I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1395 
To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to 
reauthorize Delaware River Basin conservation programs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2023 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 
BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCANLON, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILD, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. DEAN 
of Pennsylvania, and Mr. MOLINARO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the 
Nation Act to reauthorize Delaware River Basin con-
servation programs, 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 ‘‘Delaware River Basin 
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2023’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:04 Mar 20, 2023
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1395.IH
H1395
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
SEC. 2. DELAWARE RIVER BASIN CONSERVATION REAU-
THORIZATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 3501(2) of the Water Infra-
structure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 
114–322; 130 Stat. 1771) is amended by inserting ‘‘Mary-
land,’’ after ‘‘Delaware,’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS OF BASIN AND BASIN STATE.— 
Section 3502 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements 
for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1773) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘4-State’’ and inserting ‘‘5- 
State’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Maryland,’’ after ‘‘Dela-
ware,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Maryland,’’ 
after ‘‘Delaware,’’. 
(c) COST SHARING.—Section 3504(c)(1) of the Water 
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public 
Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1775) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Federal share’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Federal share’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:04 Mar 20, 2023
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1395.IH
H1395
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
‘‘(B) SMALL, RURAL, AND DISADVANTAGED 
COMMUNITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the Federal share of the cost of a 
project funded under the grant program 
that serves a small, rural, or disadvantaged 
community shall be 90 percent of the total 
cost of the project, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) WAIVER.—The Secretary may in-
crease the Federal share under clause (i) 
to 100 percent of the total cost of the 
project if the Secretary determines that the 
grant recipient is unable to pay, or would 
experience significant financial hardship if 
required to pay, the non-Federal share.’’. 
(d) SUNSET.—Section 3507 of the Water Infrastruc-
ture Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114– 
322; 130 Stat. 1775) is amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:04 Mar 20, 2023
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H1395.IH
H1395
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS