[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1980 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1980

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide additional 
assistance to economically distressed rural communities under the State 
          water pollution control revolving loan fund program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1993

   Ms. Long (for herself, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Baesler, Mr. 
Kingston, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Emerson, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Myers of Indiana, 
    Mr. Minge, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Spence, Mr. Peterson of Florida, Mr. 
   Clinger, Mr. Parker, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
  Volkmer, and Mr. Gillmor) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide additional 
assistance to economically distressed rural communities under the State 
          water pollution control revolving loan fund program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Community Water Pollution 
Control Assistance Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Loan Program.--Section 603(d)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting after ``20 years'' the 
        following: ``and at terms not to exceed 40 years in the case of 
        loans to economically distressed rural communities'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after ``1 year'' the 
        following: ``and not later than 3 years in the case of loans to 
        economically distressed rural communities'';
            (3) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after ``20 years'' the 
        following: ``and at terms not to exceed 40 years in the case of 
        loans to economically distressed rural communities''; and
            (4) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively, and inserting after 
        subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) not less than 15 percent of amounts deposited 
                in the fund after the date of the enactment of this 
                subparagraph will be used to make loans to economically 
                distressed rural communities;''.
    (b) Technical Assistance.--Section 603(d) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) for providing technical assistance to economically 
        distressed rural communities in the operation, management, and 
        maintenance of waste water treatment works, including--
                    ``(A) the provision of information and guidance 
                with respect to financial management, user fee 
                analysis, budgeting, capital improvement planning, and 
                development of funding applications;
                    ``(B) the provision of information and guidance 
                with respect to facility operation and maintenance 
                requirements, repair schedules, and other activities 
                necessary to improve treatment plant operations;
                    ``(C) the provision of information and guidance on 
                management restructuring, including physical 
                consolidation, shared use of equipment, and staff 
                functions; and
                    ``(D) the provision of assistance in identifying 
                and evaluating appropriate technologies, associated 
                management and maintenance costs, and least cost 
                options;
        except that amounts available for providing such technical 
        assistance shall not exceed 1.5 percent of all grant awards 
        made after the date of the enactment of this paragraph to such 
        fund under this title.''.
    (c) Definition.--Section 603 of such Act is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Definitions.--For purposes of this title, the following 
definitions apply:
            ``(1) Economically distressed rural community.--The term 
        `economically distressed rural community' means a rural 
        community--
                    ``(A) in which the median household income of the 
                residents of such community is less than 75 percent of 
                the median statewide nonmetropolitan household income, 
                as determined by the latest decennial census of the 
                United States; or
                    ``(B) in which the rate of poverty for the 
                residents of such community is greater than the 
                national poverty rate, as determined annually by the 
                Office of Management and Budget.
            ``(2) Rural community.--The term `rural community' means a 
        community which is located in a nonmetropolitan county and 
        which has a population of 3,500 individuals or less, as 
        determined by the latest decennial census of the United 
        States.''.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1382(d)(7)) is amended by striking ``4 percent'' and inserting 
``4.5 percent''.

SEC. 4. INTENDED USE PLAN.

    Section 606(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1386(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) the criteria used to evaluate loan repayment 
        affordability and to determine loan interest rates.''.

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