[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 1729 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1729

To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and 
             sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2023

 Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Omar, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Mr. Payne, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
Cohen, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Connolly, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Evans, 
    Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Ms. Bush, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown, Mr. Vargas, Ms. 
 Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Carson, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Gomez, Ms. 
  Matsui, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. 
Bowman, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Himes, Ms. 
Jacobs, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. 
Velazquez, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Meng, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Hayes, 
  Mr. McGovern, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Smith of 
  Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lieu, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Carbajal, 
 Ms. Sewell, Mrs. McClellan, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Quigley, 
Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, and Ms. Jackson Lee) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
    Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education 
 and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and 
             sewer infrastructure, and for 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Water 
Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability 
                            Trust Fund.
Sec. 3. Report on affordability, discrimination and civil rights 
                            violations, public participation in 
                            regionalization, and data collection.
Sec. 4. Household water well systems.
Sec. 5. State water pollution control revolving funds.
Sec. 6. Use of State revolving loan funds under the Safe Drinking Water 
                            Act.
Sec. 7. Drinking water grant programs.
Sec. 8. Labor provisions.
Sec. 9. Water operator jobs training grants.
Sec. 10. Drinking water assistance to colonias.

SEC. 2. WATER AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY, AND RELIABILITY 
              TRUST FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:

``SEC. 9512. WATER AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY, AND RELIABILITY 
              TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Water 
Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund' 
(referred to in this section as the `Trust Fund'), consisting of such 
amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such Trust Fund as 
provided in this section or section 9602(b).
    ``(b) Transfers to Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are hereby appropriated to the 
        Trust Fund such amounts as the Secretary from time to time 
        estimates are equal to the increase in Federal revenues 
        attributable to the amendment made by section 2(b) of the Water 
        Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 
        2023.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The sum of the amounts appropriated 
        under paragraph (1) during any fiscal year shall not exceed the 
        larger of--
                    ``(A) $35,000,000,000, and
                    ``(B) one-twentieth of the sum of--
                            ``(i) the 20-year need identified in the 
                        most recent assessment conducted by the 
                        Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
                        Agency in accordance with section 1452(h) of 
                        the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
                        2(h)), plus
                            ``(ii) the 20-year need identified in the 
                        most recent needs survey submitted by the 
                        Administrator pursuant to sections 205(a), 516, 
                        and 609 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
                        Act (33 U.S.C. 1285(a), 1375, 1389).
    ``(c) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Trust Fund are available, 
without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, for 
the purposes described in section 2(c) of the Water Affordability, 
Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of parts for subchapter 
        A of chapter 98 of such Code is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 9511 the following new item:

``Sec. 9512. Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability 
                            Trust Fund.''.
    (b) Increase in Corporate Tax Rate.--
            (1) In general.--Section 11(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986 is amended by striking ``21'' and inserting ``24.5''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
        shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.
    (c) Allocation of Funds.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor shall allocate, 
for a fiscal year, the funds available, at the beginning of such fiscal 
year, in the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability 
Trust Fund, established by section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as follows:
            (1) Clean water programs.--Of such amount, the 
        Administrator shall make available--
                    (A) 0.5 percent for making grants under section 
                104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;
                    (B) 1.5 percent for making grants under section 106 
                of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1256);
                    (C) 2.5 percent for making grants under section 226 
                of such Act;
                    (D) 2.5 percent for making grants under section 319 
                of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1329); and
                    (E) 42 percent for making capitalization grants 
                under section 601 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1381).
            (2) Safe drinking water funding.--Of such amount, the 
        Administrator shall make available--
                    (A) 0.5 percent for providing technical assistance 
                under section 1442(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 300j-1(e));
                    (B) 42 percent for making capitalization grants 
                under section 1452 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12);
                    (C) 3 percent for making grants under section 1465 
                of such Act; and
                    (D) 0.5 percent for making grants under section 
                1456 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-16) and for making 
                grants under section 307 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
                Amendments of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 1281 note).
            (3) Household water well systems.--Of such amount, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture shall make available 1 percent for 
        making grants under section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and 
        Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e).
            (4) Colonias.--Of such amount, the Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall make available 0.5 percent for making grants under 
        section 306C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
        (7 U.S.C. 1926c) described in subsection (c) of such section.
            (5) Indian health services.--Of such amount, the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of 
        the Indian Health Service, shall make available 3 percent for 
        making grants for the planning, design, construction, 
        modernization, improvement, and renovation of water, sewer, and 
        solid waste sanitation facilities that are funded, in whole or 
        part, by the Indian Health Service--
                    (A) through, or provided for in, a contract or 
                compact with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 
                Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
                U.S.C. 5301 et seq.);
                    (B) pursuant to section 7 of the Act of August 5, 
                1954 (68 Stat. 674, chapter 658; 73 Stat. 267; 42 
                U.S.C. 2004a); or
                    (C) pursuant to section 302 of the Indian Health 
                Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1632).
            (6) Water operators job training grants.--Of such amount, 
        the Secretary of Labor shall make available 0.5 percent for 
        providing job training grants under section 414(f) of the 
        American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1988.
    (d) Prohibition.--None of the funds allocated pursuant to 
subsection (c) may be used for any activity described in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) of section 203(a) of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 433(a)).

SEC. 3. REPORT ON AFFORDABILITY, DISCRIMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS 
              VIOLATIONS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN REGIONALIZATION, AND 
              DATA COLLECTION.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency shall conduct a study on water and sewer 
        services, in accordance with this subsection.
            (2) Affordability.--In conducting the study under paragraph 
        (1), the Administrator shall study water affordability 
        nationwide, including--
                    (A) rates for water and sewer services, increases 
                in such rates during the ten-year period preceding such 
                study, and water service disconnections due to unpaid 
                water service charges; and
                    (B) the effectiveness of funding under section 1452 
                of the Safe Drinking Water Act and under section 601 of 
                the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for promoting 
                affordable, equitable, transparent, and reliable water 
                and sewer service.
            (3) Discrimination and civil rights.--In conducting the 
        study under paragraph (1), the Administrator, in collaboration 
        with the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department 
        of Justice, shall study--
                    (A) discriminatory practices of water and sewer 
                service providers;
                    (B) discriminatory practices of State program 
                administrators in allocating funding; and
                    (C) violations by such service providers and 
                program administrators that receive Federal assistance 
                of civil rights under title VI of the Civil Rights Act 
                of 1964 with regard to equal access to water and sewer 
                services.
            (4) Public participation in regionalization.--In conducting 
        the study under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall evaluate 
        efforts to regionalize public water systems, as defined in 
        section 1401(4) of the Safe Water Drinking Act (42 U.S.C. 
        300f(4)), and sewer services with respect to public 
        participation in--
                    (A) the decision to undergo such regionalization; 
                and
                    (B) decision making by the board of directors (or 
                other governing body) of the entity that provides, or 
                oversees or coordinates the provision of, water by the 
                public water systems subject to such regionalization.
            (5) Data collection.--In conducting the study under 
        paragraph (1), the Administrator shall collect information, 
        assess the availability of information, and evaluate the 
        methodologies used to collect information, related to--
                    (A) people living without water or sewer services;
                    (B) water service disconnections due to unpaid 
                water service charges, including disconnections 
                experienced by households containing children, elderly 
                persons, disabled persons, chronically ill persons, or 
                other vulnerable populations;
                    (C) tax liens and foreclosures due to unpaid water 
                service charges; and
                    (D) disparate effects, on the basis of race, 
                gender, or socioeconomic status, of water service 
                disconnections, tax liens and foreclosures due to 
                unpaid water service charges, and the lack of public 
                water service.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to Congress a report that contains--
            (1) the results of the study conducted under subsection 
        (a)(1); and
            (2) recommendations for utility companies, Federal 
        agencies, and States relating to such results.

SEC. 4. HOUSEHOLD WATER WELL SYSTEMS.

