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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-287
GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE ACT OF 2019
NOVEMBER 13, 2019.-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
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4031]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 4031) to amend the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Ini-
tiative, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose of L egislation ............................................................................................. 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 3
Legislative H istory and Consideration .................................................................. 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 4
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 5
Preem ption C larification ........................................................................................ . 5
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. 4031 is to amend section 118 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize
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