1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Water Protection and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Revenue
Sec. 101. Establishment and funding of Water Protection and
Reinvestment Trust Fund.
Sec. 102. Allocation of funds.
Title II—State Water Pollution Control Revolving
Funds
Sec. 201. Amendment of Federal
Water Pollution Control Act.
Sec. 202. Technical assistance.
Sec. 203. General authority for capitalization
grants.
Sec. 204. Capitalization grant agreements.
Sec. 205. Water pollution control revolving loan
funds.
Sec. 206. High priority project grants and
principal forgiveness.
Title III—Safe Drinking Water Act Funding
Sec. 301. Use of State revolving loan funds.
Sec. 302. Priority system requirements.
Sec. 303. Affordability.
Sec. 304. Needs survey.
Sec. 305. Negotiation of contracts.
Sec. 306. Drinking water technical assistance for
communities.
Title IV—Additional Grant Programs
Sec. 401. Definitions.
Sec. 402. Treatment works and community water system security
grants.
Sec. 403. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Grants.
Sec. 404. Workforce Development Grants.
Sec. 405. Sewer overflow control grants.
Sec. 406. Research, Development, and Technology Demonstration
Program.
Sec. 407. Regional water research centers.
Sec. 408. Cost of service study.
Sec. 409. Drug take-back grants.
Sec. 410. State revolving fund review process.
<enum>I</enum><header>Revenue</header>
<section id="HCF6606D067B84E68BC88E359367AF098" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Establishment and
funding of Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H276674EB22154D88962CC683AEA4B974"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Water Protection
and Reinvestment Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H2CE89369AD3E493C9B5A16EEC7DCD119"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to establishment of trust funds) is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="HFC77E589B8C1413EADDC096983DBA919"><enum>9511.</enum><header>Water
Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H7EBD48B149C440299B97986BB8D19228"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creation of
trust fund</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>Water Protection and Reinvestment
Trust Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or
credited to such fund as provided in this section or section 9602(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6231FD1F55F449579D0FB0DB8D0B0CC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfers to
trust fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are hereby
appropriated to the Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund amounts
equivalent to the taxes received in the Treasury before January 1, 2016, under
the following provisions—</text>
<paragraph id="HB431F312399341EA96491E40A65A97D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 59B
(relating to clean water restoration tax), and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD85E7985CE1E490EB26B2B3044E1D472"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 4171
(relating to taxes relating to water).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED2C344C3A8C4BC9881ED6A22B7AB4FA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the Water Protection and
Reinvestment Trust Fund shall be available, as provided in appropriation Acts,
only for purposes of investments in clean water and drinking water
infrastructure in accordance with the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act of
2009.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8CFBF6D502A45C88E830B0FB2E07550"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 98 of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="HFC77E589B8C1413EADDC096983DBA919" level="section">Sec. 9511. Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust
Fund.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H279171E55B41481BB429A64937DAB703"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Excise taxes
funding Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H354B6FFA808E429FA3E660CAC4D26070"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 32 of such Code is amended by inserting after
subchapter D the following new subchapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FF733362E174806A2A4DF603C143CA1" style="OLC">
<subchapter id="HF03B56A3743642B6BD6AE4C27098C2B3"><enum>E</enum><header>Taxes Relating to
Water</header>
<toc container-level="subchapter-container" idref="HF03B56A3743642B6BD6AE4C27098C2B3" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="HC11BB80CD6084F829FD2590A9883D116" level="section">Sec. 4171. Imposition of tax.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HA05B353FD51D47CBB287562196D08990" level="section">Sec. 4172. Definitions and special rule.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="HC11BB80CD6084F829FD2590A9883D116"><enum>4171.</enum><header>Imposition of
tax</header>
<subsection id="H2CF83A5DDBC744B4B1DEB73203387554"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Water-based
beverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby
imposed on the sale of any container of water-based beverage by the
manufacturer, producer, or importer thereof a tax equal to 4 cents per
container of such beverage which is 5 gallons or less. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the manufacturer or producer is the entity that puts the
beverage into the container subject to the tax under such sentence.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H94A270EA2E6E44C39D69917EEFE20E34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water disposal
product</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby
imposed on the sale of any water disposal product by the manufacturer,
producer, or importer thereof a tax equal to 3 percent of the price for which
so sold.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H47AD6A35C95A4F09BCCA812A9098C813"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pharmaceutical
tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby imposed
on the sale of any pharmaceutical product by the manufacturer, producer, or
importer thereof a tax equal to 0.5 percent of the price for which so
sold.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H16B4FE1FC2BF40E19F9706C7855F10F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
taxes imposed by this section shall not apply to any production, manufacture,
or importation after December 31, 2015.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA05B353FD51D47CBB287562196D08990"><enum>4172.</enum><header>Definitions
and special rule</header>
<subsection id="H4C131C650A7643E5853DB8A4E8781FBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Water-based
beverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
subchapter—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C64635C01394B9FA5FE112A1F792770"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Water-based
beverage</header><text>The term <quote>water-based beverage</quote> means any
beverage which is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21713E1B411B432A9300495D98C9769F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>water, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H305A9CABC38E4800963BD4979704B37C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>created by mixing
water with other liquids, flavorings, vitamins, or other ingredients where the
resulting product is at least 50 percent water by weight.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2988B688797A4381881F7286ACE2E8F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
term <quote>water-based beverage</quote> does not include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5633C897EB334214A5EAA819872DDF71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any pharmaceutical
product,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EAFA014948744F7815ADDD0519A4931"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any alcoholic
beverage, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12D609E2826E4773A6728FFB343720DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any product
where—</text>
<clause id="H1E379FB599C14F0CBF71C4674638F733"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at
least 75 percent of the water that naturally existed in the product is
removed,</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9B4B99EAD224CE5B8E102FE6A933A20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the resulting
concentrated product is shipped and then the water replaced, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H47BF8FE30DCA4955B7DD923E930E5008"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the beverage is
then packaged for sale.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAEA4E9E0FBF941B1BCB8DD1D115A4246"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Container</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>container</quote> means any
can, glass bottle, plastic bottle, aseptic container, or other sealed package
for transportation and sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F8D0E564C6449B8BE2096CF6E96C399"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water disposal
product</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
subchapter—</text>
<paragraph id="HA88C5D28896146B29B36675B0533B174"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>water disposal product</quote> means any
of the following: soaps and detergents, toiletries, toilet tissue, water
softeners, and cooking oils.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0F5088076CE459A94D0BCA5C56A808A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Soaps and
detergents</header><text>The term <quote>soaps and detergents</quote>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6034D8A5441240A3B6569B2B024B3283"><enum>(A)</enum><text>soaps and other
detergents, such as laundry detergents and dishwashing detergents,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FDCAFD32A2645688C20390BF28B43D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>toothpaste gels,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09B4356AD86B47D29C400A442045F610"><enum>(C)</enum><text>tooth
powders,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">as
determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEEC78220A25465F9A328844210A11C3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Toiletries</header><text>The
term <quote>toiletries</quote> means toilet preparations such as perfumes,
shaving preparations, hair preparations, face creams, lotions (including
sunscreens), and other cosmetic preparations, as determined under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4320EF5D6C6B4558BECCD71A93056A3D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Toilet
tissue</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>toilet
tissue</quote> means toilet tissue, as determined under regulations prescribed
by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE2795AFA85D4F12B631DCCC3CC5F883"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Water
softeners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>water softeners</quote> means farm, household, commercial, and
industrial water softeners, as determined under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82A6B253DC1B4AA3BA15A3019E14BBAD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Cooking
oils</header>
<subparagraph id="HE934688A56F54E8A983CBE274B5CAA3E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>cooking oils</quote> means corn oils, soy
oils, and other vegetable oils, as determined under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AEED691A9C94EFAB15AC56E104CDC9D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
term <quote>cooking oils</quote> does not mean a product that the Secretary
determines, by regulation, is not typically disposed of, by consumers, directly
in wastewater.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA72580B2F0494737B5A1F4E9C3198000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pharmaceutical
product</header><text>The term <quote>pharmaceutical product</quote>
means—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E7A3BB965CE4D7E90A85C0455699613"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a drug (as defined
in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)),
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C3294FEFD004CD3AA85F028C6B3FD78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a biological
product (as defined in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
261)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H837D57645E4540BB9837AB08D4F2B3B2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use treated as
sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
subchapter, if any person manufactures, produces, or imports any item on which
tax is imposed under this subchapter, and uses such item, then such person
shall be liable for tax under this subchapter in the same manner as if such
item were sold by such
person.</text>
</subsection></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6491A085C9DC45838523DDF3B34BFD3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
subchapters for chapter 32 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item
relating to subchapter D the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="HF03B56A3743642B6BD6AE4C27098C2B3" level="subchapter">Subchapter E. Taxes Relating to
Water</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4CA3AB0456B840728AD4E7CAFB0FDEC5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Corporate Income
tax funding Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H28E877471E0C4AE6973C58C22E228182"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by inserting at the end the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E199CDCAFA64F69A0E325088F21CACD" style="OLC">
<part id="H5ABDA29D04744EE59384551F05F24F14"><enum>VIII</enum><header>Clean Water
Restoration Tax</header>
<section id="H37F0E5FC65544EB0A549B23DCF45AC2C"><enum>59B.</enum><header>Clean Water
Restoration Tax</header>
<subsection id="H155056F51D454490891D6DC8AC3129F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Imposition of
tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
corporation, there is hereby imposed (in addition to any other tax imposed by
this subtitle) a tax equal to 0.15 percent of the excess of—</text>
<paragraph id="H576366832D2F4F79A84C3F5A89A4F4B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the modified
alternative minimum taxable income of such corporation for the taxable year,
over</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41997F55BC974708BDEB59FCD6A2CD38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$4,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6971B984F95D45898B448185D92D5816"><enum>(b)</enum><header> Modified
alternative minimum taxable income</header><text>For purposes of this section,
the term <quote>modified alternative minimum taxable income</quote> has the
meaning given such term by section 59A(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB25348A6659B4238805A6EEDCBF5FFEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicable
rules</header><text>For purposes of this section, rules similar to the rules of
subsections (c) and (d) of section 59A shall apply.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H992CF91026954BC299AF15EE565B5FCF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application of
tax</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a taxable year beginning
after December 31,
2015.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53CE9A9F1CCA4CA6B10CFDFAE9607502"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="HAA237F114C5840A39BEA207138B96DA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 26(b)(2)
of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of
