[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2309 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2309

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to 
  reauthorization of the State water pollution control revolving fund 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 1993

 Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Blute, Mr. 
      Olver, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Neal of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Studds, and Mr. Markey) 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 relating to 
  reauthorization of the State water pollution control revolving 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 ``State Water Pollution Control 
Revolving Fund Reauthorization Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PROJECT ELIGIBILITY.

    Sections 601(a) and 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1381(a) and 1383(c)) are each amended by inserting 
before ``(2)'' the following: ``including any land acquisition, land 
development, and relocations necessary for construction of the 
treatment works and construction, development, and improvement of parks 
and other areas necessary for environmental mitigation or compensation 
related to construction of the treatment works,''.

SEC. 3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR CAPITALIZATION GRANTS.

    Section 602(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1382(b)(6)) is amended by inserting ``(other than the 20 percent 
limitation contained in the exception at the end of the last sentence 
of such section)'' after ``201(g)(1)''.

SEC. 4. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Maximum Terms of Loans.--
            (1) Extension.--Section 603(d)(1) of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A)) is amended in 
        each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking ``20 years'' and 
        inserting ``30 years or the life of the project, whichever is 
        greater''.
            (2) Applicability to existing loans.--The term of any loan 
        made from a State water pollution control revolving loan fund 
        under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
        before the date of the enactment of this Act may be extended 
        under the amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection by 
        agreement of the parties to such loan.
    (b) Grants.--Section 603(d) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(7) to make grants (including grants to pay the cost of 
        debt service on loans made under this title or on loans entered 
        into or bonds issued to finance projects eligible for 
        assistance under this title) to municipal and intermunicipal 
        agencies approved by the State taking into account, at a 
        minimum, the following factors: the environmental significance 
        of the project, court ordered improvements, projected increases 
        in residential and commercial water and sewer bills in the area 
        to be served by the project, the extent to which local 
        communities in the service area can contribute financially to 
        the project, the local unemployment rate, and the median 
        household income of the service area; and''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Annual report.--Section 606(d) of such Act is amended 
        by striking ``and loan terms'' and inserting ``loan terms, 
        grant recipients, grant amounts, and grant terms''.
            (2) Federal oversight.--Section 606(e) of such Act is 
        amended by inserting after ``loan'' each place it appears ``or 
        grant''.

SEC. 5. ALLOTMENT FORMULA.

    Section 604(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1384(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Formula.--Sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1993, shall 
be allotted among the States by the Administrator in accordance with 
such formula as the Administrator shall establish by regulation. In 
establishing such formula, the Administrator shall consider, at a 
minimum, the following:
            ``(1) The needs of each State for assistance under this 
        title, including court ordered improvements to waste water 
        treatment plants as a result of implementation of the Federal 
        Water Pollution Control Act.
            ``(2) The projected percentage increases in residential and 
        commercial sewer and water bills in the State.
            ``(3) The extent to which local economies in the State can 
        contribute financially to the projects to be carried out under 
        this title, including unemployment rates and median incomes.''.

SEC. 6. FUNDING.

    Section 607(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1387(5)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) $2,000,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal 
        years 1994 through 2000.''.

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