I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1132 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant 
program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. ESHOO, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Ms. 
LEE of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to estab-
lish a grant program to support the restoration of San 
Francisco Bay. 
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 
Restoration Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
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. 124. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL PRIORITY LIST.—The term ‘an-
nual priority list’ means the annual priority list com-
piled under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The term ‘com-
prehensive plan’ means— 
‘‘(A) the comprehensive conservation and 
management plan approved under section 320 
for the San Francisco Bay estuary; and 
‘‘(B) any amendments to that plan. 
‘‘(3) ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘Es-
tuary Partnership’ means the San Francisco Estu-
ary Partnership, the entity that is designated as the 
management conference under section 320. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator 
shall establish in the Environmental Protection 
Agency a San Francisco Bay Program Office. The 
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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 
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) ANNUAL PRIORITY LIST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After providing public no-
tice, the Administrator shall annually compile a pri-
ority list identifying and prioritizing the activities, 
projects, and studies intended to be funded with the 
amounts made available under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—The annual priority list 
compiled under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Activities, projects, or studies, includ-
ing restoration projects and habitat improve-
ment for fish, waterfowl, and wildlife, that ad-
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