An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish the ratio for allocation of treatment works construction grant funds, to insure that grants may be given for other than operable units, and to clarify the requirements for development of priorities.
PL 93-243 (S.2812), enacted 01/02/1974

87 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-243-J 
AN. 2, 1974 
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"Sheepswool Sponge—Hippiospongialachne; 
"Grass Sponge—Spongia graminea; 
"Yellow Sponge—Spongia barbera. 
"(b) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secre-
tary of State, is authorized to publish in the Federal Register addi-
tional species of living organisms covered by the provisions of 
subsection (a) of this section." 
Approved January 2, 1974. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Public Law 93-243 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish the ratio for 
allocation of treatment works construction grant funds, to insure that grants 
may be given for other than operable units, and to clarify the requirements for 
development of priorities. 
January 2, 1974 
[S.2812] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subsection 
(a) of section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by inserting immediately after the third sentence thereof the 
following new sentence: "For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, 
such ratio shall be determined one-half on the basis of table I of House 
Public Works Committee Print Numbered 93-28 and one-half on the 
basis of table I I of such print, except that no State shall receive an 
allotment less than that which it received for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1972, as set forth in table I I I of such print.". 
(b) The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 205 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1974," and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1975,". 
SEC. 2. Section 203 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require, or to 
authorize the Administrator to require, that grants under this Act for 
construction of treatment works be made only for projects which are 
operable units usable for sewage collection, transportation, storage, 
waste treatment, or for similar purposes without additional construc-
tion.". 
SEC. 3. Section 511 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Nothwithstanding this Act or any other provision of law, the 
Administrator (1) shall not require any State to consider in the devel-
opment of the ranking in order of priority of needs for the construc-
tion of treatment works (as defined in title II of this Act), any water 
pollution control agreement which may have been fentered into between 
the United States and any other nation, and (2) shall not consider any 
such agreement in the approval of any such priority 
ranking.". 
SEC. 4. Subsection (b) of section 516 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 895), is amended by inserting " (1)" 
after "(b)"; by striking "(1)", "(2)", "(3)". and "(4)" and inserting 
in lieu thereof " (A)", "(B)", " (C)", and " (D)", respectively; and by 
adding the following: new paragraph: 
Federal Water 
Pollution Control 
Act, amendments. 
86 Stat. 837. 
33 u s e 1285. 
86 Stat. 835. 
33 u s e 1283. 
86 Stat. 893» 
33 use 1371, 
33 u s e 1281. 
33 u s e 1375. 
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Detailed esti-
mate, submittal 
to Congress. 
86 Stat. 833. 
33 u s e 1281. 
33 u s e 1313. 
33 u s e 1292. 
Survey forms, 
distribution to 
States. 
"(2) Notwithstanding the second sentence of paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the Administrator shall make a preliminary detailed esti-
mate called for by subparagraph (B) of such paragraph and shall sub 
mit such preliminary detailed estimate to the Congress no later than 
September 3, 1974. The Administrator shall require each State to pre-
pare an estimate of cost for such State, and shall utilize the survey 
form EPA-1, O.M.B. No. 158-ROOir, prepared for the 1973 detailed 
estimate, except that such estimate shall include all costs of compliance 
with section 201(g) (2) (A) of this Act and water quality standards 
established pursuant to section 303 of this Act, and all costs of treat-
ment works as defined in section 212(2), including all eligible costs of 
constructing sewage collection systems and correcting excessive infil-
tration or inflow and all eligible costs of correcting combined storm 
rind sanitary sewer problems and treating storm water flows. The sur-
vey form shall be distributed by the Administrator to each State no 
later than Jannarv' 31,1974.". 
Approved January 2, 1974. 
January 2, 1974 
[H. R. 3733] 
Public Law 93-244 
AN ACT 
To authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to assume control of 
overseas war memorials erected by private persons and non-Federal and 
foreign agencies and to demolish such war memorials in certain instances. 
American Battle 
Monuments Com-
mission. 
Control of over-
seas war memo-
rials. 
60 Stat. 317; 
70 Stat. 640. 
60 Stat. 318. 
36 u s e 128. 
Demolition of 
memorials, author-
ity. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 5 of the 
Act entitled "An Act for the creation of the American Battle Monu-
ments Commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the 
services of the American Soldier in Europe, and for other purposes", 
approved March 4, 1923 (36 U.S.C. 125), is amended by inserting 
''(a)" immediately before "The", and by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsections: 
"(b) (1) The Commission is authorized, in its discretion, to assume 
responsibility for the control, administration, and maintenance of 
any war memorial erected before, on, or after the effective date of 
this subsection outside the United States by an American citizen, a 
State, a political subdivision of a State, any other non-Federal gov-
ernmental agency, foreign agency, or private association to commemo-
rate the services of any of the American Armed Forces in hostilities 
occurring since April 6, 1917, if (A) the memorial is not erected on 
the territory of the former enemy concerned, and (B) the sponsors 
of the memorial consent to the Commission assuming such responsi-
bilities and transfer to the Commission all their right, title, and inter-
est in the memorial. If reasonable effort fails to locate the sponsors 
of a memorial, the Commission may assume responsibility therefor 
under this subsection by agreement Avith the appropriate foreign 
authorities. A decision of the Commission to assume responsibility 
for any war memorial under this subsection is final. 
"(2) Any fimds accumulated by the sponsors for the maintenance 
and repair of a war memorial for which the Commission assumes re-
sponsibility under this subsection may be transferred to the Commis-
sion for use in carrying out the purpose of this Act. Any such funds 
so transferred shall be deposited by the Commission in the manner 
l^rovided for in section 7. 
"(c) The Commission is authorized to take necessary measures to 
demolish any war memorial erected on foreign soil by an American 
citizen, a State, a political subdivision of a State, any other non-
Federal governmental agency, foreign agency, or private association