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	1	+	118THCONGRESS
	2	+	2
	3	+	DSESSION S. 50
	4	+	AN ACT
	5	+	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require
	6	+	the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
	7	+	cy to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola
	8	+	and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance,
	9	+	and for other purposes.
	10	+	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
	11	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
	12	+	†S 50 ES
	13	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	14	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pensacola and Perdido 2
	15	+	Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024’’. 3
	16	+	SEC. 2. PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS. 4
	17	+	Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution 5
	18	+	Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by 6
	19	+	striking ‘‘and Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Wash-7
	20	+	ington’’ and inserting ‘‘Lower Columbia River, Oregon 8
	21	+	and Washington; and Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Flor-9
	22	+	ida’’. 10
	23	+	SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO FISCAL YEARS 11
	24	+	2024 AND 2025. 12
	25	+	With respect to the amendment made by section 2, 13
	26	+	the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-14
	27	+	cy may not use for the implementation of that amendment, 15
	28	+	including, with respect to Pensacola and Perdido Bays, 16
	29	+	Florida, convening a management conference, developing 17
	30	+	or carrying out a comprehensive conservation and manage-18
	31	+	ment plan, or providing grants under section 320 of the 19
	32	+	Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)— 20
	33	+	(1) any amounts appropriated to carry out the 21
	34	+	national estuary program under that section for fis-22
	35	+	cal year 2024; or 23
	36	+	(2) unless the total amount appropriated to 24
	37	+	carry out that program for fiscal year 2025 is at 25
	38	+	least $850,000 more than the total amount appro-26 3
	39	+	†S 50 ES
	40	+	priated to carry out that program for fiscal year 1
	41	+	2023, any amounts appropriated to carry out that 2
	42	+	program for fiscal year 2025. 3
	43	+	Passed the Senate March 12, 2024.
	44	+	Attest:
	45	+	Secretary. 118
	46	+	TH
	47	+	CONGRESS
	48	+	2
	49	+	D
	50	+	S
	51	+	ESSION
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1	53		S. 50
2		-	One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
3		-	of the
4		-	United States of America
5		-	AT THE SECOND SESSION
6		-	Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
7		-	the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four
8	54		AN ACT
9		-	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator
10		-	of the Environmental Protection Agency to give priority consideration to selecting
11		-	Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance, and for other
12		-	purposes.
13		-	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
14		-	the United States of America in Congress assembled,
15		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
16		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pensacola and Perdido Bays
17		-	Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024’’.
18		-	SEC. 2. PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS.
19		-	Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
20		-	Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and Lower
21		-	Columbia River, Oregon and Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘Lower
22		-	Columbia River, Oregon and Washington; and Pensacola and
23		-	Perdido Bays, Florida’’.
24		-	SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND
25		-	2025.
26		-	With respect to the amendment made by section 2, the Adminis-
27		-	trator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not use for
28		-	the implementation of that amendment, including, with respect
29		-	to Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida, convening a management
30		-	conference, developing or carrying out a comprehensive conservation
31		-	and management plan, or providing grants under section 320 of
32		-	the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)—
33		-	(1) any amounts appropriated to carry out the national
34		-	estuary program under that section for fiscal year 2024; or S. 50—2
35		-	(2) unless the total amount appropriated to carry out that
36		-	program for fiscal year 2025 is at least $850,000 more than
37		-	the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for
38		-	fiscal year 2023, any amounts appropriated to carry out that
39		-	program for fiscal year 2025.
40		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives.
41		-	Vice President of the United States and
42		-	President of the Senate.
	55	+	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
	56	+	to require the Administrator of the Environ-
	57	+	mental Protection Agency to give priority consid-
	58	+	eration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays
	59	+	as an estuary of national significance, and for
	60	+	other purposes.