Title: San Francisco Bay Restoration Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
San Francisco Bay Restoration Act
This bill provides support for the protection and restoration of the San Francisco Bay estuary and the recovery of certain species in the estuary.
Specifically, it establishes a San Francisco Bay Program Office in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In addition, the EPA must annually compile a list of funding priorities for projects or studies that advance the goals and objectives of the comprehensive conservation and management plan approved under the National Estuary Program for the San Francisco Bay estuary. The list must include projects or studies for (1) water quality improvement; (2) wetland, riverine, and estuary restoration and protection; (3) nearshore and endangered species recovery; and (4) adaptation to climate change.
The EPA may provide funding through grants or other means for studies or projects on the priority list.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1132 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant 
        program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay.

    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 ``San Francisco Bay Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    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 PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Annual priority list.--The term `annual priority 
        list' means the annual priority list compiled under subsection 
        (b).
            ``(2) Comprehensive plan.--The term `comprehensive 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 `Estuary Partnership' 
        means the San Francisco Estuary 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 Office shall be located at the headquarters of 
        region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            ``(2) Appointment of director.--The Administrator shall 
        appoint a Director of the Office, who, by reason of management 
        experience and technical expertise relating to the San 
        Francisco Bay, shall be highly qualified to support the 
        development and implementation of projects, programs, and 
        studies 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 necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(c) Annual Priority List.--
            ``(1) In general.--After providing public notice, the 
        Administrator shall annually compile a priority 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 following:
                    ``(A) Activities, projects, or studies, including 
                restoration projects and habitat improvement for fish, 
                waterfowl, and wildlife, that advance the goals and 
                objectives of the approved comprehensive plan for--
                            ``(i) water quality improvement;
                            ``(ii) wetland, riverine, and estuary 
                        restoration and protection;
                            ``(iii) nearshore and endangered species 
                        recovery; and
                            ``(iv) adaptation to climate change.
                    ``(B) Information on the activities, projects, 
                programs, or studies specified under subparagraph (A), 
                including a description of--
                            ``(i) the identities of the financial 
                        assistance recipients; and
                            ``(ii) the communities to be served.
                    ``(C) The criteria and methods established by the 
                Administrator for selection of activities, projects, 
                and studies.
            ``(3) Consultation.--In developing the priority list under 
        paragraph (1), the Administrator shall consult with and 
        consider the recommendations of--
                    ``(A) the Estuary Partnership;
                    ``(B) the State of California and affected local 
                governments in the San Francisco Bay estuary watershed;
                    ``(C) the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority; 
                and
                    ``(D) any other relevant stakeholder involved with 
                the protection and restoration of the San Francisco Bay 
                estuary that the Administrator determines to be 
                appropriate.
    ``(d) Grant Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Pursuant to section 320, the 
        Administrator may provide funding through cooperative 
        agreements, grants, or other means to State and local agencies, 
        special districts, and public or nonprofit agencies, 
        institutions, and organizations, including the Estuary 
        Partnership, for activities, studies, or projects identified on 
        the annual priority list.
            ``(2) Maximum amount of grants; non-federal share.--
                    ``(A) Maximum amount of grants.--Amounts provided 
                to any individual or entity under this section for a 
                fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 75 
                percent of the total cost of any eligible activities 
                that are to be carried out using those amounts.
                    ``(B) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
                the total cost of any eligible activities that are 
                carried out using amounts provided under this section 
                shall be--
                            ``(i) not less than 25 percent; and
                            ``(ii) provided from non-Federal sources.
    ``(e) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out 
        this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
        2024.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the amount made 
        available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 
        Administrator shall use not more than 5 percent to pay 
        administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this section.
            ``(3) Relationship to other funding.--Nothing in this 
        section limits the eligibility of the Estuary Partnership to 
        receive funding under section 320(g).
            ``(4) Prohibition.--No amounts made available under 
        subsection (c) may be used for the administration of a 
        management conference under section 320.
    ``(f) Annual Budget Plan.--The President, as part of the annual 
budget submission of the President under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall submit information regarding each Federal 
department and agency involved in San Francisco Bay protection and 
restoration, including--
            ``(1) a report that displays for each Federal agency--
                    ``(A) the amounts obligated in the preceding fiscal 
                year for protection and restoration projects, programs, 
                and studies relating to the San Francisco Bay; and
                    ``(B) the proposed budget for protection and 
                restoration projects, programs, and studies relating to 
                the San Francisco Bay; and
            ``(2) a description and assessment of the Federal role in 
        the implementation of the comprehensive plan and the specific 
        role of each Federal department and agency involved in San 
        Francisco Bay protection and restoration, including specific 
        projects, programs, and studies conducted or planned to achieve 
        the identified goals and objectives of the comprehensive 
        plan.''.
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