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Union Calendar No. 685 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1395 
[Report No. 118–840, Part I] 
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 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. RYAN, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. VAN DREW, and Mr. 
CARTWRIGHT 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the 
Nation Act to reauthorize Delaware River Basin con-
servation programs, and for other purposes. 
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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 2024’’. 
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.—Sec-
tion 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) PRIORITY AND LIMITATION.—Section 3504 of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act 
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(Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1775) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In selecting a project to be funded 
under the grant program, the Secretary may give priority 
to a project that serves a small, rural, or disadvantaged 
community. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not provide a 
grant under the grant program to a Federal-State commis-
sion.’’. 
(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’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 685 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1395 
[Report No. 118–840, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements 
for the Nation Act to reauthorize Delaware River 
Basin conservation programs, and for other pur-
poses. 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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