[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1409 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1409


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2006

  Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 AN ACT



 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to modify the 
grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the 
                            State of Alaska.

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

SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN RURAL AND NATIVE 
              VILLAGES.

    Section 303 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (33 
U.S.C. 1263a) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (h);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Requirements.--As a condition of receiving a grant under this 
section, the State of Alaska shall--
            ``(1) require each applicant to clearly identify the scope 
        and the goal of the project for which funding is sought and how 
        the funds will be used to meet the specific, stated goal of the 
        project;
            ``(2) establish long-term goals for the program, including 
        providing water and sewer systems to Alaska Native villages; 
        and
            ``(3) carry out regular reviews of grantees to determine if 
        the stated scope and goals of each grant are being met.
    ``(f) Reporting.--Not later than December 31, 2007 (with respect to 
fiscal year 2007), and annually thereafter (with respect to each 
subsequent fiscal year), the State of Alaska shall submit to the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a report 
describing the information obtained under subsection (e), including--
            ``(1) the specific goals of each project;
            ``(2) how funds were used to meet the goal; and
            ``(3) whether the goals were met.
    ``(g) Review.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency shall require the State of Alaska to correct 
        any deficiencies identified in the report under subsection (f).
            ``(2) Failure to correct or reach agreement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a deficiency in a project 
                included in a report under subsection (f) is not 
                corrected within a period of time agreed to by the 
                Administrator and the State of Alaska, the 
                Administrator shall not permit additional expenditures 
                for that project.
                    ``(B) Time agreement.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days 
                        after the date of submission to the 
                        Administrator of a report under subsection (f), 
                        the Administrator and the State of Alaska shall 
                        reach an agreement on a period of time referred 
                        to in subparagraph (A).
                            ``(ii) Failure to reach agreement.--If the 
                        State of Alaska and the Administrator fail to 
                        reach an agreement on the period of time to 
                        correct a deficiency in a project included in a 
                        report under subsection (f) by the deadline 
                        specified in clause (i), the Administrator 
                        shall not permit additional expenditures for 
                        that project.''; and
            (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
                    (A) by striking ``$40,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$45,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2009''.

            Passed the Senate September 30 (legislative day, September 
      29), 2006.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.