I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5826 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the sewer 
overflow control grants program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2014 
Mr. PASCRELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reau-
thorize the sewer overflow control grants program, 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 ‘‘Water Quality Invest-
ment Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS. 
(a) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
221(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1301(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—A project 
that receives assistance under this section shall be carried 
out subject to the same requirements as a project that 
receives assistance from a State water pollution control 
revolving fund under title VI, except to the extent that 
the Governor of the State in which the project is located 
determines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent 
with the purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The first 
sentence of section 221(f) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(f)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$750,000,000’’ and all that fol-
lows before the period and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2015, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, 
$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, $400,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2018, and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2019’’. 
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 221(g) of such 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—Subject to subsection 
(h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2015 
for making grants to municipalities and municipal 
entities under subsection (a)(2) in accordance with 
the criteria set forth in subsection (b). 
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‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THEREAFTER.— 
Subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall 
use the amounts appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year there-
after for making grants to States under subsection 
(a)(1), in accordance with a formula to be estab-
lished by the Administrator, after providing notice 
and an opportunity for public comment, that allo-
cates to each State a proportional share of such 
amounts based on the total needs of the State for 
municipal combined sewer overflow controls and san-
itary sewer overflow controls identified in the most 
recent survey conducted pursuant to section 516.’’. 
(d) REPORTS.—Section 221(i) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
1301(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’. 
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