subparagraph (W), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (X) and
inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H281D9FE8B5FB409CAFD248643B1FD621" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE00D51CBC1234BD6A90B643AA7DC9BF0"><enum>(Y)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 59B (relating to clean water
restoration
tax).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8135CE1863645A893C5790B8AF76C7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 164(a) of
such Code is amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCAF69D0C7CA4EDC9C1B727996E3F9A2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H50253280920943AD9468ECCEEF52039F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The clean water restoration tax imposed by
section
59B.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB925A6DF5E9E410CAF5D75CE54C6E964"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 275(a)(6)
of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>or 59B</quote> after <quote>section
59A</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC6CB7CE98BD4228AAAEA8290C354100"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 882(a)(1)
of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>59B,</quote> after
<quote>59A,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H825CF3D5BF654FAAA405540A7207E277"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 1561(a) of
such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph
(3), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>,
and</quote>, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA6657334353435AA77885A00077A4D4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H08D0C0C2C27E4343A52FBA29F8D12C9B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one $4,000,000 amount for purposes of
computing the tax imposed by section
59B.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FACC7D2DDA044E5B3891AB676810F7B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section
6425(g)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the
end of clause (iii), by striking <quote>over</quote> at the end of clause (iv)
and inserting <quote>plus</quote>, and by inserting after clause (iv) the
following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56F2E0DDDB294351BBCA286F92DD8798" style="OLC">
<clause id="H3B170D3334D54F7CAC0DF04F66D35DE7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the tax imposed by section 59B,
over</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57D13145793A459D8C81D663D69B445D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section
6655(c)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the
end of clause (ii), by striking <quote>over</quote> at the end of clause (iii)
and inserting <quote>plus</quote>, and by inserting after clause (iii) the
following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55C4B1BD0F76477EB4B7AB9DC44CEE93" style="OLC">
<clause id="HDCEDBEF1E29E42DC9EF74F18763D54AE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the tax imposed by section 59B,
over</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7397B9C7706C4649BA2948B72150BBE2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph id="HBAFA5D802AF54BE085555529B79B5273"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08B926F5CD174ACDAC50E86F3ACA2DE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Excise
tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (b) shall apply to sales on or after the first calendar quarter
beginning after 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE402002D218E49D0A9582EB6E42FD560"><enum>102.</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<subsection id="H845DF098AF354365BBD07EE4CF14CA04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency shall allocate the amount of funds
appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment Fund established by
section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for a fiscal year among
programs and activities as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HF6E46857DE1D47589B485A8463425378"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clean water
programs</header><text>Of such amount, the Administrator shall make
available—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8241DB18840D4FBD8B2F7454DE7CE131"><enum>(A)</enum><text>48 percent for
making capitalization grants under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381; relating to capitalization grants for State water
pollution control revolving funds);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9A9AF3C4C8A48CEAD6FD23165FA1E6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1.5 percent for
making grants under section 106 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1256; relating to grants
for pollution control programs);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04E4764FABC742FC82FDB256A0201CAA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>2.5 percent for
making grants under section 319 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1329; relating to
nonpoint source management programs); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5094F8E21D7142798C8DFB7CC03E4017"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.5 percent for making grants under section
104(b)(8) of such Act (as added by section 202 of this Act; relating to
technical assistance to rural and small municipalities and tribal
governments).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B78E54D1D1E411EB67F806DD0A3D0FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Safe drinking
water funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of such amount,
the Administrator shall make available—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61B6A67AE8C840D9AAC392268FB81B38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>35 percent for
making capitalization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12; relating to capitalization grants for State drinking water
treatment revolving loan funds); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19CD055B416C42EE92043027ABF4F242"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.5 percent for providing technical
assistance under section 1442(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300j–1(e); relating to technical assistance for small public water
systems).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3EBEF02DEB74EBF846216CF3B077721"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional grant
programs</header><text>Of such total amount, the Administrator shall make
available—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2E648279152463CA7DD3D360A73DDF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>0.5 percent for
making grants under section 402 (relating to treatment works and community
systems security);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0394FF4FE212437C801A293F8E059890"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 percent for
making grants under section 403 (relating to climate change and adaptation
grants);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD04A77C1605D4BB4947C32E1E986653F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>0.05 percent for
making grants under section 109 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1259) in accordance with section 404(a) (relating to training grants and
contracts);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99E4D629B5744F07AED16F1BB8B66D25"><enum>(D)</enum><text>0.05 percent for
awarding scholarships under section 111 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1261) in accordance with section 404(c) (relating to
scholarships for the studies on the operation and maintenance of treatment
works);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FA1BA74DEEE4CE28E7D9116349FAF99"><enum>(E)</enum><text>0.1 percent for
establishing training programs and making grants under section 1442(c) of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–1(c)) in accordance with section 404(d)
(relating to training for personnel who manage or operate public water
systems);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F83F8C1721542F4B4CD74FC33614CB6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>5 percent for
making grants under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1301; relating to sewer overflow control grants);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA71015E7E4EA4ACF8B7934880FDE83BD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>5 percent for
carrying out sections 406, 407, and 408 (relating to the national water
infrastructure research, development, and demonstration program, regional water
research centers, and a cost of service study); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9B3AC47133C4B43AE9A5D71404E1296"><enum>(H)</enum><text>0.3 percent for
making grants under section 410(a) (relating to drug take back grants).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7E0CEC5735C42E8963C68F95BB1F675"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funds made
available for a program or activity under this section, shall be in addition to
any funds made available for the program or activity under any other provision
of law.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>State Water
Pollution Control Revolving Funds</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE50DEAA2FF074FF4BAF6C1C2D0ACE2EE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Amendment of
<act-name parsable-cite="FWPCA">Federal Water Pollution Control
Act</act-name></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of the <act-name parsable-cite="FWPCA">Federal Water Pollution
Control Act</act-name> (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDE6F1E440B5497DBF046677FD536AF8"><enum>202.</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(b) (33
U.S.C. 1254(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H72CA5BF34C474953B2597B095BB80F4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E41C722AEB445F9B6B3AE8C9129E3D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBFD653E738E4CC08314C7561F46D1D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H34C83FC780454BCAA35CE69741F36178" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC3AB54A82CA8496FAB88196538A32DEC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>make grants to
nonprofit organizations—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9CDAF4987AF149A2B20D59CF6EB9BAF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide technical assistance to rural
and small municipalities and tribal governments for the purpose of assisting,
in consultation with the State in which the assistance is provided, such
municipalities and tribal governments in the planning, developing, and
acquisition of financing for eligible projects described in section
603(c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBABE5DCFC9F748E19DC29CC83A61C135"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
technical assistance and training for rural, small, and tribal publicly owned
treatment works and decentralized wastewater treatment systems to enable such
treatment works and systems to protect water quality and achieve and maintain
compliance with the requirements of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69DF6D63EBC8423AB19E5DB95A9FC774"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to disseminate
information to rural, small, and tribal municipalities and municipalities that
meet the affordability criteria established under section 603(i)(2) by the
State in which the municipality is located with respect to planning, design,
construction, and operation of publicly owned treatment works and decentralized
wastewater treatment
systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H73A8B90FF2964DF79061FBAF4C000982"><enum>203.</enum><header>General
authority for capitalization grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(a) (33 U.S.C. 1381(a)) is
amended by striking <quote>for providing assistance</quote> and all that
follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>to
accomplish the objectives, goals, and policies of this Act by providing
assistance for projects and activities identified in section
603(c).</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H61BAC67C796945508B1F866900FC7CB3"><enum>204.</enum><header>Capitalization
grant agreements</header>
<subsection id="HFBFA400194BF4EDD895600B0CDCA71CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specific
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 602(b)
(33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCEE8D3408BED4D13AAF5C9CB283C27E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking “and” at the end of paragraph (9);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA280A0C732E541EA8DFD9339D3DBFC6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55DDA19BC0844DB28E99009EC85BA68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H337049222A2B43BB93A9E2B1D72C0900" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H41455A5A66CA48CAB5906E2C6273BF47"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State will require that each contract
and subcontract for program management, construction management, planning
studies, feasibility studies, architectural services, preliminary engineering,
design, engineering, surveying, mapping, and related services entered into
using amounts from the fund will be awarded in the same way that a contract for
architectural and engineering services is awarded under chapter 11 of title 40,
United States Code, except that such an award shall not be construed as
conferring a proprietary interest upon the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H52627C406CC34249A1E490FF665460F4"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State will not provide financial
assistance using amounts from the fund for any project that will provide
substantial direct benefits to new communities, lots, or subdivisions, other
than a project to construct an advanced decentralized wastewater system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBD927E09EC9F4FBAADBC44EBDF1CA920"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements of section 513 will apply
to the construction of treatment works carried out in whole or in part with
assistance made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as
authorized under this title, or with assistance made available under section
205(m), or both, in the same manner as treatment works for which grants are
made under this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H845EB223AC7647AD92C0ABDF637BD859"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the State will
allocate funds for high priority projects in accordance with section
607.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9E71BD60B484EE2BFBA6EFAB6C25BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced
decentralized wastewater system defined</header><text>Section 502 is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99FE84ADA60147CF90F5FDA179062D2B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFC346B9119D840C8A15C6D9CD976E955"><enum>(25)</enum><header>Advanced
decentralized wastewater system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>advanced decentralized
wastewater system</quote> means a system for treating domestic sewage that is
located at or near a site at which the sewage is generated, provides more
effective treatment than a conventional septic system, and includes a plan and
funding mechanism for long-term
maintenance.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB3872C60FD9048F9AC70AB5400647BD5"><enum>205.</enum><header>Water pollution
control revolving loan funds</header>
<subsection id="HE738952222D94C2EB030B1D3F369452D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Projects and
activities eligible for assistance</header><text>Section 603(c) (33 U.S.C.
