text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``National Urban Watershed Model 
  Restoration Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. ANACOSTIA RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION PILOT 
                PROGRAM.
  
      (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
  Agency shall develop and carry out a pilot program to serve as a 
  national model for the restoration of urban watersheds and community 
  environments. The purposes of the program shall be to demonstrate 
  methods to encourage urban communities to use their environmental 
  resources as a catalyst for sustainable community redevelopment and to 
  meet the objectives of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
  including stormwater, combined sewer overflows, and other water quality 
  objectives. The program shall have a dual function of restoration and 
  protection of river resources and reduction of environmental human 
  health risks in the surrounding communities.
      (b) Location.--The pilot program under this section shall be 
  carried out in the Anacostia River watershed, District of Columbia and 
  Maryland.
      (c) Activities.--In carrying out the program under this section, 
  the Administrator shall--
              (1) integrate on a community or geographic basis the 
          regulatory and nonregulatory programs of the Environmental 
          Protection Agency with other Federal, State, and local 
          government programs and provide effective coordination among 
          such programs;
              (2) support baseline monitoring efforts of State and local 
          governments to determine key trends in ambient environmental 
          conditions for the purpose of filling gaps in critical data 
          about the environmental condition of the watershed;
              (3) develop and maintain environmental indicators in 
          conjunction with interested public entities and ensure regular 
          public reporting of these indicators;
              (4) provide grants in accordance with subsection (d) to 
          local community groups and nonprofit organizations to foster 
          community involvement in the decisionmaking process, 
          environmental educational goals, and restoration strategies;
              (5) assist in the establishment of measurable goals for 
          such restoration;
              (6) maintain annual program plans which provide for public 
          input;
              (7) provide opportunities for the education of school 
          children and community groups on local environmental resources 
          and on what individuals can do to reduce environmental and 
          health risks;
              (8) develop consensus strategies for the restoration and 
          protection of the watershed in cooperation with other Federal, 
          State, and local groups to address critical issues and needs;
              (9) maintain a biennial Federal work planning process for 
          Federal landholders and programmatic agencies to identify 
          specific opportunities and needs for Federal activities in 
          support of the pilot program's goals;
              (10) demonstrate new technologies and approaches which are 
          applicable nationally to stormwater management, combined sewer 
          overflow control, floatables reduction, forest buffer 
          restoration, and other activities being conducted under the 
          Federal Water Pollution Control Act;
              (11) participate in urban habitat improvement projects in 
          the watershed on a demonstration basis;
              (12) assist in the implementation of the regional action 
          plan for toxics reduction and prevention in the watershed;
              (13) implement on the ground projects for restoration of 
          the watershed to the extent they are unique or transferable to 
          national audiences; and
              (14) maintain and enhance the Biennial Work Plan for the 
          Anacostia River Watershed published by the United States Army 
          Corp of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency on 
          April 22, 1997, for the purpose of identifying specific 
          opportunities for Federal landholders to contribute to the 
          pilot program.
      (d) Challenge Grants.--
              (1) Set-aside.--The Administrator may set aside no less 
          than $400,000 of amounts appropriated to carry out this section 
          for each fiscal year to make grants under subsection (c)(4).
              (2) Environmental protection agency share.--The 
          Environmental Protection Agency's share of the costs of 
          activities to be carried out with a grant under this section 
          shall be not less than 75 percent. The remaining share of such 
          costs may be provided through in-kind contributions and may be 
          provided from Federal funds appropriated to carry out any law, 
          other than this Act, if the Federal agency making such funds 
          available agrees.
      (e) Coordination.--In carrying out the pilot program under this 
  section, the Administrator shall work in coordination with other 
  Federal agencies, particularly the Army Corps of Engineers, to identify 
  projects and activities which are supportive of the goals of the pilot 
  program.
      (f) Reports.--The Administrator shall transmit to Congress by 
  January 1 of each fiscal years 2000 through 2004 a report on the 
  activities carried out under, and results of, the pilot program during 
  the preceding fiscal year, including a report on the technical, 
  managerial, and public involvement aspects of the pilot program which 
  are transferable to other urban areas.
      (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
  appropriated to carry out this section $750,000 for each of fiscal 
  years 2000 through 2004. Such sums shall remain available until 
  expended.
target: Authorizes the Administrator to set aside amounts for grants to local community groups and nonprofit organizations to foster community involvement in the decision making process, environmental educational goals, and restoration strategies.
  Authorizes appropriations.
feat_title: National Urban Watershed Model Restoration Act