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[S. 518 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                        Calendar No. 89
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 518

                          [Report No. 115-71]

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for 
            technical assistance for small treatment works.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2017

 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Crapo, Mr. Franken, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Risch, 
   Mr. Schatz, Mr. Tester, Mr. Enzi, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

                              May 17, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for 
            technical assistance for small treatment works.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Small and Rural Community 
Clean Water Technical Assistance Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT 
              WORKS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Title II of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 222. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT 
              WORKS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Qualified nonprofit small treatment works 
        technical assistance provider.--The term `qualified nonprofit 
        small treatment works technical assistance provider' means a 
        nonprofit organization that, as determined by the 
        Administrator--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) is qualified and experienced in 
                providing training and technical assistance to small 
                treatment works; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the small treatment works in the 
                State finds to be the most beneficial and 
                effective.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Small treatment works.--The term `small 
        treatment works' means a publicly owned treatment works serving 
        not more than 10,000 individuals.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator may use 
amounts made available to carry out this section to provide grants or 
cooperative agreements to qualified nonprofit small treatment works 
technical assistance providers to provide to owners and operators of 
small treatment works onsite technical assistance, circuit rider 
technical assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical 
assistance programs, and onsite and regional training, to assist the 
small treatment works in achieving compliance with this Act or 
obtaining financing under this Act for eligible projects.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for grants for 
small treatment works technical assistance, $15,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Section 603 of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (d)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in the matter preceding 
                        paragraph (1), by inserting ``and as provided 
                        in subsection (e)'' after ``State 
                        law'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by redesignating subsections 
                        (e) through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), 
                        respectively; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) by inserting after 
                        subsection (d) the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Additional Use of Funds.--A State may use an 
additional 2 percent of the funds annually allotted to the State under 
this section for qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical 
assistance providers (as the term is defined in section 222) to provide 
technical assistance to small treatment works (as the term is defined 
in section 222) in the State.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 221(d) of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(d)) is 
        amended by striking ``section 603(h)'' and inserting ``section 
        603(i)''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small and Rural Community Clean 
Water Technical Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT WORKS.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 222. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT WORKS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical 
        assistance provider.--The term `qualified nonprofit small 
        treatment works technical assistance provider' means a 
        nonprofit organization that, as determined by the 
        Administrator--
                    ``(A) is qualified and experienced in providing 
                training and technical assistance to small treatment 
                works; and
                    ``(B) the small treatment works in the State finds 
                to be the most beneficial and effective.
            ``(2) Small treatment works.--The term `small treatment 
        works' means a publicly owned treatment works serving not more 
        than 10,000 individuals.
    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator may use amounts made 
available to carry out this section to provide grants or cooperative 
agreements to qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical 
assistance providers to provide to owners and operators of small 
treatment works onsite technical assistance, circuit rider technical 
assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical assistance 
programs, and onsite and regional training, to assist the small 
treatment works in achieving compliance with this Act or obtaining 
financing under this Act for eligible projects.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section for grants for small treatment 
works technical assistance, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022.

``SEC. 223. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDIUM TREATMENT WORKS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Medium treatment works.--The term `medium treatment 
        works' means a publicly owned treatment works serving not fewer 
        than 10,001, and not more than 75,000, individuals.
            ``(2) Qualified nonprofit medium treatment works technical 
        assistance provider.--The term `qualified nonprofit medium 
        treatment works technical assistance provider' means a 
        qualified nonprofit technical assistance provider of water and 
        wastewater services to medium-sized communities that provides 
        technical assistance (including circuit rider technical 
        assistance programs, multi-State, regional assistance programs, 
        and training and preliminary engineering evaluations) to owners 
        and operators of medium treatment works, which may include a 
        State agency.
    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator may use amounts made 
available to carry out this section to provide grants or cooperative 
agreements to qualified nonprofit medium treatment works technical 
assistance providers to provide to owners and operators of medium 
treatment works onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider technical 
assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical assistance 
programs, and onsite and regional training to assist medium treatment 
works that are facing difficulty in achieving compliance with this Act 
or obtaining financing under this Act for eligible projects.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022.''.
    (b) Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution 
        Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by inserting ``and as provided in subsection 
                        (e)'' after ``State law'';
                            (ii) by redesignating subsections (e) 
                        through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), 
                        respectively; and
                            (iii) by inserting after subsection (d) the 
                        following:
    ``(e) Additional Use of Funds.--A State may use an additional 2 
percent of the funds annually allotted to the State under this section 
for qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance 
providers (as the term is defined in section 222) and qualified 
nonprofit medium treatment works technical assistance providers (as the 
term in defined in section 223) to provide technical assistance to 
small treatment works (as the term is defined in section 222) and 
medium treatment works (as the term is defined in section 223) in the 
State.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 221(d) of the Federal 
        Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(d)) is amended by 
        striking ``section 603(h)'' and inserting ``section 603(i)''.
                                                        Calendar No. 89

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 518

                          [Report No. 115-71]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for 
            technical assistance for small treatment works.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 17, 2017

                       Reported with an amendment