3) support environmental monitoring of the
Sound and research to provide necessary technical
and scientific information;
‘‘(4) develop a comprehensive research plan to
address the technical needs of the program;
‘‘(5) coordinate the grant, research, and plan-
ning programs authorized under this section; and
‘‘(6) collect and make available to the public
publications, and other forms of information the man-
agement conference determines to be appropriate, re-
lating to the environmental quality of the Sound.
‘‘(d) 
GRANTS.—The 
Administrator 
may 
make
grants—
‘‘(1) for restoration projects and studies rec-
ommended by a management conference convened for
the Sound under section 320; and
‘‘(2) for public education projects recommended
by the management conference.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply:
‘‘(1) SOUND.—The term ‘Sound’ means the Mis-
sissippi Sound located on the Gulf Coast of the State
of Mississippi.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the
Mississippi Sound Restoration Program established
under subsection (a).
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this
section. Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.
SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that all recipients of
grants under this Act (including amendments made by this
Act) shall abide by the Buy American Act. The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall give
notice of the Buy American Act requirements to grant ap-
plicants under this Act.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize funding
to carry out certain water quality and environmental res-
toration projects for the Mississippi Sound, Mississippi,
and for other purposes.’’.
Union Calendar No. 497
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4104
[Report No. 106–840]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
to authorize funding to carry out certain water
quality and barrier island restoration projects for
the Mississippi Sound, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed