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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-45
LOCAL WATER PROTECTION ACT
MAY 28, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DEFAZIO, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2008]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 2008) to amend the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to
nonpoint source management, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose of L egislation ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3
Legislative H istory and Consideration ................................................................. 3
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate ......................................................... 4
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 5
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 6
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 6
Preemption Clarification ........................................................................................ 6
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 6
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 6
PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 2008, the Local Water Protection Act, in-
troduced by Representative Angie Craig (D-MN), is to amend the
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