[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:
    ``(e) Program Implementation.--
            ``(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).
            ``(2) Agreements with non-federal entities.--
                    ``(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.
                    ``(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.
                    ``(C) Limitations on non-federal recipients.--No 
                non-Federal entity may receive Federal funding under 
                this section if that entity--
                            ``(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
                            ``(ii) has in place any agreement, 
                        partnership, or relationship with a foreign 
                        country of concern.
            ``(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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