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H. Rept. 116-288 1 (2019-11-13)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Op 116TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-288 PROTECT AND RESTORE AMERICNS ESTUARIES ACT 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. 4044] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4044) to amend the Federal Water Pol- lution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor- ably 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 ............................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 5 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 PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 4044 is to amend section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize 99-006