,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #caga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #i1   
#bjbj,mr4 ,whitehouse 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,cassidy1 and ,mr4 ,carper7 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 reauthorize 
the ,national ,estuary ,program1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,protect and  
,restore ,america's ,estuaries ,act4    
#b4 ,national ,estuary ,program ,section
 #cbj of the ,federal ,water ,pollution 
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #accj7 is  
amended--  7#a7 in subsection           
7a77#b77;,b71 by striking and ,peconic  
,bay1 ,new ,york and inserting ,peconic 
,bay1 ,new ,york2 ,casco ,bay1 ,maine2  
,tampa ,bay1 ,florida2 ,coastal ,bend1  
,texas2 ,san ,juan ,bay1 ,puerto ,rico2 
,tillamook ,bay1 ,oregon2 ,piscataqua   
,region1 ,new ,hampshire2 ,barnegat     

,bay1 ,new ,jersey2 ,maryland ,coastal  
,bays1 ,maryland2 ,charlotte ,harbor1   
,florida2 ,mobile ,bay1 ,alabama2 ,morro
 ,bay1 ,california2 and ,lower ,columbia
 ,river1 ,oregon and ,washington2  7#b7 
in subsection 7b77#d7-- 7,a7 by striking
 management plan that recommends and    
inserting 8management plan that--  7,a7 
recommends  2 and  7,b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7,b7 addresses the 
effects of recurring extreme weather    
events on the estuary1 including the    
identification and assessment of        
vulnerabilities in the estuary and the  
development and implementation of       
adaptation strategies2 and  7,c7        
increases public education and awareness
 of the ecological health and water     
quality conditions of the estuary2  2   
7#c7 in subsection 7c77#e71 by inserting
 nonprofit organizations1 after         
educational institutions12  7#d7 in     
subsection 7g77#d7--  7,a7 in           
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking          
subsection 7i77#b77;,b7 and inserting   

subsection 7i77#c77;,b72 and  7,b7 in   
subparagraph 7,c7--  7i7 in the matter  
preceding clause 7i71 in the first      
sentence-- 7,i7 by inserting 1 emerging1
 after urgent2  7,,ii7 by striking      
coastal areas and inserting estuaries of
 national significance2  7ii7 in clause 
7vi71 by inserting 1 extreme weather1   
after sea level rise2  7iii7 by         
redesignating clauses 7vi7 and 7vii7 as 
clauses 7ix7 and 7x71 respectively2 and 
7iv7 by inserting after clause 7v7 the  
following3  7vi7 stormwater runoff2     
7vii7 accelerated land loss2  7viii7    
problems resulting from urbanization and
 population growth1 including-- 7,i7    
increased demand for sewage treatment2  
7,,ii7 loss of forests and natural soil2
 and  7,,iii7 increased amounts of      
impervious surfaces that affect water   
quality2  2 and  7#e7 in subsection     
7i7-- 7,a7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#b7 as paragraph 7#c72 and  7,b7 in    
paragraph 7#a71 in the matter preceding 
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking ,there is

 authorized to be appropriated to the   
,administrator #bf1ejj1jjj for each of  
fiscal years #bjag through #bjba for--  
and inserting the following3  ,there are
 authorized to be appropriated to the   
,administrator for the purposes         
described in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7      
#bf1ejj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjag through #bjba2 and  7,b7          
#ej1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjbb through #bjbf4  7#b7 ,purposes    
described ,the purposes referred to in  
paragraph 7#a7 are--  4