Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2213 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Adminis- trator of the Environmental Protection Agency to give priority consider- ation to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 24, 2021 Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen- cy to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pensacola and Perdido 4 Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:21 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2213.IS S2213 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2213 IS SEC. 2. PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS. 1 Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution 2 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by 3 striking ‘‘and Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Wash- 4 ington’’ and inserting ‘‘Lower Columbia River, Oregon 5 and Washington; and Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Flor- 6 ida and Alabama’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:21 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2213.IS S2213 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS