Title: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019
This bill reauthorizes funding for several grants programs that address water pollution, such as wastewater and stormwater. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1497 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1497

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 
       water pollution control programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2019

 Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Young, and Mr. Katko) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 
       water pollution control programs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Water Quality Protection and Job 
Creation Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 106(a) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 1991 through 2019, and $300,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2020 through 2024;''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 106(e) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) is amended by striking 
``Beginning in fiscal year 1974 the'' and inserting ``The''.

SEC. 3. WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.

    Section 122(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1274(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $120,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024.''.

SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECTS.

    (a) Selection of Projects.--Section 220(d) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300(d)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
    (b) Committee Resolution Procedure.--Section 220 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended by striking 
subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as 
subsections (e) through (i), respectively.
    (c) Definitions.--Section 220(h)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is 
amended by striking ``or wastewater or by treating wastewater'' and 
inserting ``, wastewater, or stormwater or by treating wastewater or 
stormwater''.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 220(i) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this 
section) is amended by striking ``a total of $75,000,000 for fiscal 
years 2002 through 2004'' and inserting ``$75,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2020 through 2024''.

SEC. 5. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MUNICIPAL GRANTS.

    Section 221(f)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1301(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting 
``2024''.

SEC. 6. STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS.

    Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 607;
            (2) by redesignating section 608 as section 607; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.''.
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