SEC. 4. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall 
make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to 
carry out green infrastructure projects in accordance with 
this section. 
(b) GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.— 
(1) PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— 
The Administrator may make planning and develop-
ment grants under this section for the following 
projects: 
(A) Planning and designing green infra-
structure projects, including engineering sur-
veys, landscape plans, and implementation 
plans. 
(B) Identifying and developing standards 
and revisions to local zoning, building, or other 
local codes necessary to accommodate green in-
frastructure projects. 
(C) Identifying and developing fee struc-
tures to provide financial support for design, in-
stallation, and operations and maintenance of 
green infrastructure. 
(D) Developing training and educational 
materials about green infrastructure for dis-
tribution to both those with applicable technical 
knowledge and the public in general. 
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(E) Developing a green infrastructure 
portfolio standard program described in section 
5(e). 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Adminis-
trator may make implementation grants under this 
section for the following projects: 
(A) Installing green infrastructure. 
(B) Monitoring and evaluating the environ-
mental, economic, or social benefits of green in-
frastructure. 
(C) Implementing a best practices stand-
ard for a green infrastructure program. 
(D) Implementing a green infrastructure 
portfolio standard program described in section 
5(e). 
(c) APPLICATION.—Except as otherwise provided, to 
be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible 
entity shall prepare and submit to the Administrator an 
application at such time, in such form, and containing 
such information and assurances as the Administrator 
may require that includes, where applicable— 
(1) a description of the green infrastructure 
project; 
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(2) a plan for monitoring the impacts of the 
green infrastructure project on water quality and 
quantity; 
(3) an evaluation of other environmental, eco-
nomic, or social benefits of the green infrastructure 
project; and 
(4) a plan for the long-term operation and 
maintenance of the green infrastructure project. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR GREEN INFRA-
STRUCTURE PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM.—A State 
applying for a grant for a green infrastructure portfolio 
standard program described in section 5(e) shall prepare 
and submit a schedule of increasing minimum percentages 
of the annual water to be managed using green infrastruc-
ture under the program. 
(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this section, 
the Administrator shall give priority to applications sub-
mitted from— 
(1) a community that— 
(A) has combined storm and sanitary sew-
ers in its collection system; or 
(B) is low-income or disadvantaged as de-
termined by the Administrator; or 
(2) an eligible entity that will use 10 percent of 
the grant provided for a low-income or disadvan-
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taged community as determined by the Adminis-
trator. 
(f) GRANT LIMITATION.— 
(1) PLANNING
AND
DEVELOPMENT
GRANT.— 
The Administrator may not make a planning and 
development grant under this section in an amount 
that exceeds $200,000. The Administrator may not 
make planning and development grants of more than 
$100,000,000, in the aggregate, in each fiscal year. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION
GRANT.—The Adminis-
trator may not make an implementation grant under 
this section in an amount that exceeds $3,000,000. 
The Administrator may not make implementation 
grants of more than $200,000,000, in the aggregate, 
in each fiscal year. 
(g) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (3), the Federal share of a grant provided 
under this section may not exceed 65 percent of the 
total project cost. 
(2) CREDIT FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.— 
The Administrator shall credit toward the non-Fed-
eral share of the cost of an implementation project 
carried out under this section the cost of planning, 
design, and construction work completed for the 
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project with funds other than funds provided under 
this Act. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator may waive 
the Federal share limitation under paragraph (1) for 
an eligible entity that has adequately demonstrated 
financial need. 
SEC. 5. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GREEN IN-
FRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that the Office of Water, the Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance, the Office of Research and Development, and 
the Office of Policy promote the use of green infrastruc-
ture and coordinate the integration of green infrastructure 
into permitting programs, planning efforts, research, tech-
nical assistance, and funding guidance. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Administrator shall ensure that 
the Office of Water— 
(1) promotes the use of green infrastructure in 
the programs of the Agency; and 
(2) coordinates efforts to increase the use of 
green infrastructure with other Federal agencies, 
State and local governments, and the private sector. 
