Title: Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act
This bill modifies the allotment formula that determines water treatment works grants for states and territories.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3211 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3211

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain 
           allotments under that Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 16, 2020

    Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain 
           allotments under that Act, 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 ``Clean Water Allotment Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOTMENTS UNDER FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION 
              CONTROL ACT.

    Section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1285) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all 
        that follows through the end of subsection (a) and inserting 
        the following:

``SEC. 205. ALLOTMENTS.

    ``(a) Fiscal Years 2021 and Thereafter.--
            ``(1) In general.--For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal 
        year thereafter, of the amounts made available for the fiscal 
        year, the Administrator shall make allotments to States and 
        territories and possessions of the United States in accordance 
        with this subsection.
            ``(2) Fiscal years 2021 and 2022.--
                    ``(A) Certain territories and possessions.--
                Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
                subject to subparagraph (C), for each of fiscal years 
                2021 and 2022, of the amounts made available for the 
                fiscal year, the Administrator shall initially provide 
                under this subsection to each territory or possession 
                of the United States (other than the Commonwealth of 
                Puerto Rico) an allotment of not less than the 
                allotment described in the following table:


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                 ``Territory or possession                    Allotment
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American Samoa.............................................     0.004063
Guam.......................................................     0.006328
Northern Mariana Islands...................................     0.002250
Virgin Islands.............................................    0.002358.
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                    ``(B) States, district of columbia, and puerto 
                rico.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
                section, subject to subparagraph (C), for each of 
                fiscal years 2021 and 2022, of the amounts made 
                available for the fiscal year remaining after the 
                allotments under subparagraph (A) are provided, each 
                State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth 
                of Puerto Rico shall receive an allotment under this 
                subsection of not less than the allotment described in 
                the following table:


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                          ``State                             Allotment
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Alabama....................................................     0.010697
Alaska.....................................................     0.005000
Arizona....................................................     0.016651
Arkansas...................................................     0.005000
California.................................................     0.085481
Colorado...................................................     0.013329
Connecticut................................................     0.011613
Delaware...................................................     0.005000
District of Columbia.......................................     0.005001
Florida....................................................     0.091324
Georgia....................................................     0.013990
Hawaii.....................................................     0.005897
Idaho......................................................     0.006140
Illinois...................................................     0.034437
Indiana....................................................     0.019873
Iowa.......................................................     0.010305
Kansas.....................................................     0.010519
Kentucky...................................................     0.014435
Louisiana..................................................     0.033232
Maine......................................................     0.005894
Maryland...................................................     0.029054
Massachusetts..............................................     0.025852
Michigan...................................................     0.039307
Minnesota..................................................     0.017899
Mississippi................................................     0.006992
Missouri...................................................     0.022532
Montana....................................................     0.005000
Nebraska...................................................     0.006313
Nevada.....................................................     0.008674
New Hampshire..............................................     0.007609
New Jersey.................................................     0.041644
New Mexico.................................................     0.005000
New York...................................................     0.084044
North Carolina.............................................     0.020203
North Dakota...............................................     0.005000
Ohio.......................................................     0.042865
Oklahoma...................................................     0.009182
Oregon.....................................................     0.011879
Pennsylvania...............................................     0.030161
Puerto Rico................................................     0.009931
Rhode Island...............................................     0.005113
South Carolina.............................................     0.007800
South Dakota...............................................     0.005000
Tennessee..................................................     0.011061
Texas......................................................     0.047631
Utah.......................................................     0.005000
Vermont....................................................     0.005000
Virginia...................................................     0.027382
Washington.................................................     0.015596
West Virginia..............................................     0.011870
Wisconsin..................................................     0.020585
Wyoming....................................................    0.005000.
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                    ``(C) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of this section, for each of fiscal years 
                2021 and 2022, the Administrator may not decrease the 
                amount provided to any State or territory or possession 
                of the United States under this section by more than--
                            ``(i) a percentage below the amount 
                        provided to the State or territory or 
                        possession of the United States under this 
                        section for fiscal year 2019 that is equal to 
                        the percentage decrease in total funding under 
                        this section, as compared to that total funding 
                        for fiscal year 2019, if the total funding 
                        remains below 95 percent of that fiscal year 
                        2019 funding level; or
                            ``(ii) 5 percent below the amount provided 
                        to the State or territory or possession of the 
                        United States under this section for fiscal 
                        year 2019, if the total amount of funding under 
                        this section remains at or above 95 percent of 
                        that fiscal year 2019 funding level.
            ``(3) Allotment updates.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator shall update 
                the tables contained in paragraph (2) through 
                application of the formula developed pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B)--
                            ``(i) by not later than September 30, 2022, 
                        to ensure updated allotments are in effect for 
                        fiscal year 2023; and
                            ``(ii) thereafter, by not later than 1 year 
                        after the date of submission of any new clean 
                        watersheds needs survey and associated data 
                        under section 516(b)(1)(B).
                    ``(B) Formula.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Administrator shall 
                        develop, by regulation, a formula for the 
                        calculation of allotments to States and 
                        territories and possessions of the United 
                        States under this section, in accordance with 
                        clauses (ii) and (iii).
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--
                                    ``(I) Bases.--The formula under 
                                clause (i) shall be developed based 
                                on--
                                            ``(aa) the State needs 
                                        identified in the most recently 
                                        available clean watersheds 
                                        needs survey prepared by the 
                                        Administrator under section 
                                        516(b)(1)(B);
                                            ``(bb) the State population 
                                        results of the most recent 
                                        decennial census; and
                                            ``(cc) the most recently 
                                        available water quality 
                                        impairment component ratio 
                                        published by the Administrator 
                                        for purposes of this Act.
                                    ``(II) Weight.--In developing the 
                                formula under clause (i), the 
                                Administrator shall give--
                                            ``(aa) 50-percent weight to 
                                        the survey referred to in 
                                        subclause (I)(aa);
                                            ``(bb) 30-percent weight to 
                                        the census referred to in 
                                        subclause (I)(bb); and
                                            ``(cc) 20-percent weight to 
                                        the ratio referred to in 
                                        subclause (I)(cc).
                            ``(iii) Limitation.--Notwithstanding clause 
                        (ii), in developing the formula under this 
                        subparagraph, the Administrator may not 
                        increase the allotment to any State or 
                        territory or possession of the United States by 
                        more than 200 percent, or decrease the 
                        allotment to the State, territory, or 
                        possession by more than 25 percent, as compared 
                        to the allotment level established for the 
                        State or territory or possession of the United 
                        States under the previous formula.'';
            (2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``shall not exceed 4 
        per centum. or $400,000 whichever amount is the greater'' and 
        inserting ``shall not exceed the greater of 4 percent and 
        $400,000''; and
            (3) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ``for this fiscal 
        year.'' and inserting ``for that fiscal year.''.
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