1383(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3DE66A527C3C44C7A6C82F001C77C164" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2A5388C5DCBA4290A8840051E0E1C8FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Projects and
Activities Eligible for Assistance</header><text>The amounts of funds available
to each State water pollution control revolving fund shall be used only for
providing financial assistance—</text>
<paragraph id="HB44EDE4EEA7A459A839345D00088AE57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to any
municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for construction of
publicly owned treatment works to address the needs of existing
communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H675209C21D054F1486E2DF50B6DDAA25"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for implementation of measures to increase
the security of publicly owned treatment works, including vulnerability
assessment updates and safer alternatives for treatment chemicals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21AB0B714526449CBA68A494977E5695"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for implementation
of a nonpoint management program established under section 319;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D6B0127D7924E97A11BF55CF862700"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for development and
implementation of a conservation and management plan for an estuary under
section 320;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AD4180FDA4F4796B681E892A2ECD468"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for implementation of measures to manage,
reduce, treat, capture, or reuse municipal storm water, agricultural storm
water, and return flows from irrigated agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DAADAEB3C424071AA3C9D1C64C5A1E2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for repair or
replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat domestic
sewage;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1D904695BA546DABB00F1E486000050"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to any
municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for implementation
of measures to reduce the demand for publicly owned treatment works capacity
through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6D37B992FA9433BA737A998FD8100E3"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for implementation of measures to integrate
water resource management planning and implementation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31406F5A9D014D93BC05422095EA3A76"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to any
municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for measures to
reduce the energy consumption needs for publically owned treatment works,
including the implementation of energy efficient or renewable generation
technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D9426AE72AA416CB03964EE00D8D294"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for projects to correct failing residential
septic systems or cesspools; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H243B415C25DE4FC796E971004D658638"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for implementation of technologies,
management programs, or other measures—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C22F818E3B74D2182736065A416533D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve
monitoring for and to alert the owner or operator of a publicly owned treatment
works of the occurrence of a spill, overflow, or other discharge or release;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55F9C3CEFBBB4BFFBFD80637A5047597"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide for
public notification of a spill, overflow, or other discharge or release of
pollution into waters of the United States or from point sources into areas in
which there is a potential risk of public
exposure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC7239B2907D4E5CAC312020D7051D88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extended
repayment period</header><text>Section 603(d)(1) (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE27337E9D9C740CF89311511938B5FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>20 years</quote> and inserting <quote>the
lesser of 30 years or the design life of the project to be financed with the
proceeds of the loan</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA22DEB9D272407EA140D24FEF004C58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B) by striking <quote>not later than 20 years after project completion</quote>
and inserting <quote>upon the expiration of the term of the
loan</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3757F5369754391AA28BC8B00AE3BF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiscal
sustainability plan</header><text>Section 603(d)(1) (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)) is
further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EF83440AABA424DA100733324326374"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0557B02826AC46748E49A2C65D94D8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F5DC799AE8B4C65A506BE1C3FA23CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6C5499E7F9B343BBB6A619DB6E00073" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB092FC6AC710406CA5FF097A9AFC862"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for any portion of
a treatment works proposed for repair, replacement, or expansion, and eligible
for assistance under section 603(c)(1), the recipient of such assistance will
develop and implement a fiscal sustainability plan that includes—</text>
<clause id="H145DB960712C403BA200A592C4ED69B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
inventory of critical assets that are a part of that portion of the treatment
works;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A22E6DDB45A4CB4A005030027A64DE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the condition and performance of inventoried assets or asset groupings;</text>
</clause><clause id="H388BAE525E644EC7834B43219158AE05"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a plan for
maintaining, repairing, and, as necessary, replacing that portion of the
treatment works and a plan for funding such activities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H377C64536DD34EB992B97DD2758FA621"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
certification that the recipient has evaluated and will be implementing water
and energy conservation efforts as part of the
plan;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA5BAB5777834F03AA82E5993FF0B0CA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expenses of
administering State funds</header><text>Section 603(d)(7) (33 U.S.C.
1383(d)(7)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following:
<quote>or $400,000 per year, or <fraction>1/5</fraction> percent per year of
the current valuation of the fund, whichever amount is greatest, plus the
amount of any fees collected by the State for such purpose regardless of the
source</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6F695A25C2A4612B8C82B5125B61677"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
Subsidization</header><text>Section 603 (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H570CAC4CE19B4297B873E5509D15A8B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD44E98A49EDA46A4BED000F6D333E8A2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional
Subsidization</header>
<paragraph id="H99B50F58568D4FE591F0D331A9DD09F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any case in which a State provides assistance to a
municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency under subsection
(d), the State may provide additional subsidization, including forgiveness of
principal and negative interest loans—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD419F7F2660C48F4B971D5656DD32599"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to benefit a
municipality that—</text>
<clause id="HDDB6EFDF697842738FA23B88F6942DAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the State’s
affordability criteria established under paragraph (2); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H07C436120B5049ABA328F76F75D367DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not meet the
State’s affordability criteria if the recipient—</text>
<subclause id="HA8C449684EA94EB8A78106955723009F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>seeks additional
subsidization to benefit individual ratepayers in the residential user rate
class;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H950D1945FBAF48468482684F13002989"><enum>(II)</enum><text>demonstrates to
the State that such ratepayers will experience a significant hardship from the
increase in rates necessary to finance the project or activity for which
assistance is sought; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA995A26F7D9E458BAACFFE2CB454558E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensures, as part
of an assistance agreement between the State and the recipient, that the
additional subsidization provided under this paragraph is directed through a
user charge rate system (or other appropriate method) to such ratepayers;
or</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7E5BF3044A447F69902ECE444119FCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement an innovative or alternative
process, material, technique, or technology (including low-impact technologies,
nonstructural protection of surface waters, a new or improved method of waste
treatment, and nutrient pollutant trading) that may result in greater
environmental benefits, or equivalent environmental benefits at reduced cost,
when compared to a standard process, material, technique, or technology.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE58333F0D24A4895968FB575EAA390F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Affordability
criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="H33ADC5E82A3F464FB7B021FD272C23B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>On
or before September 30, 2010, and after providing notice and an opportunity for
public comment, a State shall establish affordability criteria to assist in
identifying municipalities that would experience a significant hardship raising
the revenue necessary to finance a project or activity eligible for assistance
under section 603(c)(1) if additional subsidization is not provided. Such
criteria shall be based on income data, population trends, and other data
determined relevant by the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H302884ECC12545EA9BD7340C6CE728B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Existing
criteria</header><text>If a State has previously established, after providing
notice and an opportunity for public comment, affordability criteria that meet
the requirements of subparagraph (A), the State may use the criteria for the
purposes of this subsection. For purposes of this Act, any such criteria shall
be treated as affordability criteria established under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E7EC12EA1934D7296AE05F4B73C1C44"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>A
State may give priority to a recipient for a project or activity eligible for
funding under section 603(c)(1) if the recipient meets the State’s
affordability criteria.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51FC4C392BEE437BB002C855C4454B7F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
total amount of additional subsidization provided under this subsection by a
State may not exceed 30 percent of the total amount of capitalization grants
(less the amounts required to be allocated in accordance with section 607)
received by the State under this title in fiscal years beginning after
September 30,
2009.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2B07721509B43F7975649B87723EA88"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 603(g) (33 U.S.C. 1383(g)) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24D5DB57CE6F47ABA5CE34A851B41DEE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEE51A97883B44C5A8C05E8F100A7D5A5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Priority system
requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H2EBF8CB5438D48B29D543DFA813C58DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H41B490A995BE46A9B1592191B8069B33"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Restructuring</header><text>The
term <quote>restructuring</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="HFE6EB18330EB48048513CDA78E88BB00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the consolidation
of management functions or ownership with another facility; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H03A5F927413E42CB866E5BA500014800"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the formation of
cooperative partnerships.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0C591952E484E86829857EA04FB3CA6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Traditional
wastewater approach</header><text>The term <quote>traditional wastewater
approach</quote> means a managed system used to collect and treat wastewater
from an entire service area consisting of—</text>
<clause id="HBB2F977657A043FFA5D820C73B47E901"><enum>(i)</enum><text>collection
sewers;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5744D64180924E1A928FEC00A70058AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
centralized treatment plant using biological, physical, or chemical treatment
processes; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD401674226CE4F46AB9C10B104A387D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a
direct point source discharge to surface water.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AC8C89143664E09BF42C552469C0C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority
system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing financial
assistance from the water pollution control revolving fund of the State, the
State shall establish a priority system that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4981557AE65D4E64907B5F3549002CB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>takes into
consideration appropriate chemical, physical, and biological data relating to
water quality that the State considers reasonably available and of sufficient
quality;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H441D55AB216944419C3B47B000F75214"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensures that
projects undertaken with assistance under this title are designed to achieve,
as determined by the State, the optimum water quality management, consistent
with the public health and water quality goals and requirements of this
Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12A74D8C81434762988C66E6BA108577"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides for
public notice and opportunity to comment on the establishment of the priority
system and the summary under subparagraph (D); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E935AE532734F3F96A37C98B34DBA8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provides for the
publication, not less than biennially in summary form, of a description of
projects in the State that are eligible for assistance under this title that
indicates—</text>
<clause id="H64914F39F453480FB8E91FCD0323C300"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the priority
