S. 50 — what changed
Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024
From Introduced in Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 2 sections amended and 1 added between Introduced in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.
Section 1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the “Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2023”.2024”.
Sec. 2 Pensacola and Perdido Bays
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Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking “and Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington” and inserting “Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington; and Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida and Alabama”.Florida”.
Sec. 3 Ineligibility with respect to fiscal years 2024 and 2025
addedadded With respect to the amendment made by section 2, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not use for the implementation of that amendment, including, with respect to Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida, convening a management conference, developing or carrying out a comprehensive conservation and management plan, or providing grants under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)—
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any amounts appropriated to carry out the national estuary program under that section for fiscal year 2024; or
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unless the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2025 is at least $850,000 more than the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2023, any amounts appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2025.