,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #fda  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#cijf  ,report ,no4 #aae-hbh1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,october #b1 #bjag   
,mr4 ,heck 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,katko1   
,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4       
,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1   
,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,delaney1 ,ms4   
,norton1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,ms4 ,moore1   
,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,smith of         
,washington1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 and ,mr4    
,mc,govern7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,july #af1 #bjah;,additional sponsors3  
,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 

and ,mrs4 ,napolitano  ,july #af1 #bjah 
,reported from the ,committee on        
,transportation and ,infrastructure with
 amendments ,strike out all after the   
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,july #af1           
#bjah;,committee on ,science1 ,space1   
and ,technology discharged2 committed to
 the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on 
the ,state of the ,union and ordered to 
be printed,for text of introduced bill1 
see copy of bill as introduced on       
,october #b1 #bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to      
establish centers of excellence for     
innovative stormwater control           
infrastructure1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,innovative ,stormwater         
,infrastructure ,act of #bjah4  #b4     
,stormwater infrastructure funding task 
force  7a7 ,in general ,not later than  
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,administrator of the   
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall
 establish a stormwater infrastructure  

funding task force composed of          
representatives of ,federal1 ,state1 and
 local governments and private          
7including nonprofit7 entities to       
conduct a study on1 and develop         
recommendations to improve1 the         
availability of public and private      
sources of funding for the construction1
 rehabilitation1 and operation and      
maintenance of stormwater infrastructure
 to meet the requirements of the        
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #abea et seq474  7b7    
,considerations ,in carrying out        
subsection 7a71 the task force shall--  
7#a7 identify existing ,federal1 ,state1
 and local public sources and private   
sources of funding for stormwater       
infrastructure2 and  7#b7 consider--    
7,a7 how funding for stormwater         
infrastructure from such sources has    
been made available1 and utilized1 in   
each ,state to address stormwater       
infrastructure needs identified pursuant
 to section #eaf7;b77#a7 of the ,federal

 ,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc   
,u4,s4,c4 #acge7;b77#a772  7,b7 how the 
source of funding affects the           
affordability of the infrastructure 7as 
determined based on the considerations  
used to assess the financial capability 
of municipalities under the integrated  
planning guidelines described in the    
,integrated ,municipal ,stormwater and  
,wastewater ,planning ,approach         
,framework1 issued by the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency on ,june #e1 #bjab1
 and dated ,may1 #bjab71 including      
consideration of the costs associated   
with financing the infrastructure2 and  
7,c7 whether such sources of funding are
 sufficient to support capital          
expenditures and long-term operation and
 maintenance costs necessary to meet the
 stormwater infrastructure needs of     
municipalities4  7c7 ,report ,not later 
than #ah months after the date of       
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator shall submit to ,congress
 a report that describes the results of 

the study conducted1 and the            
recommendations developed1 under        
subsection 7a74  7d7 ,state defined ,in 
this section1 the term ,state has the   
meaning given that term in section #ejb 
of the ,federal ,water ,pollution       
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acfb74    
,amend the title so as to read3 ,a bill 
to direct the ,administrator of the     
,environmental ,protection ,agency to   
establish a stormwater infrastructure   
funding task force1 and for other       
purposes4  ,july #af1 #bjah ,reported   
from the ,committee on ,transportation  
and ,infrastructure with amendments,july
 #af1 #bjah;,committee on ,science1     
,space1 and ,technology discharged2     
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed