[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1542 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1542

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to 
 improve wastewater treatment for certain unincorporated communities, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 14 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

 Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to 
 improve wastewater treatment for certain unincorporated communities, 
                        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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unincorporated Community Wastewater 
Treatment Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, there is a 
        severe lack of wastewater treatment facilities in small, semi-
        rural, unincorporated communities in the United States;
            (2) the lack of facilities is leading to the pollution of 
        rivers and ground water in the area; and
            (3) the pollution presents a potential threat to the public 
        health of the communities referred to in paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. GRANTS TO UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES.

    Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1361 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 519 as section 520; and
            (2) by inserting after section 518 following new section:

``SEC. 519. GRANTS TO UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES.

    ``(a) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            ``(1) Construction.--The term `construction' has the same 
        meaning provided in section 212(1).
            ``(2) Non-metropolitan area.--The term `non-metropolitan 
        area' means an area no part of which is within an area 
        designated as a metropolitan statistical area by the Office of 
        Management and Budget.
            ``(3) Treatment works.--The term `treatment works' has the 
        same meaning provided in section 212(2).
    ``(b) Authorization for Grant Awards.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Administrator is authorized to award a grant for 
wastewater treatment to an unincorporated community (without regard to 
whether the community is located in a metropolitan statistical area) 
for a wastewater treatment project that serves a population--
            ``(1) of 20,000 or fewer residents; and
            ``(2) with a median household income that is less than or 
        equal to 110 percent of the median household income for non-
        metropolitan areas of the State in which the community is 
        located.
    ``(c) Use of Grant.--A grant awarded under this section may be used 
for 1 or more of the following activities:
            ``(1) The acquisition or construction (including planning, 
        design, repair, extension, improvement, alteration, or 
        reconstruction) of a treatment works or any portion or any 
        associated structure of a treatment works (including any 
        associated collection line or interceptor sewer, 
        notwithstanding any limitation otherwise imposed with respect 
        to the provision of assistance for the line or sewer).
            ``(2) The acquisition of land, or any easement or other 
        right-of-way, with respect to which the recipient of the grant 
        is not the owner at the time of the acquisition, that is 
        necessary to carry out the construction or operation of the 
        treatment works referred to in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) The final disposal of residues resulting from the 
        treatment of water or waste.
            ``(4) The disposal of wastewater by surface or underground 
        methods (or both).
            ``(5) The disposal of wastewater through recycling or 
        reclamation (or both).
    ``(d) Cost-sharing.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of a grant 
        described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
        total cost of the project that is the subject of the grant.
            ``(2) Non-federal share.--Payment of the non-Federal share 
        of a grant described in subsection (a) may be satisfied by any 
        combination of public or private funds or in-kind services. The 
        non-Federal share may include public funds authorized or 
        expended for the project that is the subject of the grant 
        during the period beginning on the date that is 3 years before 
        the date of enactment of the Unincorporated Community 
        Wastewater Treatment Act of 1993.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency, to carry out this 
section, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1994 
through 2000.''.

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