assigned to each project under the priority system of the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H52C830B9BD934C0A88783B22008DD2A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the funding
schedule for each project, to the extent the information is available.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B46EADB9D5F4D4C8624D1000996FC5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Weight given to
applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After
determining project priorities under paragraph (2), a State shall give greater
weight to an application for assistance if the application contains such
information as the State determines to be necessary and includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDBB50C3EA2EB44B094B359E4CDB8EBA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>approaches other
than a traditional wastewater approach that treat or minimize sewage or urban
storm water discharges using—</text>
<clause id="HCA94895EDE6346E39BE555A5C214742E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>decentralized or
distributed storm water controls;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD47C2452D97646708BF061ECF8F987DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>decentralized
wastewater treatment;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE7C75F009CF0424195D9DEB88B2CC795"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>low-impact
development technologies and nonstructural approaches;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C09FA17DF2846E2AB8015646E63A11C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>stream
buffers;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3C0F2ACF0EC4C0C94FC4702C2B6B06D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>wetland
restoration and enhancement;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF831C6883744B6EA057B04689073F2D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>actions to
minimize the quantity of and direct connections to impervious surfaces;</text>
</clause><clause id="H39F74D09E42E41BF00C3D77ED429312C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>soil and
vegetation, or other permeable materials; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA2BD3FEC86747339841D70064EEE7BF"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>actions that
increase efficient water use, water conservation, or water reuse;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB94C044222C841C89E0108BA104D0080"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a demonstration of
consistency with State, regional, and municipal watershed plans, water
conservation and efficiency plans, or integrated water resource management
plans;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA95970C7D367429A97EAA6C7AB64B23E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a proposal by the
applicant demonstrating flexibility through alternative means to carry out
responsibilities under Federal regulations, which may include watershed
permitting and other innovative management approaches, while achieving results
that the Administrator determines are measurably superior when compared to
regulatory standards; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H783C2CB5667940DF985B997329E664CB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a proposal by the
applicant providing for the implementation of effective utility management
principles, as identified in the 2007 Agreement between the Environmental
Protection Agency and major water and wastewater
associations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H0A0C990290F446F98F5BED75D39DE7E"><enum>206.</enum><header>High priority
project grants and principal forgiveness</header>
<subsection id="HAB28079A2C2A48FC95E5E6A7E5472D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI (33 U.S.C.
1381 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0C7381200714FB1B31642918C815F8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 607 as section 608; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B84C4DE02D748E289BB9D9FA7C140E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 606 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC5D315BD93B4139B4479EECEFDE84CA" style="OLC">
<section id="HFA52539A9B0A44AD8B99317BF526DE80"><enum>607.</enum><header>High priority
project grants and principal forgiveness</header>
<subsection id="HACC2D7F0B8E441EC99534CF69B009573"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall
allocate for providing assistance for high priority projects in accordance with
the requirements of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HE197C790E87B4A01B063B11D288CD5FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent of the
total amount of capitalization grants received by the State in a fiscal year
under section 601 that is attributable to funds appropriated out of the Water
Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD41D7E14FD5540FCA1D3C3E4CDE0A829"><enum>(2)</enum><text>50 percent of the
State contributions made under section 602(b)(2) in connection with that total
amount.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81403BD6023748A6978F5C133F5EFE80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To
make grants and forgive principal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the requirements of section
603(d), assistance provided by a State for high priority projects under
subsection (a) shall be in the form of a grant or a loan under which the State
forgives repayment of 100 percent of the principal amount of the loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H03504E1B5244404BBF96B2334B6E9F88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification
of high priority projects</header>
<paragraph id="H7B7357C04E544187A8EA20CB46950019"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall provide
assistance under this section in a manner that is consistent with the priority
lists established under sections 216 and 603.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0624506788294321AE1C162820CDEDA8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
providing assistance under this section, a State shall give greater weight to
projects that address the most serious water pollution problems and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31196C6D0C234AEAB1242BE9FDA4DE75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>benefit
communities with the greatest need (determined on the basis of affordability
criteria to be established by the State); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDC8C93C19D9434DB3D2777D16F26337"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incorporate
nonstructural or decentralized treatment practices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC874474B9670410487CBDB2E8F8F6D9C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Matching
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a grant
or loan for a project under this section shall be 50 percent of the project
cost. The remaining project cost shall be provided by the State from sources
other than capitalization grants under section 601.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC565A0822B154340B3699EFCB2307FD9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall apply with respect to each fiscal year beginning after the date of
enactment of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF5687A0B7CA649C783DE6225478B255D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility of
Indian tribes</header><text>Section 518(e) (33 U.S.C. 1377(e)) is amended by
striking <quote>and 406</quote> and inserting <quote>406, and
607</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Safe Drinking
Water Act Funding</header>
<section id="HE467AFBF24AF4FDDA76F0018F0A13BCE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Use of State
revolving loan funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1452(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(2)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H51E8BF4769E04F128C5E0916737A2CEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the first through fifth
sentences as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and by adjusting the
margins of such subparagraphs so as to align with subparagraph (B) (as amended
by paragraph (2) of this section); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1D462BF8CC943058E3498468844B18B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B), as so designated, and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C922EC97FD64F388B47766A630C7141" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6EE2687DB8A64BF1AB8B16E2AADED749"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial assistance under this section may
be used by a public water system only for expenditures (not including
monitoring, operation, and maintenance expenditures) of a type or category
which the Administrator has determined, through guidance, will facilitate
compliance with national primary drinking water regulations applicable to the
system under section 1412 or otherwise significantly further the health
protection objectives of this title, including expenditures—</text>
<clause id="H8041BD9A8AF24CCB84E1BE974CBD37AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for planning, design, and associated
preconstruction activities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H79ECB94A78954104B75703EA7586AA4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to replace or
rehabilitate aging treatment, storage (including reservoirs), or distribution
facilities of public water systems;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0A83B23B6D3C4B739D7F946407C18486"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for capital
projects to upgrade or enhance the security of public water systems;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD4C6A87DB5914BE7A55DDB859FEBC40B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to consolidate
management functions with other public water systems;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H02275C61C2744D8BAFD4D6205720D67B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to increase the
energy efficiency or water efficiency (or both) of a public water system;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H360B02AF56F54757A8B576F66F77B93B"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>for onsite
projects to generate renewable energy for a public water
system.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF87D72CC6CA2488A9F1238C8E0EE64DA"><enum>302.</enum><header>Priority system
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1452(b)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(b)(3)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D14A7C35F64426D9EB8E1FF7AAE819B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>periodically</quote> and inserting <quote>at least
biennially</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3464FE1763BA41F0B448D5DC5B77AE85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H559B09C4D01841C0BC85E7EBB8B87BF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DF0A9C6FFBC41129932337DEDF69F23" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0EF6A1B6D1C34BFC820C8C86200FB19F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Infrastructure
improvement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
subparagraph (A), an intended use plan shall provide, to the maximum extent
practicable, that priority for the use of at least <fraction>1/3</fraction> of
amounts made available from the Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund
established by section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the State
loan fund of the State be given to projects to replace or rehabilitate aging
treatment, storage (including reservoirs), or distribution facilities of public
water systems that regularly serve more than 100,000
persons.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F974FE51766474BAC300F70455725CB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H06FB645A562B453293CAD04242642138" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDAE922F0A2314A459251ABDCE88595F3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Weight given to
applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining
project priorities, the State shall give greater weight to an application for
assistance by a public water system if the application includes—</text>
<clause id="HF11D5AEBF532454A91FE1244A10C9395"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
inventory of assets, including a description of the condition of the
assets;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3517230501B246AE86235FD07563C026"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
schedule for replacement of assets;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0B45998BE0D14796A31E287B95E69E9C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a financing plan
that factors in all life-cycle costs indicating sources of revenue from
ratepayers, grants, bonds, other loans, and other sources to meet the
costs;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD3B8FFCB52C142448282E11C45C1F207"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of a
public water system that regularly serves fewer than 10,000 persons, a review
of options for consolidating management functions of the system with management
functions of other public water systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFD0D6CEB24114B559885207B2C447EF4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>reliance on
methodologies or technologies that are environmentally sensitive,
non-structural, or both environmentally sensitive and non-structural;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7F80C6874AB641838CA68F0EFA7E4B32"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>demonstration of
consistency with State, regional, and municipal watershed plans;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFE0485994F0349AF87BF61C04B2B78D2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a water
conservation plan consistent with guidelines published for such plans by the
Administrator pursuant to section 1455(a);</text>
</clause><clause id="HDCA423A1EB8444A8A99E11A94418770B"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>approaches to
improve the sustainability of the system such as—</text>
<subclause id="H2DB887F059104DB58774620D4D512126"><enum>(I)</enum><text>water efficiency
or conservation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB5096A1629994727A529FBAB86BE736C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>use of reclaimed
water; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H10D4A5EDCE484AB886AFF15EB139E772"><enum>(III)</enum><text>actions to
increase energy efficiency; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H437C9406FA2D45DDACA0C274BD3B4E10"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the State
determines
necessary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2CE571FE4E754A5796E67CA34984CBC3"><enum>303.</enum><header>Affordability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452(d)(3) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by
inserting <quote>or portion of a service area</quote> after <quote>service
area</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H83E4A515193E4846BBFC13F84C9EAA5C"><enum>304.</enum><header>Needs
