,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #d1     
#bjai,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 
and ,mrs4 ,fischer7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act to increase the
 ability of a ,state to administer a    
permit program under that ,act1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,state             
administration of certain permits under 
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 ,section #djd7;g7 of the ,federal      
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7;g77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#a71 in the second        
sentence1 by striking ,in addition1 such
 ,state and inserting the following3    
7,b7 ,requirement ,in submitting a      
proposal to the ,administrator under    
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,state  2  7#b7  

by striking the subsection designation  
and all that follows through ,the       
,governor in the first sentence of      
paragraph 7#a7 and inserting the        
following3  7g7 ,state administration   
7#a7 ,state permit program  7,a7 ,in    
general ,the ,governor  2 and  7#c7 in  
paragraph 7#a71 by adding at the end the
 following3  7,c7 ,applications by      
certain ,state departments of           
transportation  7i7 ,in general ,a      
,state department of transportation that
 has assumed the responsibilities of the
 ,secretary of ,transportation under the
 ,national ,environmental ,policy ,act  
of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47  
under the surface transportation project
 delivery program under section #cbg of 
title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 may   
apply to the ,administrator to          
administer an individual and general    
permit program under subparagraph 7,a7  
with respect to highway projects subject
 to that assumption of responsibility4  
7ii7 ,treatment ,for the purpose of this

 subsection1 a reference to a ,state    
shall be deemed to include a ,state     
department of transportation described  
in clause 7i74  4