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To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other purposes.
To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for wastewater infrastructure and trash-free waters grants. Currently, grants under this program are available to municipalities, units of local government, and Indian Tribes. The bill adds States as eligible recipients for these grants.
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Actions (4)
- Apr 1, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · house
- Feb 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Feb 12, 2025 Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E120)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2025
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, 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. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRASH-FREE WATERS GRANTS.
Section 302 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4282) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) by inserting “States,” before “municipalities”; and
(B) by inserting a comma before “or Indian Tribes”; and
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting “States,” before “units of local government”. <all>
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