119-hr1382

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1382 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1382

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to San 
 Francisco Bay restoration, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 14, 2025

 Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Mullin, and Mr. Panetta) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
 and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to San 
 Francisco Bay restoration, 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. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION PROGRAM.

 

Section 125 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1276a) is amended--

    (1) in the section heading, by striking ``grant''; and

    (2) by amending subsection

    (e) to read as follows:
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    (e) Program Implementation.--
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    (1) In general.--The Director may provide funding through 
 cooperative agreements, grants, interagency agreements, 
 contracts, or other funding mechanisms to Federal, State, and 
 local agencies, special districts, public or nonprofit 
 agencies, and other public or private entities, institutions, 
 and organizations, including the Estuary Partnership, for 
 projects, activities, and studies identified on the annual 
 priority list compiled under subsection
            (c) .
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    (2) Agreements with non-federal entities.--
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        (A) Maximum amount.--Amounts provided in the form 
 of a grant, under a cooperative agreement, or through 
 other funding mechanisms to any non-Federal entity 
 under this section for a fiscal year shall not exceed 
 an amount equal to 75 percent of the total cost of any 
 projects, activities, and studies that are to be 
 carried out using those amounts.
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        (B) Non-federal share.--Not less than 25 percent 
 of the cost of any project, activity, or study carried 
 out using amounts provided in the form of a grant, 
 under a cooperative agreement, or through other funding 
 mechanisms under this section shall be provided from 
 non-Federal sources.
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            (C) Limitations on non-federal recipients.--No 
 non-Federal entity may receive Federal funding under 
 this section if that entity--
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            (i) is domiciled in, headquartered in, 
 organized under the laws of, or whose principal 
 place of business is located in a foreign 
 country of concern (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 
 19237); or
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            (ii) has in place any agreement, 
 partnership, or relationship with a foreign 
 country of concern.
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    (3) Federal interagency agreements.--Amounts provided to 
 Federal agencies entities under interagency agreements under 
 this section may be used to carry out activities described in 
 subsection
            (c) .''.
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