Committee approves San Francisco Bay restoration bill with foreign-affiliate funding ban; final passage carried 40–13
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The committee agreed to HR 1382, expanding contracting authorities for the San Francisco Bay Restoration Program and barring nonfederal entities affiliated with countries of concern from receiving funds; the final recorded vote was 40 yeas to 13 nays.
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted, including a recorded roll call, to favorably report HR 1382, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the San Francisco Bay Restoration Program.
The bill authorizes the San Francisco Bay geographic program to enter into interagency agreements in addition to cooperative agreements and contracts with nonfederal partners. It also adds a prohibition on nonfederal entities affiliated with certain countries of concern — the transcript lists Russia, Iran, North Korea and China — from receiving funding under the program. Sponsors described the change as aligning San Francisco Bay authorities with other geographic restoration programs.
Ranking Member Larson supported the bill and noted its technical alignment with other regional programs; Representative Huffman offered a technical amendment to correct citations, which the committee agreed to. Representative Perry opposed using federal funds for a program that covers only California, arguing other states should not pay for restoration efforts within California.
A recorded vote was requested before final passage. The committee recessed briefly and then completed the roll call; the clerk announced the total was 40 yays and 13 nays. The bill as amended was agreed to and ordered favorably reported to the House; the motion to reconsider was laid on the table.