To modify the formula for the allotment of grants to States for the establishment of State water pollution control revolving funds.

SA 1050. Mr. KYL proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2361, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for
other purposes; as follows:

On page 254, after line 25, add the following:
Sec. 4___. Section 604 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``(a) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(1) Needs survey.--The term `needs survey' means a need
survey under section 516(2).
``(2) Needs survey percentage.--The term `needs survey
percentage', with respect to a State, means the percentage
applicable to the State under a formula for the allotment of
funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal
year to States in amounts determined by the Administrator,
based on the ratio that--
``(A) the needs of a State described in categories I
through VII of the most recent needs survey; bears to
``(B) the needs of all States described in categories I
through VII of the most recent needs survey.
``(3) State.--The term `State' means--
``(A) a State;
``(B) the District of Columbia; and
``(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
``(b) Allocations.--
``(1) In general.--Funds made available to carry out this
section for a fiscal year shall be allocated by the
Administrator in accordance with this subsection.
``(2) Indian tribes.--Of the total amount of funds
available for a fiscal year, the Administrator shall reserve,
before making allotments to States under paragraph (4), not
less than 1.5 percent of the funds to be allocated to Indian
tribes (within the meaning of section 518(c)).
``(3) Certain territories and freely associated states.--Of
the total amount of funds made available for a fiscal year,
0.25 percent shall be allocated to and among, as determined
by the Administrator--
``(A) Guam;
``(B) American Samoa;
``(C) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
``(D) the Federated States of Micronesia;
``(E) the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
``(F) the Republic of Palau; and
``(G) the United States Virgin Islands.
``(4) States.--
``(A) Target allocation.--Each State shall have a target
allocation for a fiscal year, which--
``(i) in the case of a State for which the needs survey
percentage is less than 1.0 percent, shall be 1.0 percent;
and
``(ii) in the case of any other State, shall be the most
recent needs survey percentage.
``(B) Unallocated balance.--Any unallocated balance of
available funds shall be allocated in equal parts to all
States that, in the most recent needs survey, report higher
total needs both in absolute dollar terms and as a percentage
of total United States needs.''.
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