Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act

I 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 16, 2020 Mr. WALTZ (for himself and Mr. BROWN of Maryland) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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 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 ‘‘Clean Water Allotment 4 Modernization Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOTMENTS UNDER FEDERAL 6 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT. 7 Section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 8 Act (33 U.S.C. 1285) is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5628 IH (1) by striking the section designation and 1 heading and all that follows through the end of sub- 2 section (a) and inserting the following: 3 ‘‘SEC. 205. ALLOTMENTS. 4 ‘‘(a) FISCAL YEARS 2021 AND THEREAFTER.— 5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2021 and 6 each fiscal year thereafter, of the amounts made 7 available for the fiscal year, the Administrator shall 8 make allotments to States and territories and pos- 9 sessions of the United States in accordance with this 10 subsection. 11 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEARS 2021 AND 2022.— 12 ‘‘(A) CERTAIN TERRITORIES AND POSSES- 13 SIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 14 this section, subject to subparagraph (C), for 15 each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, of the 16 amounts made available for the fiscal year, the 17 Administrator shall initially provide under this 18 subsection to each territory or possession of the 19 United States (other than the Commonwealth 20 of Puerto Rico) an allotment of not less than 21 the allotment described in the following table: 22 ‘‘Territory or possession Allotment American Samoa ............................................................................. 0.004063 Guam .............................................................................................. 0.006328 Northern Mariana Islands .............................................................. 0.002250 Virgin Islands ................................................................................. 0.002358. VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5628 IH ‘‘(B) STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1 AND PUERTO RICO.—Notwithstanding any other 2 provision of this section, subject to subpara- 3 graph (C), for each of fiscal years 2021 and 4 2022, of the amounts made available for the 5 fiscal year remaining after the allotments under 6 subparagraph (A) are provided, each State, the 7 District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 8 Puerto Rico shall receive an allotment under 9 this subsection of not less than the allotment 10 described in the following table: 11 ‘‘State Allotment 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 5628 IH ‘‘State Allotment 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. ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any 1 other provision of this section, for each of fiscal 2 years 2021 and 2022, the Administrator may 3 not decrease the amount provided to any State 4 or territory or possession of the United States 5 under this section by more than— 6 ‘‘(i) a percentage below the amount 7 provided to the State or territory or pos- 8 session of the United States under this 9 section for fiscal year 2019 that is equal to 10 the percentage decrease in total funding 11 under this section, as compared to that 12 total funding for fiscal year 2019, if the 13 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 5628 IH total funding remains below 95 percent of 1 that fiscal year 2019 funding level; or 2 ‘‘(ii) 5 percent below the amount pro- 3 vided to the State or territory or posses- 4 sion of the United States under this sec- 5 tion for fiscal year 2019, if the total 6 amount of funding under this section re- 7 mains at or above 95 percent of that fiscal 8 year 2019 funding level. 9 ‘‘(3) ALLOTMENT UPDATES.— 10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 11 shall update the tables contained in paragraph 12 (2) through application of the formula devel- 13 oped pursuant to subparagraph (B)— 14 ‘‘(i) by not later than September 30, 15 2022, to ensure updated allotments are in 16 effect for fiscal year 2023; and 17 ‘‘(ii) thereafter, by not later than 1 18 year after the date of submission of any 19 new clean watersheds needs survey and as- 20 sociated data under section 516(b)(1)(B). 21 ‘‘(B) FORMULA.— 22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 23 shall develop, by regulation, a formula for 24 the calculation of allotments to States and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 5628 IH territories and possessions of the United 1 States under this section, in accordance 2 with clauses (ii) and (iii). 3 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.— 4 ‘‘(I) BASES.—The formula under 5 clause (i) shall be developed based 6 on— 7 ‘‘(aa) the State needs identi- 8 fied in the most recently available 9 clean watersheds needs survey 10 prepared by the Administrator 11 under section 516(b)(1)(B); 12 ‘‘(bb) the State population 13 results of the most recent decen- 14 nial census; and 15 ‘‘(cc) the most recently 16 available water quality impair- 17 ment component ratio published 18 by the Administrator for pur- 19 poses of this Act. 20 ‘‘(II) WEIGHT.—In developing 21 the formula under clause (i), the Ad- 22 ministrator shall give— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 5628 IH ‘‘(aa) 50 percent weight to 1 the survey referred to in sub- 2 clause (I)(aa); 3 ‘‘(bb) 30 percent weight to 4 the census referred to in sub- 5 clause (I)(bb); and 6 ‘‘(cc) 20 percent weight to 7 the ratio referred to in subclause 8 (I)(cc). 9 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 10 clause (ii), in developing the formula under 11 this subparagraph, the Administrator may 12 not increase the allotment to any State or 13 territory or possession of the United States 14 by more than 200 percent, or decrease the 15 allotment to the State, territory, or posses- 16 sion by more than 25 percent, as compared 17 to the allotment level established for the 18 State or territory or possession of the 19 United States under the previous for- 20 mula.’’; 21 (2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘shall not 22 exceed 4 per centum. or $400,000 whichever amount 23 is the greater’’ and inserting ‘‘shall not exceed the 24 greater of 4 percent and $400,000’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 5628 IH (3) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘for this 1 fiscal year.’’ and inserting ‘‘for that fiscal year.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:27 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5628.IH H5628 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS