3.0.0 3500 2022-02-03T05:08:58Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z Senate S S 2008-09-16 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-16T21:46:29Z Water Infrastructure Financing Act 110 3617 S 2008-09-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1092. Related bill CRS 2008-09-16 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2008-09-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-09-16 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2008-09-16 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2008-09-16 True Water Resources Development Agricultural pollution Agriculture and Food Authorization Bonds Congress Congressional reporting requirements Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental technology Federal aid to water pollution control Federal aid to water resources development Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Governmental investigations Infrastructure Potable water Reservoirs Revolving funds Science, Technology, Communications Sewage disposal Sewerage Storm drains Technological innovations Waste water treatment Water conservation Water pollution control Water quality Water supply Water treatment plants Water use Wetlands Water Resources Development 00 2008-09-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-10T20:34:52Z Water Infrastructure Financing Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a competitive grant program to provide technical assistance to small and medium treatment works on wastewater and stormwater approaches; (2) expand the list of projects eligible for state water pollution control revolving loan fund (commonly known as the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or CWSRF) assistance; (3) provide assistance, including loan forgiveness, for disadvantaged communities; (4) allow states to forgive repayment of a portion of a loan for alternative approaches to wastewater and stormwater controls; (5) establish a priority system for providing financial assistance from the CWSRF; (6) allow a transfer of capitalization grants between revolving loan funds for water pollution control and safe drinking water treatment; (7) extend through FY2012 the authorization of appropriations for CWSRF; and (8) revise provisions concerning sewer overflow control grants, including by extending the authorization of appropriations for such grants through FY2012.

Directs the Administrator to establish a grant program for watershed restoration through the protection or improvement of water quality.

Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) require the Administrator to develop an implementation plan for contaminant prevention, detection, and response and extend funding for such activities through FY2012; (2) establish a priority system for providing assistance to enable small public water systems to achieve and maintain compliance with national primary drinking water regulation; (3) require the Administrator to give grants to provide technical assistance for the design, operation, construction, and maintenance of household wells and small shared well-systems that provide drinking water; (4) expand the list of projects eligible for state drinking water treatment revolving loan funds (commonly known as the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund or DWSRF); and (5) extend the authorization of appropriations for the DWSRF through FY2012.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a grant program to assist community water systems in meeting the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act; (2) authorize appropriations for lead service line replacement in the District of Columbia; (3) establish a grant program to research and develop the use of innovative and alternative technologies to improve water quality or drinking water supply; (4) establish a nationwide demonstration grant program for water quality enhancement and management; (5) provide capitalization grants to states for agricultural pollution control technology revolving funds; (6) identify ways to improve the state revolving fund review process; and (7) enter into an arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences for a cost of service study of public water systems and treatment works and a study on the management of water supply, wastewater, and stormwater in urban areas and surrounding communities.

]]> Water Infrastructure Financing Act Short Titles as Introduced Water Infrastructure Financing Act Display Title Water Infrastructure Financing Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in the United States. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3500is/xml/BILLS-110s3500is.xml 2008-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.