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Union Calendar No. 7 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 569 
[Report No. 110–16] 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
appropriations for sewer overflow control grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2007 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, and Mr. CAPUANO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. EHLERS, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HARE, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. LYNCH 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Quality Invest-
ment Act of 2007’’. 
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: 
‘‘(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 ‘‘this section $750,000,000’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘this
section
$250,000,000
for
fiscal
year
2008, 
$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $450,000,000 for fis-
cal
year
2010,
$550,000,000
for
fiscal
year
2011, 
$650,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $750,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2013’’. 
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(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 221(g)(2) of 
such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(g)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Subject to subsection 
(h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this section for fiscal year 2008 and each fis-
cal year thereafter for making grants to municipalities and 
municipal entities under subsection (a)(2), in accordance 
with the criteria set forth in subsection (b).’’. 
(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 ‘‘2010’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Quality Invest-
ment Act of 2007’’. 
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: 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS.—A project 
that receives assistance under this section shall be carried 
out subject to the same requirements as a project that re-
ceives assistance from a State water pollution control re-
volving fund under title VI, except to the extent that the 
Governor of the State in which the project is located deter-
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mines 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 follows 
before the period and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $350,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and 
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2012’’. 
(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 2008.—Subject to subsection 
(h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2008 
for making grants to municipalities and municipal 
entities under subsection (a)(2) in accordance with 
the criteria set forth in subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2009 AND THEREAFTER.—Sub-
ject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the 
amounts appropriated to carry out this section for 
fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter 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 oppor-
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tunity 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 con-
ducted 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 ‘‘2010’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 7 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 569 
[Report No. 110–16] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
to authorize appropriations for sewer overflow 
control grants. 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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