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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117_47
TO AMEND THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT TO REAU-
THORIZE THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION PROGRAM,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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. 1921]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1921) 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, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................. 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 2
Legislative H istory and Consideration .................................................................. 3
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 3
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 ............................................................................ 6
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 ..................................... 7
PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 1921, introduced by Representative Garret
Graves (R-LA), is to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
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