I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 895 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the sewer 
overflow control grants program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2009 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. CAMP) 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 
reauthorize the sewer overflow control grants program. 
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 2009’’. 
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 2010, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, 
$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, $400,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2013, and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014’’. 
(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 2010.—Subject to subsection 
(h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2010 
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 2011 AND THEREAFTER.— 
Subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall 
use the amounts appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year there-
after for making grants to States under subsection 
(a)(1) in accordance with a formula to be established 
by the Administrator, after providing notice and an 
opportunity for public comment, that allocates to 
each State a proportional share of such amounts 
based on the total needs of the State for municipal 
combined sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer 
overflow controls identified in the most recent survey 
conducted pursuant to section 516.’’. 
(d) REPORTS.—The first sentence of section 221(i) 
of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(i)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
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