survey</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452(h) of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(h)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H111CB23E6A45494BB4F41591F7A14C4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Administrator shall conduct</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE763654C0E84B14BAAE5C7B06F62DF7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H63ABC3CD5DB043C2AFAEA18844D4D3E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall conduct</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1E076D9E32348A48D9D43C61D69E5D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FE6AAABCBC24D568D09436CC4D935F8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4E55066AAC794406BE5966B3B9D7AE1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under paragraph (1) shall
detail the capital improvement needs of eligible public water systems according
to the population served by such water systems and shall include not fewer than
4 size categories of public water systems. One such size category shall consist
of public water systems serving a population of not less than 100,000 and the
other such size categories shall consist of public water systems serving
populations of less than
100,000.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0D0310A6836A4EAFB3CA3379F5B977AE"><enum>305.</enum><header>Negotiation of
contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9521C9F037B24BEDAEDBF891B5E724D7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H94355558F34A4E0EAA1B549A4B0A3C4B"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Negotiation of
contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract to be
carried out using funds made directly available by a capitalization grant under
this section for program management, construction management, feasibility
studies, preliminary engineering, design, engineering, surveying, mapping, or
architectural or related services shall be negotiated in the same manner
as—</text>
<paragraph id="H0487991741CD4B9F9B86E1B0E143A829"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a contract for
architectural and engineering services is negotiated under chapter 11 of title
40, United States Code; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D33E7D06D0C40289FDEECF0507D0547"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an equivalent
State qualifications-based requirement (as determined by the Governor of the
State).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H53E3E7460F814E099F4C77413F976EE1"><enum>306.</enum><header>Drinking water
technical assistance for communities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1442(e) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–1(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H55BBFEE94995448996ECBC1ADF606C57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>The Administrator may provide</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45060A5EEF614707BD335ADEF1D08E47" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE66C173CEF0043BB8C88E80B7A951F86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public water
systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may
provide</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H232BBE4B55B1486B90A52EF70674F60B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
term <term>subsection</term> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>paragraph</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FB9709B0B824CAE85B1A878CAE59C3B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
fifth sentence and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9199F7F8DBA4794B8804C1613CC21FE" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">In providing
assistance under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give priority to small
public water systems that have, either individually or collectively, the
greatest need in the States, and to nonprofit organizations determined by the
Administrator to be qualified and most effective at assisting such small public
water systems.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H399BF06DCB1A4E98BEAFE837EA335277"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0E6FE05E97B4C1EA2A9622B1B7EE455" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAD286C8B73AD4755A352FDCF4290C26B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wells and well
systems</header>
<subparagraph id="H632CE3747E4A479CAF8D5322F3478CEC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall provide grants to nonprofit
organizations to provide technical assistance to communities and individuals
regarding the design, operation, construction, and maintenance of household
wells and small shared well-systems that provide drinking water.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD298F2462A6943B487D4BBACBAEA1659"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of
assistance</header><text>Technical assistance referred to in subparagraph (A)
may include—</text>
<clause id="HCFEB29B972964367B71150040DE42575"><enum>(i)</enum><text>training and
education;</text>
</clause><clause id="H46299681C3F04DFF88A81455D965C4F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>operation of a
hotline; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEFD89184D51546DB8AC6CE5A6061CF66"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conducting other
activities relating to the design and construction of household, shared, and
small water well systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12FA9B77FB064C4FB0A8EB5267A1A9A2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
providing grants under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give priority to
nonprofit organization applicants that, as determined by the
Administrator—</text>
<clause id="HBEA2696CBDC840DB964EBE357541093C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are
qualified;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C83956FF1C24ABCA725DE051E941BC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will be the most effective at assisting
those communities or individuals that have, either individually or
collectively, the greatest need in the States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H15E941262CF34D96A8A53C00C257F18E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>have
demonstrated experience in providing similar technical assistance and in
developing similar projects.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H297566779F804774A9813123AB37884B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph id="HB804A80A062C4B818760B5630FB127F0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Lobbying
expenses</header><text>No portion of any State loan fund established under
section 1452 and no portion of any funds made available under this subsection
may be used for lobbying expenses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3432ADF00B1045DFAA03AD8802CD3187"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Indian
tribes</header><text>Of the total amount made available under this subsection
for each fiscal year, 3 percent shall be used for technical assistance to
public water systems owned or operated by Indian
tribes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Additional Grant
Programs</header>
<section id="H43E25601B3BE42259B51954ED50D6155" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HC63F18C31F7F4676A1BB80559FA286DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Academy</header><text>The
term <term>Academy</term> means the National Academy of Sciences.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2395646A1F14EF096D84DD133D16817"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The
term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A1A3CFC3104AC88746EF59C13C05A4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Community water
system</header><text>The term <term>community water system</term> has the
meaning given that term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBCE4ADDF4054EBB976BD6F3EDC08EB0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public water
system</header><text>The term <quote>public water system</quote> has the
meaning given that term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD964669B3EA644A2BB22DB57C5245F64"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Treatment
works</header><text>The term <term>treatment works</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1292).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD20D1CC5EC1E4928BD34E793AA505F7A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Water Protection
and Reinvestment Trust Fund</header><text>The term <quote>Water Protection and
Reinvestment Trust Fund</quote> means the trust fund established by section
9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 101(a) of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDBD9A781B3E44433AD8705A757F2B178"><enum>402.</enum><header>
Treatment works and community water system security grants</header>
<subsection id="HB77E5C1C121C4BFC9BBA51BBD208FDF8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants for
security enhancements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator may make a grant to any State, municipality, publicly owned
treatment works, or community water system—</text>
<paragraph id="H6B017F98E033444E9D2E9F8EA59A42F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for capital
projects that increase the security of the community water system or publicly
owned treatment works; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C7E505578834A3888C7D376570D5E2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the completion
or update of a vulnerability assessment, emergency response plan, or site
security plan required under section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300i–2) or any other applicable law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A193DBFC2EA40579EACA5EBE6C70D72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of
the costs for which a grant is made under this section shall be 65
percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4817CA1D2C9E460CAE8F9C850365A830"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall carry out this
section using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment
Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section 102.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H435F6CA3480A4D4D90A72E5DDA769DA4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation Grants</header>
<subsection id="HBC2E6274EF8A4C22A65AC19B4BA2B71E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall carry out a competitive grant program to support efforts by publicly
owned treatment works and community water systems to take actions to increase
energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and mitigate the impacts of
climate change.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBF89A5B5FD1943FC8A7FB6FE92008A7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to carry
out the program under
<internal-xref idref="HBC2E6274EF8A4C22A65AC19B4BA2B71E" legis-path="403.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>, the Administrator shall
award grants to publicly owned treatment works and community water systems for
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H8CDE0CE556F04994B376006A81BCCA95"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facility or process modifications that
reduce the use of energy or water, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB56BEA999D094853A3833CA7FF3292E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The installation
of small renewable energy generators, including methane capture, wind turbines,
and micro water turbines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AEF83FDD18F421398A291F3FC6C441A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sustainable
practices that minimize the adverse environmental impacts of climate change on
water quality and quantity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF5CEA3C431C146DF9BFC359C1992010E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Projects that
increase the ability of publicly owned treatment works or community water
systems to withstand the impacts of climate change.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H354E6A05C9184DBC9CDF4E890FB25DEC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the costs for which a grant is made
under this section shall be 65 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE46DD403831F4460A02D1505262F31CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maximum grant
amount</header><text>The Administrator shall not make a grant under this
section to a grantee that exceeds $2,000,000 per fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C3AB0ABF7F14026B606F0D5756D541F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall carry out this
section using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment
Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section 102.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFFC074A7FBF7426EB8C93474EED1B8B3"><enum>404.</enum><header>Workforce
Development Grants</header>
<subsection id="H444A138BAAC942F3897665136B6AC048"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training grants
and contracts</header>
<paragraph id="HE611EC16541141B3AD90F5E71A9D7E8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may make grants under
section 109 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1259), using
funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund that
are allocated for that purpose under section 102, to ensure that an adequate
supply of certified wastewater treatment operators exists.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90D7B7ABC15547CB956733D8713024DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 109 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1259) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H94511E18CCBA45C584E0AAA6D3345467"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence of subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="H8F42AE52484944B7B2B27A793BDB1AEB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>operation,</quote> and
inserting <quote>operation, construction,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6B6A16C67D9747DCAA91944399FB47D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and other
facilities</quote> and inserting <quote>other facilities (including stormwater
treatment facilities)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1D1847DD1632478586EEC4399F733BE6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, and nonstructural treatment options</quote> after
<quote>water quality control</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F3A48728B814B8A9D25B0004B0CD844"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1) by striking <quote>construction</quote> and inserting
<quote>construction, expansion, or modernization</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64B15D8E50F4463CA72355EE08B9A5B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H347DDD9CA4FB4BF286CE044C4D7B7831" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDBBB948980C844E491669BC898EA74FD" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilities for which grants are awarded
under this section before, on, or after the date of enactment of this section
are eligible for additional funding for modernization and upgrades through
grants under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE891F9254C1C4E7986847142272CB1C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application for
training grant or contract; allocation of grants or contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 110(2) of such Act (33 U.S.C.
1260(2)) is amended by striking <quote>United States</quote> and inserting
<quote>States</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9B980B525944018838F327C880B2DCB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award of
scholarships</header>
<paragraph id="H6D451A2F5DCD4928A6F0B8CD772A2D9C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may award scholarships
under section 111 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1261),
using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust
Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section 102, for undergraduate
and graduate study by persons who plan to enter an occupation involving the
operation and maintenance of treatment works.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F48195BF2F147B8928DD011E1E65CC0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section
111 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1261) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9A26CB1624C4F05A45548EF494194AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H97354F9F8FC9494FBD57C9862AA3F73C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>undergraduate</quote>
and inserting <quote>undergraduate and graduate</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H82CDF5F8A0F64DE8899281D6153EC503"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>operation</quote> and
inserting <quote>construction, operation,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H923F54C7210A4CE992192BC0C2CD5693"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>but not to exceed four academic years</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD027239FE194526883679D8F549CD88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="H26D9B2D597084342A0CCD2EFCDD6095E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>use of
individuals</quote> and inserting <quote>use by individuals</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE747C94955E248ED8FCA238BDA8B9DB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>United States</quote>
inserting <quote>States</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC632D7DED11F469282B169538077297B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>secondary</quote> and
inserting <quote>secondary and post-secondary</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDF366138E104F4595FC4219FAA9ECED"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(D) by striking
<quote>operation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>design,
operation,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9104D29F8B1C45418196F1D6329CE958"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Research,
technical assistance, information, training of personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may establish training
programs and make grants under section 1442(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300j–1(c)) using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and
Reinvestment Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section
102.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4452AF1A7ADC482780EBEC672165F0C6"><enum>405.</enum><header>Sewer overflow
control grants</header>
<subsection id="H94F2083FE9C24317BA0983C1EE59CC2D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may
make grants under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1301) using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and
Reinvestment Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section
102.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H922B52FB2B8C49F8A197741AB7519616"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>Section
221(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7453BCD5F71748998FB429B801ACD777"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA76E5E2588314061AEF91FD4420FBE7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24A511F47D924F658A3C2754B9C383D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FE9570CC0BF433E8A47413503C9D21D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H204782D8B7004622905D1F4D33F79647"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is applying for a grant for a project that
involves the use of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H235EA454521A4A87B6A1F732760AA1F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>nonstructural,
low-impact development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F663239B6B54CED98076B22B28786CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>water
conservation, efficiency, or reuse; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D853D8C94384EFC8A64158F6773FC9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other
decentralized stormwater or wastewater approaches to minimize flows into sewer
systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H78CF67DEE2294884B48CAEA6A7C64080"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 221(a) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(a)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H086B2D5845B143E7A16FE40C74BD8A0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In any</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(1) the</quote> and
inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF22CA8A8A9B0431DB79B655BEC074FA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>overflows</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(2) subject
to</quote> and inserting <quote>overflows. Subject to</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H510264D6863E4D7CBB64C4CF67085DDD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>the preceding
sentence</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HAB0B51A4DA82468AA0ADF879B2538EF8"><enum>406.</enum><header>Research,
Development, and Technology Demonstration Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB2FD0DED1E5043FFA5E8A22CC6F79213"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish
a national water infrastructure research, development, and demonstration
program to develop, demonstrate, and transfer innovative or improved
technologies and methods for the treatment, control, transport, and reuse of
drinking water and wastewater. These technologies and methods may
include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H21F831E066D04D5EA14D852BBA34128A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing energy consumption in water and
wastewater infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H76618AB29CA04EEDBE1F3EF12F226DFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recovering energy
and nutrient resources from wastewater;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1B5CB64311BF4792AC7C03AF3CEA8BD7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing water consumption and returning
water for ecosystem use;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1D84FF1790E446A6837EE2FBA6F98592"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on-site technologies to generate renewable
energy at a publicly owned treatment works, community water system, or other
municipal water or wastewater facility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0409CF0A72EB467790B6C3416345726A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>measures to
control, manage, reduce, treat, infiltrate, or reuse municipal
stormwater;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7136D3282D7A4C1D97E8B572242A191B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>decentralized or
distributed stormwater and wastewater controls and treatment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H429FA63C69164172B594B51648FBC412"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">low impact development technologies and
non-structural approaches to treat drinking water, wastewater, and
stormwater;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD6040E4458764F2696412D95999525A7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing the costs of compliance with the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.), while retaining or enhancing
environmental benefits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD988F70C34274091BB812633F0A33946"><enum>(9)</enum><text>improving control
and treatment of stormwater and nonpoint sources of pollution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H12CA42B861FC4DE49A05970EE83ED9C0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>mitigating and
adapting to climate change;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H56390C8D88AF478D9D94F899325625C5"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dual systems that re-use stormwater and
wastewater for non-potable water resource needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE9B2AE0BCA4343CD91C04F95BFABD96D"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of a new generation of water
monitoring reporting and notification techniques; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD0CA8DA9FCF47DCB3CAA9F6DE740C89"><enum>(13)</enum><text>controlling,
limiting, treating, or preventing pharmaceutical and personal care products
from being in or entering waters of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9A19EB308562406AB9BEA122AF123F93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In administering the program under this
section, the Administrator shall annually hold a national meeting to bring
together major stakeholders, including representatives from the
following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5894C3FB16034740862C99C612524FB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAC574BC64506450CB527E0FA0DB6C057"><enum>(2)</enum><text>States, local
governments, and organizations representing States or local governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE95DB173022A4AA4AF3E1564D8C46A90"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Science Foundation, the
National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering, the Army
Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the
Department of Agriculture, the United States Geological Survey, the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Energy, and the
Council on Environmental Quality.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2C9DDE76F9B24363B677C1F1D6C91724"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Universities,
colleges, and other institutions of higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC6A8498EB3CB4E9EA9E9CF0EB0021472"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other public nonprofit entities with
expertise in research and development of technologies for the treatment,
control, transport, and re-use of drinking water, stormwater, and
wastewater.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC9A512F63C7F465B96D7EFC6617BF583"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements or grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
carrying out the program under this section, the Administrator may enter into
cooperative agreements or make grants or, both, to develop improved
technologies and methods under subsection (a) with or to nonprofit and
governmental entities having demonstrated expertise in research and development
of the treatment, control, transport, and re-use of drinking water, stormwater,
and wastewater, including the following entities:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4BA7D4C9BDC1496F99EA47211DE54076"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Water
Environment Research Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H96B6141EB921402183014315454DE008"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Water Research
Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5F2B310F577A49B2800E23EAD81C2539"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Public nonprofit
entities, including those whose members or subscribers include drinking water,
stormwater, and wastewater utilities and local governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBD1287122D12442A9A76BA2579BD591B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Universities,
colleges, and other institutions of higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H97B83BB7350E4188896FBC9B2B6180F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Local governments,
including publicly owned treatment works and community water systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC544E50D4E58491A894B3FC6E62D4F0A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The National
Science Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HACFD0CE695BB459D8567A2F2BDEC5162"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The National
Institutes for Water Resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9C6CAF5ECA4242978C514133928A1454"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Demonstration
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator is
authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with entities described in
subsection (c) and for-profit entities to demonstrate the viability and
effectiveness of a new technology for the treatment, control, transport, and
re-use of drinking water, stormwater, or wastewater.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD85FC78CC3194C47973E7D3FB01B741F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In entering into cooperative agreements and
making grants under subsection (c), the Administrator shall give priority to
cooperative agreements and grants that—</text>
<paragraph id="H446D8819C5864929A023312AAD926D55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>create multiple
environmental, social, and economic benefits for communities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D3E068E949A4BD78C8637893D437E1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H619CC889E552406E8B8574844D6C37D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a variety of water resource opportunities
and needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09ACED4AA8EF4306891F116AC57FFCAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>unique and diverse
geology and geography;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB301EE958AAD41DD9AF899D0FCD25974"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the ability to
provide the greatest technological diversity using limited financial resources;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0D0F52437C1422287FD20ED3F07A174"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the commitment of
each community or regional area to find and fund appropriate alternative
technologies to resolve their water infrastructure needs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD425B5830EC84198A665A234832E8027"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of
the costs for which a grant is made under this section shall be 65 percent;
except that the Administrator may increase such Federal share based on the
purpose for which the grant is made and the type of grant recipient.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H96D52D19F17144098565B935EC6796E0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall carry out this
section using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment
Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section 102.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF201B65B622D4E31A2E568A4F77966A0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall prepare and submit a biennial report to Congress on the results of
technology research, development, and full-scale demonstrations performed under
this section and recommendations for encouraging the use of such technologies
by drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater utilities.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6AF613C3527A484CA6A9BCF8AE1CE319"><enum>407.</enum><header>Regional water
research centers</header>
<subsection id="H789B8873C75E475C9BDF9F322F7E6BF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regional
centers</header>
<paragraph id="H2130519B288F4D479E2275DAEFD3CC81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Administrator, in collaboration with the Director of the National Science
Foundation, shall make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to
establish and operate one university water research center in each of such 21
hydro-regions as the Administrator, in consultation with the United States
Geological Survey, may establish. The Administrator, in consultation with the
United States Geological Survey, may adjust the boundaries of such regions to
assure that none of the conterminous regions are either larger or smaller than
another by more than two fold.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6F22135A5494E40AB5317C0D7FC039C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation of
National Water Research Center</header><text>The Administrator, in
collaboration with the Director, shall designate one of the 21 university water
research centers as the <quote>National Water Research Center</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2366F3085D0C42A1A9C9DDB14F26D0EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mission</header>
<subparagraph id="HE504CC9CA9E544D882873995E57236CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The mission of the centers shall be to conduct and
coordinate strategic research, education, and outreach for sustainable
management of water resources in every hydro-climatic region of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6828538D04724F7DB0673E0D54154BFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>National Water
Research Center</header><text>In addition to its mission under subparagraph
(A), the mission of the National Water Research Center shall be to gather,
archive, and publish data from the regional centers and to integrate the
regional findings into a national research strategy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC31FEC66E325462DA948CD6844504911"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <quote>nonprofit institution of higher
learning</quote> includes a consortium of nonprofit institutions of higher
learning.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED81BA393AF2462EA87F508E96134ABD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection of
grant recipients</header>
<paragraph id="H3C892E419DE0471CA7F597918833B94D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>In
order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit
institution of higher learning shall submit to the Administrator an application
that is in such form and contains such information as the Administrator may
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60C9FD84F23F43CB9A68BD9E5B8ECB4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by this section, the
Administrator, in collaboration with the Director, shall select each recipient
of a grant under this section through a competitive process on the basis of the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7CCA3C53F8C647258E57996DD3E82352"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The location of
the center within the region to be served.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H374DA7FDA3C74129A8C3732C1F7FC867"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The demonstrated
research and extension resources available to the recipient to carry out the
objectives of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFA793AA1E8447E8A78F3703FADC6BF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The capability of
the recipient to provide leadership in making national and regional
contributions to the solution of immediate and long-range water supply, water
infrastructure, and water quality problems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB92FE41C61234D52B961CAF93E79DE7E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The recipient’s
establishment of a water program encompassing several areas of water
research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3A73631FC6949EB82E69307A2E5F8D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The recipient’s
demonstrated commitment of at least $400,000 each year in regularly budgeted
institutional amounts to support ongoing research in water and education
programs through a statewide or region-wide continuing education
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4E4609CAAB54478B9B64AF09004E21A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The recipient’s
demonstrated ability to disseminate results of water research and education
programs through a statewide or region-wide continuing education
program,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25176BD45C5C4C5FBFC4988CBC47FEB0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The strategic plan
the recipient proposes to implement in order to carry out the purposes for
which the grant will be made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42503CABA7634451B47E7895EC8C280D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The recipient’s
demonstration that it has a well-established, nationally recognized program in
water research and education, as evidenced by—</text>
<clause id="HB258A7902FA341F0A01DCDDC532018F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not
less than 10 graduate degrees awarded in professional fields closely related to
water each year for each of the 5 calendar years preceding the date of the
submission of the application for the grant; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H06B0172D67C24D0EBEA62E83D109503D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not
less than 10 tenured or tenure-track faculty members who specialize on a
full-time basis in professional fields closely related to water who, as a
group, have published a total or at least 50 journal publications on water
research during the preceding 5 calendar years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9A8EFC803764A3BB933F53346AD8A62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>Except
for a grant for the establishment and operation of the National Water Research
Center, a grant made under this section may only be used to establish and
operate a university water research center in accordance with this section,
including the conduct of the following activities and programs:</text>
<paragraph id="HB58CC15F2BF14967B7C386712EBD60CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research</header><text>Basic
and applied research, the products of which are judged by peers or other
experts in the field of water to advanced the body of knowledge in water
availability and use, water quality, water infrastructure sustainability, and
water institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF697456AB4F849AF9AA4D4D309DE2519"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Education</header><text>An
education program relating to water that includes multidisciplinary course work
and participation in research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H857C9683A62B494F8BCFBA0149D96CC8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technology
Transfer</header><text>An ongoing program of technology transfer that makes
water research results available to potential users, including policymakers, in
a form that can be implemented, utilized, or otherwise applied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FCB66F7DD894086A9C3FD014A57939A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continuing
grants</header>
<paragraph id="HCAC91B100FE0458F9EE4C2B2CFF43519"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Period of
grants</header><text>After selecting a nonprofit institution of higher learning
as a grant recipient on the basis of a competition conducted under this
section, the Administrator, in collaboration with the Director, shall make a
grant to the selected grant recipient to establish and operate a regional
university water center under this section in each of the first 5 fiscal years
beginning after the date of the competition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA947836CB8F940889A7E0047D59F0AD2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant
agreement</header><text>In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, a recipient shall enter into an agreement with the Administrator to
ensure that the recipient will maintain total expenditures from all other
sources to establish and operate a university water research center (including
the conduct of activities and programs the center is authorized to carry out
under subsection (c) and subsections (a)(3)(B) and (f) in the case of the
National Water Research Center) at least equal to the average level of such
expenditures in its 2 fiscal years before the award of the grant under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4E51347C5D24E6CABBE6FB29B5EDAA3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Competition
deadline</header><text>Not later than the last day of the one-year period
following the date of enactment of this Act and March 31st of each 5th year
thereafter, the Administrator, in collaboration with the Director, shall
complete a competition among nonprofit institutions of higher learning for
grants to establish and operate the 21 regional university water centers
referred to in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA614E425986043CCACF56AC515E8479A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amount of
Grants</header><text>The Administrator shall make a grant to a nonprofit
institution of higher learning selected under this section to be a grant
recipient for the establishment and operation of a regional university water
center (including the conduct of activities and programs described in
subsection (c)) of at least $2,000,000 for each fiscal year but no more than
$4,000,000; except that a grant for establishment and operation of the National
Water Research Center (including the conduct of the activities described in
subsections (a)(3)(B), (c), and (f)) shall be at least $6,000,000 for each
fiscal year but no more than $12,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H458ADA614B154B5593EE766DA5E93054"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the costs of establishment and
operation of a center under this section (including the conduct of the
activities and programs the center is authorized to carry out under subsection
(c) and subsections (a)(3)(B) and (f) in the case of the Nation Water Research
Center) through a grant made under this section shall be 50 percent in the case
of a regional university water center and 85 percent in the case of the
National Water Research Center.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD645CB47974742FCAF8FE68AF1A291CB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Program
coordination</header>
<paragraph id="HA74E24036F06499E918D0A007D4AC383"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Administrator, working through the National Water Research Center,
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H24D8C1C6207D46E8ACA518CDC4AEE7C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support a network
of university water centers to coordinate and facilitate information technology
development and implementation across the centers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE18D2C5A94CD4D1AA47CEA5EB2ABB161"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate
research, education, training, and technology transfer activities that grant
recipients are authorized to carry out under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35FDCA80791D4F75A901EA1BB2F0AB50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>synthesize
research conducted under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCCA980A2BB643F4973D50CBB10410A9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>disseminate the
results of the research; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H225D0DBDD97549419BB110997719254F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish and
operate a clearinghouse to disseminate the results of the research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FB107C7DFD44D68A9B5658D97791FD1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual review
and evaluation</header><text>At least annually, the Administrator shall review
and evaluate the activities and programs that grant recipients carry out
through the use of grants made to such recipients under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9015FC602E94445FB8E862264B898840"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding
limitation</header><text>The Administrator may not use more than one percent of
the amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year to carry
out management and oversight of the centers established through grants made
under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H876F948B11F44050846BC327F670B3F7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall carry out this
section using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment
Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section 102.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB615B9B070324EC4B9F0E405A75C6076"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation on
availability of funds</header><text>Funds made available to carry out this
section shall remain available for obligation by the Administrator for a period
of 2 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are
authorized.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H54E916D81DB84248BACE1FB158320464"><enum>408.</enum><header>Cost of service
study</header>
<subsection id="HD36355F1D2754FCD930261F1B7CE4EDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall enter an arrangement with the Academy under
which the Academy shall complete and provide to the Administrator the results
of a study of the means by which public water systems and treatment works
selected by the Academy in accordance with subsection (c) meet the costs
associated with operations, maintenance, capital replacement, and regulatory
requirements. In addition, the study shall be conducted for the purposes set
forth in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAFA5A06E094D4618A96DADABD703C983"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required
elements</header>
<paragraph id="HB07F4E6E95CD446EA6D42DEEB111D6BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affordability</header><text>The
purposes of the study shall be, at a minimum, to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61F0DD5E2150479F919CEB5F8616F719"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether
the rates at public water systems and treatment works for communities included
in the study are using a full-cost pricing model;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1779526A62F4297A6FA825BC5445241"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify, if a
full-cost pricing model is not being used, any incentive rate systems that have
been successful in significantly reducing—</text>
<clause id="HE63902F60EEA4C8384D167910D781D3E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>per
capita water demand;</text>
</clause><clause id="H263C1116578148C9BA30568742D4458B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
