‘‘(A) the budget of the United States sub-
mitted by the President; or 
‘‘(B) the congressional budget (including 
allocations of budget authority and outlays pro-
vided therein); and 
‘‘(2) shall be exempt from any general budget 
limitation imposed by statute on expenditures and 
net lending (budget outlays) of the United States 
Government. 
‘‘SEC. 702. REVENUE. 
‘‘[The Administrator shall submit to Congress for 
consideration, within 180 days of enactment of this sec-
tion, an equitable system of user fees to fund this title.]’’. 
TITLE V—FISHERIES 
SEC. 501. FISHERIES HABITAT PROTECTION, RESTORATION, 
AND ENHANCEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency is authorized to make grants 
to any State (as defined in section 502 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362), munici-
pality, intermunicipal or interstate agency, nonprofit orga-
nization, or institution of higher education for the purpose 
of assisting in the protection, preservation, and restoration 
of fresh water, estuarine, and marine fisheries habitat and
uses and for the enhancement of access within a watershed 
for fisheries uses. 
(b) WATERSHED PLANS.—Activities to be funded 
shall be based on a comprehensive assessment and plan 
for the watershed. All funded activities must directly sup-
port the described plan, and grant funds must be used 
in accordance with the plan. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
maximum 
amount of a grant under this section for any activity 
may not exceed 65 percent of the cost of the activ-
ity, as determined by the Administrator. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Not more 
than 4 percent of the amount of any grant made 
under this section may be used to pay administrative 
expenses in connection with the activity for which 
the grant is made. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator from 
the Clean Water Trust Fund $250,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 502. STATE WETLANDS RESTORATION GRANTS. 
(a) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to make 
grants of up to $2,000,000 to each State (as defined in
section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1362)) for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to 
carry out this section. 
(b) WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECT DEFINED.— 
For the purposes of this section, a ‘‘wetland restoration 
project’’ means an activity to improve wetland functions, 
including the filtration of surface and ground water, the 
mitigation of flooding, and the enhancement of wildlife 
habitat. 
(c) PROJECT GRANTS.— 
(1) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—A State receiv-
ing a grant under this section shall distribute funds 
received under the grant for wetland restoration 
projects to appropriate State, municipal, intermunic-
ipal, and interstate agencies, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and institutions of higher education that have 
expertise in wetlands restoration. 
(2) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
maximum 
amount of grants under this section for any project 
may not exceed $500,000 in a fiscal year and 65 
percent of the cost of the project, as determined by 
the Administrator. 
(d) PROJECT ADMINISTRATION.—A State receiving a 
grant under this section may use up to 4 percent of the
funds received under the grant for administrative expenses 
in carrying out this section. 
(e) REPORTING.—Each State receiving a grant under 
this section shall provide annually to the Administrator 
a summary of the wetland restoration projects funded 
under this section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Administrator from the Clean Water 
Trust Fund $112,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010 to carry out this section. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. DEFINITION OF TREATMENT WORKS. 
Section 502 (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(25) The term ‘treatment works’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 212.’’. 
SEC. 602. FUNDING FOR INDIAN PROGRAMS. 
(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 518(c) (33 
U.S.C. 1377(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEARS 1987–2006.—The Adminis-
trator’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—