,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #g1        
#bjaf,mr4 ,duncan of ,tennessee         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to authorize the incorporation 
of water quality improvement partnership
 programs into ,federal ,water          
,pollution ,control ,act ,,npdes permit 
programs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,water quality improvement partnerships 
7a7 ,national pollutant discharge       
elimination system ,section #djb of the 
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdb7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7s7   
,water quality improvement partnerships 
,a permit program administered under    
this section may incorporate a water    
quality improvement partnership program 
that1 consistent with the requirements  
of this ,act1 encourages investment by  
publicly owned treatment works and      

municipal separate storm sewer systems  
in watershed-based projects to improve  
water quality4  4  7b7 ,water quality   
standards and implementation plans      
,section #cjc of the ,federal ,water    
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acac7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7j7 ,watershed-,based   
restoration work ,water quality         
improvement partnerships established    
pursuant to section #djb7s7 may be used 
by publicly owned treatment works and   
municipal separate storm sewer systems  
to attain and maintain water quality    
standards1 consistent with the          
requirements of this ,act4  4