Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act
This bill modifies the allotment formula that determines water treatment works grants for states and territories.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5628 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5628
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain
allotments under that Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2020
Mr. Waltz (for himself and Mr. Brown of Maryland) 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 to modify certain
allotments under that 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 ``Clean Water Allotment Modernization
Act''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOTMENTS UNDER FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT.
Section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1285) is amended--
(1) by striking the section designation and heading and all
that follows through the end of subsection (a) and inserting
the following:
``SEC. 205. ALLOTMENTS.
``(a) Fiscal Years 2021 and Thereafter.--
``(1) In general.--For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal
year thereafter, of the amounts made available for the fiscal
year, the Administrator shall make allotments to States and
territories and possessions of the United States in accordance
with this subsection.
``(2) Fiscal years 2021 and 2022.--
``(A) Certain territories and possessions.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
subject to subparagraph (C), for each of fiscal years
2021 and 2022, of the amounts made available for the
fiscal year, the Administrator shall initially provide
under this subsection to each territory or possession
of the United States (other than the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico) an allotment of not less than the
allotment described in the following table:
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``Territory or possession Allotment
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American Samoa............................................. 0.004063
Guam....................................................... 0.006328
Northern Mariana Islands................................... 0.002250
Virgin Islands............................................. 0.002358.
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``(B) States, district of columbia, and puerto
rico.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, subject to subparagraph (C), for each of
fiscal years 2021 and 2022, of the amounts made
available for the fiscal year remaining after the
allotments under subparagraph (A) are provided, each
State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico shall receive an allotment under this
subsection of not less than the allotment described in
the following table:
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``State Allotment
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Alabama.................................................... 0.010697
Alaska..................................................... 0.005000
Arizona.................................................... 0.016651
Arkansas................................................... 0.005000
California................................................. 0.085481
Colorado................................................... 0.013329
Connecticut................................................ 0.011613
Delaware................................................... 0.005000
District of Columbia....................................... 0.005001
Florida.................................................... 0.091324
Georgia.................................................... 0.013990
Hawaii..................................................... 0.005897
Idaho...................................................... 0.006140
Illinois................................................... 0.034437
Indiana.................................................... 0.019873
Iowa....................................................... 0.010305
Kansas..................................................... 0.010519
Kentucky................................................... 0.014435
Louisiana.................................................. 0.033232
Maine...................................................... 0.005894
Maryland................................................... 0.029054
Massachusetts.............................................. 0.025852
Michigan................................................... 0.039307
Minnesota.................................................. 0.017899
Mississippi................................................ 0.006992
Missouri................................................... 0.022532
Montana.................................................... 0.005000
Nebraska................................................... 0.006313
Nevada..................................................... 0.008674
New Hampshire.............................................. 0.007609
New Jersey................................................. 0.041644
New Mexico................................................. 0.005000
New York................................................... 0.084044
North Carolina............................................. 0.020203
North Dakota............................................... 0.005000
Ohio....................................................... 0.042865
Oklahoma................................................... 0.009182
Oregon..................................................... 0.011879
Pennsylvania............................................... 0.030161
Puerto Rico................................................ 0.009931
Rhode Island............................................... 0.005113
South Carolina............................................. 0.007800
South Dakota............................................... 0.005000
Tennessee.................................................. 0.011061
Texas...................................................... 0.047631
Utah....................................................... 0.005000
Vermont.................................................... 0.005000
Virginia................................................... 0.027382
Washington................................................. 0.015596
West Virginia.............................................. 0.011870
Wisconsin.................................................. 0.020585
Wyoming.................................................... 0.005000.
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``(C) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, for each of fiscal years
2021 and 2022, the Administrator may not decrease the
amount provided to any State or territory or possession
of the United States under this section by more than--
``(i) a percentage below the amount
provided to the State or territory or
possession of the United States under this
section for fiscal year 2019 that is equal to
the percentage decrease in total funding under
this section, as compared to that total funding
for fiscal year 2019, if the total funding
remains below 95 percent of that fiscal year
2019 funding level; or
``(ii) 5 percent below the amount provided
to the State or territory or possession of the
United States under this section for fiscal
year 2019, if the total amount of funding under
this section remains at or above 95 percent of
that fiscal year 2019 funding level.
``(3) Allotment updates.--
``(A) In general.--The Administrator shall update
the tables contained in paragraph (2) through
application of the formula developed pursuant to
subparagraph (B)--
``(i) by not later than September 30, 2022,
to ensure updated allotments are in effect for
fiscal year 2023; and
``(ii) thereafter, by not later than 1 year
after the date of submission of any new clean
watersheds needs survey and associated data
under section 516(b)(1)(B).
``(B) Formula.--
``(i) In general.--The Administrator shall
develop, by regulation, a formula for the
calculation of allotments to States and
territories and possessions of the United
States under this section, in accordance with
clauses (ii) and (iii).
``(ii) Requirements.--
``(I) Bases.--The formula under
clause (i) shall be developed based
on--
``(aa) the State needs
identified in the most recently
available clean watersheds
needs survey prepared by the
Administrator under section
516(b)(1)(B);
``(bb) the State population
results of the most recent
decennial census; and
``(cc) the most recently
available water quality
impairment component ratio
published by the Administrator
for purposes of this Act.
``(II) Weight.--In developing the
formula under clause (i), the
Administrator shall give--
``(aa) 50 percent weight to
the survey referred to in
subclause (I)(aa);
``(bb) 30 percent weight to
the census referred to in
subclause (I)(bb); and
``(cc) 20 percent weight to
the ratio referred to in
subclause (I)(cc).
``(iii) Limitation.--Notwithstanding clause
(ii), in developing the formula under this
subparagraph, the Administrator may not
increase the allotment to any State or
territory or possession of the United States by
more than 200 percent, or decrease the
allotment to the State, territory, or
possession by more than 25 percent, as compared
to the allotment level established for the
State or territory or possession of the United
States under the previous formula.'';
(2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``shall not exceed 4
per centum. or $400,000 whichever amount is the greater'' and
inserting ``shall not exceed the greater of 4 percent and
$400,000''; and
(3) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ``for this fiscal
year.'' and inserting ``for that fiscal year.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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