volume of wastewater flows;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE4A8A35FB55A4DAF8CCA23022C4E0FA3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the volume of
stormwater runoff; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA2049C8849D4A5C93F92C6263D006E5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the
quantity of pollution generated by stormwater;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DD6603F783A438CB7BBB48DD58EE88E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify a set of
best industry practices that public water systems and treatment works may use
in establishing a rate structure that—</text>
<clause id="HD1343C137FEE4982BCB51540CBAA5C95"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequately
addresses the true cost of services provided to consumers by public water
systems and treatment works, including infrastructure replacement;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD48DB99FE665474F8445B45EB9A09982"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>encourages water
conservation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9E1B77E2F504F70B9087E71C5BD77CE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>takes into
consideration the needs of disadvantaged individuals and communities, as
identified by the Administrator;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECB6123BE84A4C498AFBB8CC8B94C0C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify existing
standards for affordability and the manner in which those standards are
determined and defined;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBDCB3FAAE2A41079C665F79DD856B97"><enum>(E)</enum><text>determine the
manner in which affordability varies with respect to communities of different
sizes and in different regions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD46EF459884B48A18444EE749300090B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>determine the
extent to which affordability affects the decision of a community to increase
public water system and treatment works rates (including the decision relating
to the percentage by which those rates should be increased).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H805595E8230B43269A958BD3C65124FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disadvantaged
communities</header><text>In addition, the purposes of the study shall be, at a
minimum, to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C25F0EBF74644528A0C92CB3CBE9DA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>survey a
cross-section of States representing different sizes, demographics, and
geographical regions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2899708702EE49DAB4E385C1E33A8E7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe, for each
State surveyed under subparagraph (A), the definition of <quote>disadvantaged
community</quote> used in the State in carrying out projects and activities
under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78C592A193DE4163851644F1D479657E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>review other means
of identifying the meaning of the term <term>disadvantaged</term>, as that term
applies to communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29462CC83C624B338214669754BFC280"><enum>(D)</enum><text>determine which
factors and characteristics are required for a community to be considered
<quote>disadvantaged</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7023711AD3147968DE25F3F28C9B0DC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>evaluate the
degree to which factors such as a reduction in the tax base over a period of
time, a reduction in population, the loss of an industrial base, and the
existence of areas of concentrated poverty are taken into account in
determining whether a community is a disadvantaged community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H542DEBE7E04E401AB71C588EB295C56B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of
communities</header><text>The Academy shall select the public water systems and
treatment works for the study under subsection (a) from a cross-section of
communities representing various populations, income levels, demographics, and
geographical regions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H251838936BA44C03875C01923DF7FA64"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall carry out this
section using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and Reinvestment
Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section 102.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC31ABEA190F046798D87A57B60B33E4D"><enum>409.</enum><header>Drug take-back
grants</header>
<subsection id="H2C6C54A5324D47F4811FD4B2DF7CDFDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant
program</header>
<paragraph id="H00D0429E7ADF45948049469F088D26A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish
a competitive grant program to make grants to local and State organizations,
tribes, nonprofit entities, and other government entities—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB732461C0C6243D596C7C3491E2BF744"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to take back
prescription and over-the-counter drugs from the public; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C5FB93D1C7A443DBF30E1C9C10CA6B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to dispose of the
drugs in an environmentally sound manner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H568CD65D66544F4B83A061BDCFFE60BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
order to be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, each applicant
for such a grant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Administrator
that, in undertaking the activities described in paragraph (1) under the grant,
the applicant will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0259A9B7F5D40CBA3F24C9F863B88E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protect public
safety by ensuring that the drugs will be properly disposed of;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95B4C3DD32B541899A58CAB45A38D547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incorporate
environmentally sound practices for disposing of controlled substances (by
means other than disposal into a public or private wastewater treatment system
or a municipal solid waste landfill);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEAA369004414F3FB005AC6123775F8C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>follow the
existing requirements of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A749CF7312E44E9966983C87E0BC35D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>meet such
additional requirements as the Administrator may establish.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEDDD13822F394632A4A0BEF8683AA913"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collection of
different types of drugs</header>
<subparagraph id="H35C91921A0DC46AE9C7F399C0157164B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A take-back program does not need to collect and dispose
of both prescription and over-the-counter drugs to be eligible for grant
funding under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC531C51052FA41B9A9771C1241F50CBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>Notwithstanding
subparagraph (A), the Administrator, in awarding grants under this subsection,
may give preference to applicants proposing to collect and dispose of both
prescription and over-the-counter drugs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22F15841B4594FDC8D4A51E0D3A92907"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No funding
restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entities
receiving funds under this subsection may continue to receive funding from
other public and private sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D529895E0ED4A41BF1B76ED575B8332"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBC7C0A48E3EA4AA49A1AB80C1DACA1CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<quote>drug</quote>—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HAB76E060D0F045B79E868A7BBC8FFC98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the meaning
given to such term in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 321); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H19DF9F662AA04245AB6A9775F2EF58BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes a
biological product, as defined in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 262).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5759F02211E8492A9CDF1B30E7A833F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term
<quote>over-the-counter</quote>, with respect to a drug, means not subject to
section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
353(b)(1)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B65279B8C594B4A819DC1096401D0EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>prescription</quote>, with
respect to a drug, means subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H890C7601F6F0486393EB50C2D3E01378"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall carry out this
subsection using funds appropriated out of the Water Protection and
Reinvestment Trust Fund that are allocated for that purpose under section
102.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3F80F0859E444D04B6C5B67753740904"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Labeling of
drugs and biological products</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H08485B70D81544BA9D0888E84BC3E8A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition on
labeling recommendations to dispose of drugs and biological products by
flushing</header><text>Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 355) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2FEA298B0B5E460A833F637487CDAA79" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H7540EC912C774DF686080851C55472AE"><enum>(w)</enum><header>No labeling
recommendations To dispose by flushing</header><text>In approving an
application for a drug under this section, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall ensure that the labeling for such drug does not include any
recommendation or direction to dispose of the drug by means of a public or
private wastewater treatment system, such as by flushing down the
toilet.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H63C69A3E5B064201829727E41BB8A9DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biological
products</header><text>Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
262) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC4DD6BCBE1DF48C0A2F739E71C26E31C" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H0A3E244D76D0416AB945C4B49CD716C3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>No labeling
recommendations To dispose by flushing</header><text>In licensing any
biological product under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the
labeling for such product does not include any recommendation or direction to
dispose of the product by means of a public or private wastewater treatment
system, such as by flushing down the
toilet.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1A9379D09C1642E9BE715A8001D92F18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Drugs and
biological products already marketed</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H29AC8CB56C1B48878EAE2C5CC23BFF92"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Labeling
revision</header><text>With respect to drugs and biological products that are
legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321
et seq.) or part F of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262
et seq.) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE195A174506F452388AD698A3B1C2518"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall conduct a
review of the labeling of such drugs and biological products; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HA5BFDA36D1FE403BA3157FEB6127FEBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for any such
labeling that includes a recommendation or direction to dispose of the drug or
biological product by means of a public or private wastewater treatment system,
such as by flushing down the toilet, shall order the labeling to be revised to
exclude such recommendation or direction.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE0409089E87E4155B68DC2F88253C57E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Any
drug or biological product whose labeling is in violation of an order issued
under subparagraph (A)(ii) is deemed to be misbranded under section 502 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3A6972C25D1C4B6B943D59439A0A7404"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>An order issued under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall take effect
not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD9B529238DE44AA59D49B95E745E8A25"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HFD76A1ABDEC94BC2B4BEC5B7689A9FEA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Biological
product</header><text>The term <quote>biological product</quote> has the
meaning given to such term in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 262).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0B4000824CBB4A83A407B90F9D20104C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Drug and
labeling</header><text>The terms <quote>drug</quote> and
<quote>labeling</quote> have the meanings given to such terms in section 201 of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H323F124B5AF542E9A921A580AFCDCD8A"><enum>410.</enum><header>State revolving
fund review process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H01A9E10710054C15894D4D7F750C3E97"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with
States, utilities, nonprofit organizations, and other Federal agencies
providing financial assistance to identify ways to expedite and improve the
application and review process for the provision of assistance from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3BE71FD8FFAD46EB9CC7F5D41CF4CCB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State water
pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA950D03C16564F3887CE769EFFFF8A32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State drinking
water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2BD618337F341108A3D5D02A51CF188"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the needs of treatment works and
public water systems in carrying out such Acts and this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H563BD8FD1E864E00B5AA60F497CE02EA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>take such
administrative action as is necessary to expedite and improve the process as
the Administrator has authority to take under existing law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63E223806804480DAD5B3CEC8FA16382"><enum>(4)</enum><text>collect
information relating to innovative approaches taken by any State to simplify
the application process of the State and provide the information to each State;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6DA91AFB29649F8AE5F53E56A9DCD88"><enum>(5)</enum><text>submit to Congress
a report that, based on the information identified under paragraph (1),
contains recommendations for legislation to facilitate further streamlining and
improvement of the process described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></section>