Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act. 33 USC 1251 note.>>
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act''.
Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``and Peconic Bay, New York'' and inserting ``Peconic Bay, New York; Casco Bay, Maine; Tampa Bay, Florida; Coastal Bend, Texas; San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico; Tillamook Bay, Oregon; Piscataqua Region, New Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New Jersey; Maryland Coastal Bays, Maryland; Charlotte Harbor, Florida; Mobile Bay, Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington''.
Section 320(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(b)(4)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``management plan that recommends'' and inserting ``management plan that-- ``(A) recommends''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(B) addresses the effects of recurring extreme weather events on the estuary, including the identification and assessment of vulnerabilities in the estuary and the development and implementation of adaptation strategies; and ``(C) increases public education and awareness of the ecological health and water quality conditions of the estuary;''.
Section 320(c)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is amended by inserting ``nonprofit organizations,'' after ``educational institutions,''.
Section 320(g)(4)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)(4)(C)) is amended-- (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
(A) by inserting ``, emerging,'' after ``urgent''; and (B) by striking ``coastal areas'' and inserting ``the estuaries selected by the Administrator under subsection (a)(2), or that relate to the coastal resiliency of such estuaries''; (2) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses (viii) and (ix), respectively, and inserting after clause (v) the following: ``(vi) stormwater runoff; ``(vii) accelerated land loss;''; and (3) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by inserting ``, extreme weather,'' after ``sea level rise''.
Section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(i)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026,'' after ``2021''.
Approved January 13, 2021.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4044: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-288 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020): Feb. 5, considered and passed House. Dec. 31, considered and passed Senate.
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