[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 1409 Reported in Senate (RS)]







                                                       Calendar No. 255
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1409

                          [Report No. 109-159]

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2005

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

                            October 24, 2005

               Reported by Mr. Inhofe, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN RURAL AND 
              NATIVE VILLAGES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 303 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 
1996 (33 U.S.C. 1263a) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``50 percent'' 
        and inserting ``75 percent''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (e)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``$40,000,000'' and 
                inserting ``$45,000,000''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``2005'' and inserting 
                ``2010''.</DELETED>

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.--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) Recommendation.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall recommend to the State of Alaska means by which 
the State of Alaska can address any deficiencies identified in the 
report under subsection (f).''; 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 ``2010''.
                                                       Calendar No. 255

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1409

                          [Report No. 109-159]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 24, 2005

                       Reported with an amendment