[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5013 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5013

 To provide assistance to communities for the emergency improvement of 
                   water systems, and other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2016

 Mr. Moolenaar (for himself, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. 
Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Trott, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Walberg) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide assistance to communities for the emergency improvement of 
                   water systems, and other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Water and Nutrition Access 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES.

    (a) Locally or Regionally Produced Agricultural Food Products.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall guarantee loans in 
        accordance with section 310B(g)(9)(B) of the Consolidated Farm 
        and Rural Development Act for projects in underserved 
        communities in an eligible State.
            (2) Funding.--The Secretary shall use $5,000,000 of the 
        funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 2016 
        to carry out paragraph (1).
    (b) Emergency and Imminent Community Water Assistance Grants.--
            (1) Authority.--Notwithstanding subsections (e) and (f) of 
        section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
        Act, the Secretary shall provide grants in accordance with such 
        section to public or private nonprofit entities in an eligible 
        State.
            (2) Funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation for fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall use--
                    (A) $30,000,000 to carry out section 306A of the 
                Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; and
                    (B) $20,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1) of this 
                subsection.
    (c) Water and Waste Disposal Technical Assistance and Training 
Grants.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
Secretary shall use to carry out section 306(a)(14)(A) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act--
            (1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
            (2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.
    (d) Rural Water and Wastewater Circuit Rider Program.--Of the funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry 
out section 306(a)(22)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act--
            (1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
            (2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.
    (e) Healthy Food Financing Initiative.--Of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use $5,000,000 to 
provide funds for eligible projects or partnerships under section 
243(c)(2) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, 
with priority given to eligible projects and partnerships to be carried 
out in an eligible State.
    (f) Availability.--An amount made available by this section may be 
obligated during the 5-year period that begins with the date the amount 
is first so made available.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Eligible state.--The term ``eligible State'' means a 
        State in which there is a community with respect to which the 
        President has declared an emergency under the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) relating to public health threats 
        associated with the presence of lead or other contaminants in a 
        public drinking water supply.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (3) Underserved community.--The term ``underserved 
        community'' has the meaning given the term in section 
        310B(g)(9)(A)(ii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
        Development Act.

SEC. 4. SUNSET.

    Effective at the end of the 5-year period that begins with the date 
any amount is first made available under a provision of this Act, that 
provision is repealed.

SEC. 5. OFFSET.

    No funds may be used to carry out a provision of this Act unless 
completely offset by a corresponding reduction in mandatory funds 
available for another program.
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