(c) REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—The Administrator shall direct each re-
gional office of the Agency, where appropriate based on 
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local factors, to promote and integrate the use of green 
infrastructure within the region, including developing— 
(1) a plan for monitoring, financing, and de-
signing the green infrastructure; 
(2) outreach and training on green infrastruc-
ture implementation for State and local govern-
ments, tribal communities, and the private sector; 
and 
(3) the incorporation of green infrastructure 
into permitting and other regulatory programs, 
codes, and ordinance development, including the re-
quirements under consent decrees and settlement 
agreements in enforcement actions. 
(d) GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLIANCE ASSIST-
ANCE CENTER.—The Administrator shall create a compli-
ance assistance center, including a Web site, to share in-
formation with and provide technical assistance to State 
and local governments, tribal communities, the private sec-
tor, and the public about green infrastructure approaches 
to reducing water pollution, protecting water resources, 
complying with regulatory requirements, and achieving 
other environmental, public health, and community goals. 
(e) GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PORTFOLIO STAND-
ARD.—The Administrator, in collaboration with State, 
tribal, and local government water resource managers, 
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shall establish measurable goals, to be known as the 
‘‘green infrastructure portfolio standard’’, to increase an-
nually the percentage of water managed by eligible entities 
that use green infrastructure. 
SEC. 6. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Before the end of fiscal year 2016, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A description of all grants made under this 
Act and a detailed description of the projects sup-
ported and their outcomes. 
(2) A description of the improvements in tech-
nology, environmental benefits, resources conserved, 
efficiencies, and other benefits of the projects funded 
under this Act. 
(3) Recommendations on improvements to pro-
mote and support green infrastructure for the cen-
ters, grants, and programs under this Act. 
(4) A description of the existing challenges con-
cerning the use of green infrastructure. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
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(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 
Environmental Protection Agency. 
(3) CENTER.—The term ‘‘center’’ means a cen-
ter of excellence for green infrastructure established 
under section 3(a). 
(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a State or local government; or 
(B) a local, regional, or other entity that 
manages stormwater, water resources, or waste 
water resources. 
(5) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible in-
stitution’’ means an institution of higher edu-
cation, or a research institution, that has dem-
onstrated excellence in green infrastructure 
by— 
(i) conducting research on green in-
frastructure to determine how it reduces 
municipal stormwater runoff, enhances and 
protects drinking water sources, and im-
proves water quality; 
(ii) developing and disseminating in-
formation about how an organization can 
use green infrastructure; 
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(iii) providing technical assistance to 
an organization for a green infrastructure 
project; 
(iv) developing best practices stand-
ards for green infrastructure; 
(v) providing job training in green in-
frastructure; 
(vi) developing course curricula about 
green 
infrastructure 
for 
elementary 
schools, secondary schools, institutions of 
higher education, and vocational schools; 
(vii) training students in green infra-
structure; or 
(viii) providing information to the 
Federal Government or State and local 
governments about the implementation of 
green infrastructure. 
(B) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A): 
(i) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term 
‘‘elementary school’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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(ii) INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(iii) RESEARCH
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘research institution’’ means an enti-
ty that is— 
(I) described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
(II) exempt from tax under sec-
tion 501(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and 
(III) organized and operated for 
research purposes. 
(iv) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term 
‘‘secondary school’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(6) 
GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
term 
‘‘green infrastructure’’— 
(A) means any stormwater management 
technique that preserves, restores, enhances, or 
mimics natural hydrology; 
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(B) includes methods that promote absorp-
tion, uptake, percolation, evapotranspiration, 
and filtration by soil and plant life; and 
(C) includes the preservation or restoration 
of— 
(i) natural topography, including hills, 
plains, ravines, and shorelines; 
(ii) ecology, including forests, grass-
lands, and deserts; 
(iii) bodies of water, including lakes, 
flood plains, headwaters, and wetlands; or 
(iv) native soil characteristics of com-
position, structure, and transmissivity. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other 
territory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016, there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator— 
(1) to carry out section 3, $25,000,000; 
(2) to carry out section 4, $300,000,000; and 
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(3) to carry out section 5, $25,000,000. 
Æ 
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