(2) in subsections (b) through (e), by striking 
‘‘critical restoration’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘ecosystem restoration’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CRITICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROGRAM’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘partici-
pate in’’ and inserting ‘‘provide design and con-
struction assistance to non-Federal interests for’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘A’’ and inserting 
‘‘An’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, 
including remote sensing and the develop-
ment of a geographic information system 
for the Lake Champlain basin by the Cold 
Regions Research and Engineering Labora-
tory’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘assistance for a’’ and in-
serting ‘‘design and construction assistance for 
an’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘eco-
system restoration or’’ after ‘‘form of’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(d) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(B) SPECIAL’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL’’; and 
(6) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘to a’’ and inserting ‘‘to 
an’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘project,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘project (which assistance may include 
the provision of funds through the Lake 
Champlain Basin Program),’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘agreement that shall 
require the non-Federal interest’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘agreement that is in 
accordance with section 221 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b)
and under which the non-Federal interest 
agrees’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘50’’ 
and inserting ‘‘100’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CREDIT
FOR
AGRICULTURAL
CONSERVA-
TION.—Funds provided to a non-Federal interest 
under the conservation reserve enhancement program 
of the Department of Agriculture announced on May 
27, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 28965), or the wetlands re-
serve program under subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.), for use in carrying out 
a project under the Plan shall be credited toward the 
non-Federal share of the cost of the project if the Sec-
retary of Agriculture certifies that those funds may be 
used for the purpose of the project under the Plan.’’. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 301. PHASE II STORM WATER PROGRAM. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal 
year 2003, funds made available to carry out nonpoint 
source management programs under section 319 of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1329) in a 
State may, at the option of the State, be used to carry out 
projects and activities in the State relating to the develop-
ment or implementation of phase II of the storm water pro-
gram of the Environmental Protection Agency established 
by the final rule entitled ‘‘National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System—Regulations for Revision of the 
Water Pollution Control Program Addressing Storm Water 
Discharges’’, promulgated by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency on December 8, 1999 (64 
Fed. Reg. 68722).
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
provide assistance for remediation of sediment contami-
nation in areas of concern, to authorize assistance for re-
search and development of innovative technologies for 
such remediation, and to amend the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act and the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 to modify provisions relating to the Lake 
Champlain basin, and for other purposes.’’.
Calendar No. 704
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1070
[Report No. 107–312] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
to authorize the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to carry out projects 
and conduct research for remediation of sediment 
contamination in areas of concern in the Great 
Lakes, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 15, 2002
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title