Stop Sewage Overflow Act

Stop Sewage Overflow Act

This bill gives priority for sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants to a municipality with high levels of sewage in its rivers.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2776 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2776

 To make certain municipalities eligible for grants under the Federal 
          Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2019

   Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Rouda, Ms. 
    Tlaib, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Trone, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. 
Espaillat, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Beyer, and Mr. Serrano) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make certain municipalities eligible for grants under the Federal 
          Water Pollution Control Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Sewage Overflow Act''.

SEC. 2. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MUNICIPAL GRANTS.

    Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1301) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) is a municipality with high levels of sewage in the 
        rivers of such municipality.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Federal share'' and inserting 
                the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Federal share''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Exception for certain projects.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of 
                activities carried out using amounts from a grant made 
                under subsection (a) for a municipality described in 
                subsection (b)(5) shall be as follows:
                            ``(i) Not less than 55 percent for 
                        municipalities the affected residents of which 
                        pay, on average, 2.0 percent or less of their 
                        household income for sewer service.
                            ``(ii) Not less than 60 percent for 
                        municipalities the affected residents of which 
                        pay, on average, more than 2.0 percent, but not 
                        more than 2.5 percent, of their household 
                        income for sewer service.
                            ``(iii) Not less than 65 percent for 
                        municipalities the affected residents of which 
                        pay, on average, more than 2.5 percent, but not 
                        more than 3.0 percent, of their household 
                        income for sewer service.
                            ``(iv) Not less than 70 percent for 
                        municipalities the affected residents of which 
                        pay, on average, more than 3.0 percent, but not 
                        more than 3.5 percent, of their household 
                        income for sewer service.
                            ``(v) Not less than 75 percent for 
                        municipalities the affected residents of which 
                        pay, on average, more than 3.5 percent of their 
                        household income for sewer service.
                    ``(B) Affected residents defined.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, the term `affected resident' means a 
                resident of a municipality who is in the 20th 
                percentile of income for the municipality.''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``$225,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$500,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2030''.
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