To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to repeal the authorization for program development and implementation grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2556
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-21
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to make grants to states or local governments for monitoring water quality standards for pathogens, or disease-causing organisms, in coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches that are used by the public and notifying the public when those standards are exceeded.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2556 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2015 Mr. Salmon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to repeal the authorization for program development and implementation grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification, and for other purposes.

1. Repeal of program development and implementation grants authorization Section 406(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1346(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Repeal of authority The Administrator may not make a grant to a State or local government under this subsection after the date of enactment of this paragraph. .