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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-291
AMENDING THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
ACT TO REAUTHORIZE THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
BASIN RESTORATION PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES
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. 4275]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 4275) to amend the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin
Restoration Program, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose of L egislation ............................................................................................ . 2
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 ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 4
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 6
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 6
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 6
Preem ption C larification ........................................................................................ . 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 .................................... 7
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