Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act
PL 116-337 (H.R.4044), enacted 01/13/2021

[116th Congress Public Law 337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-337
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
   National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 13, 
                         2021 -  [H.R. 4044]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Protect and 
Restore America's Estuaries Act. 33 USC 1251 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect and Restore America's 
Estuaries Act''.
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: State listing.>>  MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``and Peconic Bay, New 
York'' and inserting ``Peconic Bay, New York; Casco Bay, Maine; Tampa 
Bay, Florida; Coastal Bend, Texas; San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico; Tillamook 
Bay, Oregon; Piscataqua Region, New Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New Jersey; 
Maryland Coastal Bays, Maryland; Charlotte Harbor, Florida; Mobile Bay, 
Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia River, Oregon and 
Washington''.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``management plan that recommends'' and 
        inserting ``management plan that--
                    ``(A) recommends''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) addresses the effects of recurring extreme 
                weather events on the estuary, including the 
                identification and assessment of vulnerabilities in the 
                estuary and the development and implementation of 
                adaptation strategies; and
                    ``(C) increases public education and awareness of 
                the ecological health and water quality conditions of 
                the estuary;''.
SEC. 4. MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(c)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is amended by inserting ``nonprofit organizations,'' 
after ``educational institutions,''.
SEC. 5. GRANTS.

    Section 320(g)(4)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(g)(4)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)--

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                    (A) by inserting ``, emerging,'' after ``urgent''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``coastal areas'' and inserting 
                ``the estuaries selected by the Administrator under 
                subsection (a)(2), or that relate to the coastal 
                resiliency of such estuaries'';
            (2) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses 
        (viii) and (ix), respectively, and inserting after clause (v) 
        the following:
                          ``(vi) stormwater runoff;
                          ``(vii) accelerated land loss;''; and
            (3) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by inserting ``, 
        extreme weather,'' after ``sea level rise''.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1330(i)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, and $50,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026,'' after ``2021''.

    Approved January 13, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4044:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-288 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
            Feb. 5, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 31, considered and passed Senate.

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