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Union Calendar No. 233 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2247 
[Report No. 116–290] 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance 
for programs and activities to protect the water quality of Puget Sound, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2019 
Mr. HECK (for himself and Mr. KILMER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
NOVEMBER 14, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 
Ms. DELBENE, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Ms. SCHRIER 
NOVEMBER 14, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, 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 April 10, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to pro-
vide assistance for programs and activities to protect 
the water quality of Puget Sound, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Promoting United Gov-
ernment Efforts to Save Our Sound Act’’ or the ‘‘PUGET 
SOS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PUGET SOUND COORDINATED RECOVERY. 
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. 124. PUGET SOUND. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COASTAL
NONPOINT
POLLUTION
CONTROL 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘Coastal Nonpoint Pollution 
Control Program’ means the State of Washington’s 
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program ap-
proved by the Secretary of Commerce as required 
under section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthor-
ization Amendments of 1990. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 
Director of the Program Office. 
‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL
JOINT
COMMISSION.—The 
term ‘International Joint Commission’ means the 
International Joint Commission established by the 
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United States and Canada under the International 
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 (36 Stat. 2448). 
‘‘(4) PACIFIC SALMON COMMISSION.—The term 
‘Pacific Salmon Commission’ means the Pacific 
Salmon Commission established by the United States 
and Canada under the Treaty between the Govern-
ment of the United States of America and the Govern-
ment of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, signed 
at Ottawa, January 28, 1985 (commonly known as 
the ‘Pacific Salmon Treaty’). 
‘‘(5) PROGRAM OFFICE.—The term ‘Program Of-
fice’ means the Puget Sound Recovery National Pro-
gram Office established by subsection (c). 
‘‘(6) PUGET
SOUND
ACTION
AGENDA; ACTION 
AGENDA.—The term ‘Puget Sound Action Agenda’ or 
‘Action Agenda’ means the most recent plan developed 
by the Puget Sound National Estuary Program Man-
agement Conference, in consultation with the Tribal 
Management Conference, and approved by the Admin-
istrator as the comprehensive conservation and man-
agement plan for Puget Sound under section 320. 
‘‘(7) PUGET SOUND FEDERAL LEADERSHIP TASK 
FORCE.—The term ‘Puget Sound Federal Leadership 
Task Force’ means the Puget Sound Federal Leader-
ship Task Force established by subsection (d). 
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‘‘(8) PUGET SOUND FEDERAL TASK FORCE.—The 
term ‘Puget Sound Federal Task Force’ means the 
Puget Sound Federal Task Force established in 2016 
under a memorandum of understanding among 9 
Federal agencies. 
‘‘(9) PUGET
SOUND
NATIONAL
ESTUARY
PRO-
GRAM MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; MANAGEMENT CON-
FERENCE.—The term ‘Puget Sound National Estuary 
Program Management Conference’ or ‘Management 
Conference’ means the management conference for 
Puget Sound convened pursuant to section 320. 
‘‘(10) PUGET SOUND PARTNERSHIP.—The term 
‘Puget Sound Partnership’ means the State agency 
that is established under the laws of the State of 
Washington (section 90.71.210 of the Revised Code of 
Washington), or its successor agency, that has been 
designated by the Administrator as the lead entity to 
support the Puget Sound National Estuary Program 
Management Conference. 
‘‘(11) PUGET SOUND REGION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Puget Sound 
region’ means the land and waters in the north-
west corner of the State of Washington from the 
Canadian border to the north to the Pacific 
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Ocean on the west, including Hood Canal and 
the Strait of Juan de Fuca. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘Puget Sound 
region’ includes all of the water that falls on the 
Olympic and Cascade Mountains and flows to 
meet Puget Sound’s marine waters. 
‘‘(12) PUGET SOUND TRIBAL MANAGEMENT CON-
FERENCE.—The term ‘Puget Sound Tribal Manage-
ment Conference’ means the 20 treaty Indian tribes of 
western Washington and the Northwest Indian Fish-
eries Commission. 
‘‘(13) SALISH
SEA.—The term ‘Salish Sea’ 
means the network of coastal waterways on the west 
coast of North America that includes the Puget 
Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan 
de Fuca. 
‘‘(14) SALMON
RECOVERY
PLANS.—The term 
‘Salmon Recovery Plans’ means the recovery plans for 
salmon and steelhead species approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior under section 4(f) of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973. 
‘‘(15) STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘State Advisory Committee’ means the advisory com-
mittee established by subsection (e). 
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