Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4357 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4357 To provide for the water quality restoration of the Tijuana River and the New River, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2025 Mr. Vargas (for himself, Mr. Peters, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the water quality restoration of the Tijuana River and the New River, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--TIJUANA RIVER PUBLIC HEALTH AND WATER QUALITY RESTORATION Sec. 101. Findings; purposes. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Tijuana River Public Health and Water Quality Restoration Program. Sec. 104. Water quality action plan. Sec. 105. Grants, interagency and other agreements, and assistance. Sec. 106. Annual budget plan. Sec. 107. Reports. TITLE II--NEW RIVER PUBLIC HEALTH AND WATER QUALITY RESTORATION Sec. 201. Findings; purposes. Sec. 202. Definitions. Sec. 203. California New River Public Health and Water Quality Restoration Program. Sec. 204. Water qua