S 3539 ISRSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to assist in the restoration of San Francisco Bay.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 25, 2010CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to assist in the restoration of San Francisco Bay.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘San Francisco Bay Restoration Act’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM.

Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘SEC. 123. SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM.

‘(a) Grant Program- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- TPursuant to section 320, the Administrator may provide grants to State and local agencies, and public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations, for ecosystem restoration projects and habitat improvement for fish, waterfowl, and wildlife, in accordance with the priorities described in the comprehensive conservation and management plan for the San Francisco estuary developed under section 320. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS; NON-FEDERAL SHARE- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS- A grant provided to any individual or entity under this section for a fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 5075 percent of the total cost of eligible activities that are to be carried out using funds from the grant. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE- The non-Federal share of the total cost of any eligible activities that are carried out using funds from a grant provided under this section shall be-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) not less than 5025 percent; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) provided from non-Federal sources. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) Funding- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2020. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES- Of the amount made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Administrator shall use not more than 5 percent to pay administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this section.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink