for the Chesapeake Bay watershed that contribute to 
Chesapeake Bay Agreement goals. 
‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
publish, on or before January 31 of each year, a 
‘tributary health report card’ to evaluate, based on 
monitoring and modeling data, progress made dur-
ing the preceding fiscal year (including any practice 
implemented during the fiscal year), and overall 
progress made, in achieving and maintaining nutri-
ent and sediment reduction goals for each tributary 
basin. 
‘‘(2) BASELINE.—The baseline for the report 
card (in this subsection referred to as the ‘baseline’) 
shall be the tributary cap load allocation agreement 
numbered EPA 903–R–03–007, dated December 
2003, and entitled ‘Setting and Allocating the 
Chesapeake Bay Basin Nutrient and Sediment 
Loads: The Collaborative Process, Technical Tools 
and Innovative Approaches’. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSIONS.—The report card shall in-
clude, for each tributary basin— 
‘‘(A) an identification of the total alloca-
tion of nutrients and sediments under the base-
line;
‘‘(B) the monitored and modeled quantities 
of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment reduc-
tions achieved during the preceding fiscal year, 
expressed numerically and as a percentage of 
reduction; 
‘‘(C) a list (organized from least to most 
progress made) that ranks the comparative 
progress made, based on the percentage of re-
duction under subparagraph (B), by each tribu-
tary basin toward meeting the annual allocation 
goal of that tributary basin for nitrogen, phos-
phorus, and sediment; and 
‘‘(D) to the maximum extent practicable, 
an identification of the principal sources of pol-
lutants of the tributaries, including airborne 
sources of pollutants. 
‘‘(4) USE OF DATA; CONSIDERATION.—In pre-
paring the report card, the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) use monitoring data and data sub-
mitted under subsection (g)(1); and 
‘‘(B) take into consideration the effects of 
drought and wet weather conditions on the con-
dition of water quality parameters. 
‘‘(5) 
DISTRIBUTION.—The 
Administrator 
shall—
‘‘(A) distribute report cards to appropriate 
committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives; 
‘‘(B) post report cards on the Internet; 
and 
‘‘(C) distribute paper copies of the report 
cards to the public.’’. 
SEC. 5. ACTIONS BY STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1287) is amended by re-
designating subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections 
(i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively, and by inserting after 
subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) ACTIONS BY STATES.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—Not later 
than November 30 of each year, each of the States 
of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit to the Administrator informa-
tion describing, for each tributary basin located in 
the State or District of Columbia, for the preceding 
fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) the nutrient and sediment cap load 
allocation of the basin;
‘‘(B) the principal sources of nutrients and 
sediment in the basin, by category; 
‘‘(C) for each category of pollutant source, 
the technologies and practices used to achieve 
reductions, including levels of best management 
practices implementation and sewage treatment 
plan upgrades; and 
‘‘(D) any Federal, State, or non-Federal 
funding used to implement a technology or 
practice described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(2) FAILURE
TO
ACT.—The Administrator 
shall not make a grant to a State under this section 
if the State fails to submit any information in ac-
cordance with paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
further amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘(g)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(i)(3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘and 
its’’. 
SEC. 6. PLANNING AND BUDGET REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 117 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1287) (as amended by section 4(a) of this 
Act) is further amended by inserting after subsection (g) 
the following:
‘‘(h) PLANNING AND BUDGET REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN.—Not later than 
April 15 of each year, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, in cooperation with the 
Administrator, the Secretary of the Interior, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com-
merce, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of 
other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report containing— 
‘‘(A) an interagency crosscut budget that 
displays the proposed budget for use by each 
Federal agency in carrying out restoration ac-
tivities relating to the Chesapeake Bay for the 
following fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) a detailed accounting of all funds re-
ceived and obligated by Federal and State gov-
ernments (including formula and grant funds, 
such as State revolving loan funds and agri-
culture conservation funds) to achieve the goals 
of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement during the 
preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) ROLE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act
of 2005, the Council on Environmental Quality shall 
provide to Congress a document briefly describing 
the Federal role in the Chesapeake Bay Program 
and the specific role of each Federal agency involved 
in Chesapeake Bay restoration. 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL ACTIONS.—Federal agencies act-
ing in the Chesapeake Bay watershed should plan 
and execute, to the maximum extent practicable, 
such activities to support the achievement of Chesa-
peake Bay Agreement goals.’’. 
SEC. 7. CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM. 
Section 117(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1287) (as redesignated by section 4(a) of 
this Act) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘tributary strategies and’’ 
after ‘‘ensure that’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and implementation is 
begun’’ and inserting ‘‘, approved, and imple-
mented’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘all or a significant por-
tion of’’ after ‘‘signatories to’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘and its’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) MEASURABLE GOALS.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish, in coordination with other 
members of the Chesapeake Executive Council 
and the Local Government Advisory Committee, 
measurable goals for local governments to 
achieve toward Chesapeake Bay Agreement nu-
trient and sediment reduction goals not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement 
Act of 2005. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION OF PRIORITIES.—In 
preparing an annual budget for the Chesapeake 
Bay under subsection (h)(1), the Administrator 
shall consider priorities for funding needs rec-
ommended by the Local Government Advisory 
Committee.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)(A) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (2) of this section) by striking ‘‘as part 
of the Chesapeake Bay Program; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘to support tributary strategies and other projects 
toward achievement of Chesapeake Bay Agreement 
goals;’’;
(5) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this section) by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) provide technical assistance and as-
sistance grants under subsection (d) to local 
governments and nonprofit organizations and 
individuals in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to 
implement tributary strategies and other coop-
erative, locally based protection and restoration 
programs or projects within a tributary basin 
that complement the tributary strategy for such 
basin, including— 
‘‘(i) the improvement of water quality 
toward Chesapeake Bay Agreement goals; 
or 
‘‘(ii) the creation, restoration, protec-
tion, or enhancement of habitat associated 
with the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem; 
‘‘(C) under the small watershed grants 
program, make such grants— 
‘‘(i) so that local governments receive 
not less than 40 percent of total annually 
amount appropriated to carry out such 
program; and
‘‘(ii) taking into consideration priority 
recommendations provided to the Chesa-
peake Executive Council by the Local Gov-
ernment Advisory Committee; and 
‘‘(D) consider recommendations of the 
Local Government Advisory Committee with re-
gard to sufficiency of grant requests in meeting 
tributary strategy goals.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) WASTELOAD ALLOCATIONS.—Before May 
11, 2001, the load allocations in the tributary strate-
gies for any activity for which a permit is issued 
under section 402 of this Act for the Chesapeake 
Bay watershed shall be treated as the functional 
equivalent of wasteload allocations for total max-
imum daily loads and shall be incorporated in such 
permit.’’. 
SEC. 8. STUDY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM. 
Section 117(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1287(j)) (as redesignated by section 4(a) 
of this Act) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ‘‘and 1995’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1995, and 2005’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘management strate-
gies’’ the following: ‘‘, including tributary strat-
egies,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on the date of enactment 
of this section’’. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 117 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1287) (as amended by section 4(a) of this 
Act) is amended by striking subsections (k) and (l) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2011 to carry out this section (other 
than subsection (i)(3)). 
‘‘(2) SMALL WATERSHED GRANTS PROGRAM.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry 
out subsection (i)(3). 
‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appro-
priated to carry out this section shall remain avail-
able until expended.’’. 
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