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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-290
PROMOTING UNITED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO SAVE
OUR SOUND ACT
NOVEMBER 14, 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. 2247]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 2247) to amend the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities
to protect the water quality of Puget Sound, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose of L egislation ............................................................................................ . 8
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 8
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 9
Legislative H istory and Consideration .................................................................. 10
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 10
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 10
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 10
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate .......................................................... 10
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 12
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 12
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 12
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 12
Preem ption C larification ........................................................................................ . 12
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 13
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 13
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 13
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 14
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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