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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5061 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance 
for programs and activities to protect the water quality of the San 
Francisco Bay, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2010 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HONDA, Ms. LEE 
of California, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. STARK, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. 
THOMPSON of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to pro-
vide assistance for programs and activities to protect 
the water quality of the San Francisco Bay, 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 ‘‘San Francisco Bay 
Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 
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. 123. SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) 
COMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘Committee’ 
means the San Francisco Bay Program Advisory 
Committee established under subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The term ‘com-
prehensive plan’ means the comprehensive conserva-
tion and management plan for the San Francisco 
Bay established under section 320, including any 
amendments thereto. 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office, except with respect to 
subsections (d)(2) and (e). 
‘‘(4) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the 
San Francisco Bay Program Office established 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(5) REGIONAL
MONITORING
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘Regional Monitoring Program’ means the pro-
gram of the San Francisco Estuary Institute estab-
lished in 1993 by the San Francisco Bay Regional 
Water Quality Control Board to monitor contamina-
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tion in the San Francisco Bay and to provide data 
to water quality regulators for effective management 
of such Bay. 
‘‘(6) SAN
FRANCISCO
BAY.—The term ‘San 
Francisco Bay’ means the areas comprising the San 
Francisco Bay as determined by the Director. 
‘‘(7) SAN
FRANCISCO
ESTUARY
PARTNER-
SHIP.—The term ‘San Francisco Estuary Partner-
ship’ means the agency established in 1987 under 
section 320 to develop and implement a comprehen-
sive conservation and management plan to restore 
and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological 
integrity of the San Francisco Bay. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator 
shall establish in the Environmental Protection 
Agency a San Francisco Bay Program Office. The 
Office shall be located at the headquarters of region 
9 of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT
OF
DIRECTOR.—The Ad-
ministrator shall appoint a Director of the Office, 
who, by reason of management experience and tech-
nical expertise relating to the San Francisco Bay, 
shall be highly qualified to support the development 
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and implementation of projects, programs, and stud-
ies necessary to implement the comprehensive plan. 
‘‘(3) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY; STAFFING.— 
The Administrator shall delegate to the Director 
such authority and provide such staff as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Administrator, acting through the Director, 
shall— 
‘‘(A) assist and support the implementa-
tion of the comprehensive plan; 
‘‘(B) provide funding and make grants for 
implementation of the comprehensive plan and 
projects, programs, and studies consistent with 
the priorities of the comprehensive plan; 
‘‘(C) promote innovative methodologies and 
technologies that are cost-effective and con-
sistent with the identified goals and objectives 
of the comprehensive plan and Environmental 
Protection Agency permitting processes; 
‘‘(D) coordinate the major functions of the 
Federal Government related to the implementa-
tion of the comprehensive plan, including 
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