Title: Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act
The bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish a program that provides environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in Arizona, such as construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure, assistance for surface water resource protection and development, or technical assistance to small and rural communities for water planning and issues relating to access to water resources.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2206 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2206

   To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
 Engineers, to establish a program to provide environmental assistance 
                  to non-Federal interests in Arizona.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

  Mr. Stanton (for himself and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
 Engineers, to establish a program to provide environmental assistance 
                  to non-Federal interests in Arizona.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Infrastructure 
Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ARIZONA.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, shall establish a program for providing 
environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Arizona.
    (b) Form of Assistance.--Assistance under this section may be in 
the form of--
            (1) design and construction assistance for water-related 
        environmental infrastructure and resource protection and 
        development in Arizona, including projects for--
                    (A) wastewater treatment and related facilities;
                    (B) water supply and related facilities;
                    (C) environmental restoration; and
                    (D) surface water resource protection and 
                development; and
            (2) technical assistance to small and rural communities for 
        water planning and issues relating to access to water 
        resources.
    (c) Public Ownership Requirement.--The Secretary may provide 
assistance for a project under subsection (b)(1) only if the project is 
publicly owned.
    (d) Local Cooperation Agreement.--
            (1) In general.--Before providing assistance under 
        subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall enter into a local 
        cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide 
        for design and construction of the project to be carried out 
        with the assistance.
            (2) Requirements.--Each local cooperation agreement entered 
        into under this subsection shall provide for the following:
                    (A) Plan.--Development by the Secretary, in 
                consultation with appropriate Federal and State 
                officials, of a facilities or resource protection and 
                development plan, including appropriate engineering 
                plans and specifications.
                    (B) Legal and institutional structures.--
                Establishment of such legal and institutional 
                structures as are necessary to ensure the effective 
                long-term operation of the project by the non-Federal 
                interest.
            (3) Cost sharing.--
                    (A) In general.--The Federal share of project costs 
                under each local cooperation agreement entered into 
                under this subsection shall be 75 percent. The Federal 
                share may be in the form of grants or reimbursements of 
                project costs.
                    (B) Credit for design work.--The non-Federal 
                interest shall receive credit for the reasonable costs 
                of design work completed by the non-Federal interest 
                before entering into a local cooperation agreement with 
                the Secretary for a project.
                    (C) Credit for interest.--In case of a delay in the 
                funding of the non-Federal share of the costs of a 
                project that is the subject of an agreement under this 
                subsection, the non-Federal interest shall receive 
                credit for reasonable interest incurred in providing 
                the non- Federal share of the project costs.
                    (D) Land, easements, rights-of-way, and 
                relocations.--The non-Federal interest shall receive 
                credit for land, easements, rights-of-way, and 
                relocations provided by the non-Federal interest toward 
                the non-Federal share of project costs (including all 
                reasonable costs associated with obtaining permits 
                necessary for the construction, operation, and 
                maintenance of the project on publicly owned or 
                controlled land), but not to exceed 25 percent of total 
                project costs.
                    (E) Operation and maintenance.--The non-Federal 
                share of operation and maintenance costs for projects 
                constructed with assistance provided under subsection 
                (b)(1) shall be 100 percent.
    (e) Applicability of Other Federal and State Laws.--Nothing in this 
section waives, limits, or otherwise affects the applicability of any 
provision of Federal or State law that would otherwise apply to a 
project to be carried out with assistance provided under this section.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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