94 STAT. 2362
33 USC 1283.
33 USC 1285 note.
Effective date. 33 USC 1321. Congressional notification.
33 USC 1282.
Guidelines. 33 USC 1285.
PUBLIC LAW 96-483—OCT. 21, 1980
in the period for which the appHcation requests payment and such requested payment for that fiscal year does not exceed the State's expected allotment from such authorization. The Administrator shall not be required to make such requested payment for any fiscal year— "(A) to the extent that such payment would exceed such State's allotment of the amount appropriated for such fiscal year; and "(B) unless such payment is for a project which, on the basis of an approved funding priority list of such State, is eligible to receive such payment based on the allotment and appropriation for such fiscal year. To the extent that sufficient funds are not appropriated to pay the full Federal share with respect to a project for which obligations under the provisions of this subsection have been made, the Administrator shall reduce the Federal share to such amount less than 75 per centum as such appropriations do provide.". SEC. 6. Section 203(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended (1) by striking out "$2,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$4,000,000", and (2) by striking out "$3,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$5,000,000". SEC. 7. Notwithstanding section 205(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1285), sums allotted to the States for the fiscal year 1979 shall remain available for obligation for the fiscal year for which authorized and for the period of the next succeeding twenty-four months. The amount of any allotment not obligated by the end of such thirty-six month period shall be immediately reallotted by the Administrator on the basis of the same ratio as applicable to sums allotted for the then current fiscal year, except that none of the funds reallotted by the Administrator for fiscal year 1979 shall be allotted to any State which failed to obligate any of the funds being reallotted. Any sum made available to a State by reallotment under this section shall be in addition to any funds otherwise allotted to such State for grants under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act during any fiscal year. This section shall take effect on September 30, 1980. SEC. 8. Section 311(k) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(k)"; and (2) by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: "(2) The Secretary of Transportation shall notify the Congress whenever the unobligated balance of the fund is less than $12,000,000, and shall include in such notification a recommendation for a supplemental appropriation relating to the sums that are needed to maintain the fund at the level provided in paragraph (1).". SEC. 9. (a) The first sentence of section 202(a)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking the period and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "unless modified to a lower percentage rate uniform throughout a State by the Governor of that State with the concurrence of the Administrator. Within ninety days after the enactment of this sentence the Administrator shall issue guidelines for concurrence in any such modification, which shall provide for the consideration of the unobligated balance of sums allocated to the State under section 205 of this Act, the need for assistance under this title in such State, and the availability of State grant assistance to replace the Federal share reduced by such modification. The payment of any such reduced Federal share shall not constitute an obligation on the part of the United States or a claim on the part of any State or grantee to
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