,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,pascrell introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act to reauthorize the sewer overflow  
control grants program1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,water ,quality     
,investment ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,sewer  
overflow control grants  7a7            
,administrative requirements ,section   
#bba7;e7 of the ,federal ,water         
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acja7;e77 is amended to read as        
follows3  7e7 ,administrative           
requirements ,a project that receives   
assistance under this section shall be  
carried out subject to the same         
requirements as a project that receives 
assistance from a ,state water pollution
 control revolving fund under title     

,,vi1 except to the extent that the     
,governor of the ,state in which the    
project is located determines that a    
requirement of title ,,vi is            
inconsistent with the purposes of this  
section4  4  7b7 ,authorization of      
,appropriations ,the first sentence of  
section #bba7;f7 of such ,act 7#cc      
,u4,s4,c4 #acja7;f77 is amended by      
striking #gej1jjj1jjj and all that      
follows before the period and inserting 
#bej1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjae1     
#cjj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjaf1     
#cej1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjag1     
#djj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjah1 and 
#ejj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjai4  7c7
 ,allocation of funds ,section #bba7;g7 
of such ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acja7;g77  
is amended to read as follows3  7g7     
,allocation of funds  7#a7 ,fiscal year 
#bjae ,subject to subsection 7h71 the   
,administrator shall use the amounts    
appropriated to carry out this section  
for fiscal year #bjae for making grants 
to municipalities and municipal entities

 under subsection 7a77#b7 in accordance 
with the criteria set forth in          
subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,fiscal year #bjaf
 and thereafter ,subject to subsection  
7h71 the ,administrator shall use the   
amounts appropriated to carry out this  
section for fiscal year #bjaf and each  
fiscal year thereafter for making grants
 to ,states under subsection 7a77#a71 in
 accordance with a formula to be        
established by the ,administrator1 after
 providing notice and an opportunity for
 public comment1 that allocates to each 
,state a proportional share of such     
amounts based on the total needs of the 
,state for municipal combined sewer     
overflow controls and sanitary sewer    
overflow controls identified in the most
 recent survey conducted pursuant to    
section #eaf4  4  7d7 ,reports ,section 
#bba7;i7 of such ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4    
#acja7;i77 is amended by striking #bjjc 
and inserting #bjag4