H.R. 1382

119 HR 1382 IH: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to San Francisco Bay restoration, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-14
 text/xml
 EN
 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1382  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    A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to San Francisco Bay restoration, and for other purposes.
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).
 .