    Section 306E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1926e(d)) is amended by striking ``$20,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$348,500,000 for each 
fiscal year''.

SEC. 5. STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS.

    (a) Specific Requirements.--Section 602(b) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``will be made to the 
        State with funds to be made available'' and inserting ``were 
        made to the State with funds made available for fiscal year 
        2021'';
            (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) 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; and''.
    (b) Projects and Activities Eligible for Assistance.--Section 
603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (12)(B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) to any municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, 
        or State agency for--
                    ``(A) purchasing from a willing or unwilling seller 
                a privately owned treatment works; and
                    ``(B) expenses related to canceling a contract for 
                the operation or management of a publicly owned 
                treatment works.''.
    (c) Increasing the Amount of Additional Subsidization by the 
State.--Section 603(i)(3)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1383(i)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Additional limitation.--A State may use not 
                less than 50 percent of the total amount received by 
                the State in capitalization grants under this title for 
                a fiscal year for providing additional subsidization 
                under this subsection.''.

SEC. 6. USE OF STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER 
              ACT.

    Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``publicly owned, operated, and managed'' 
                        before ``community water systems''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``The 
                        funds under this section shall not be used for 
                        the acquisition of real property or interests 
                        therein, unless the acquisition is integral to 
                        a project authorized by this paragraph and the 
                        purchase is from a willing seller.'' and 
                        inserting ``The funds may also be used for 
                        purchasing from a willing or unwilling seller a 
                        privately owned community water system, or for 
                        the expenses related to canceling a contract 
                        for the operation or management of a community 
                        water system.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(6) Exception to public ownership, operation, and 
        management requirement.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(A), 
        public water systems that regularly serve fewer than 10,000 
        persons, and which are not owned, operated, or managed by any 
        person who owns, operates, or manages any other public water 
        system, may receive assistance under this section.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (d)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Total amount of subsidies.--To the extent that there 
        are sufficient applications for loans to communities described 
        in paragraph (1), of the amount of the capitalization grant 
        received by a State in a fiscal year, the total amount of loan 
        subsidies made by the State in the fiscal year pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) may not be less than 50 percent.'';
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``to be made to the 
        State'' and inserting ``that was made to the State in fiscal 
        year 2021'';
            (4) in subsection (g)(3)--
                    (A) in paragraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (C), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
                following:
                    ``(D) guidance to ensure affordable, equitable, 
                transparent and reliable water service provision, to 
                provide protections for households facing service 
                disconnection due to unpaid water service charges, and 
                to promote universal equal access to water services.''; 
                and
            (5) in subsection (k)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(E) Provide assistance in the form of a grant to 
                owners of private property on which a lead service line 
                (as defined in section 1459B) is or may be located, for 
                the purpose of replacing the lead service line with a 
                service line that is lead-free (as defined in section 
                1417(d)).
                    ``(F) Provide assistance to a publicly owned, 
                operated, and managed community water system for the 
                purpose of updating treatment plants or switching water 
                sources due to contamination from a perfluoroalkyl or 
                polyfluoroalkyl substance (as defined by the State in 
                which the community water system is located).
                    ``(G) Provide assistance in the form of a grant to 
                owners of a household water well that has been 
                contaminated by a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
                substance (as defined by the State in which the 
                household well is located), for the purpose of 
                purchasing and installing a household filtration 
                system.''.

SEC. 7. DRINKING WATER GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) School Drinking Water Improvement.--Section 1465 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-25) is amended--
            (1) in the section header, by striking ``fountain'' and 
        inserting ``infrastructure'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``fountains manufactured 
        prior to 1988'' and inserting ``infrastructure'';
            (3) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds awarded under the grant program may be 
used to pay costs associated with--
            ``(1) installing, repairing, or replacing the 
        infrastructure necessary to ensure that drinking water 
        fountains, drinking water coolers, and bottle filling stations 
        at schools are lead free; and
            ``(2) monitoring and reporting of lead levels in the 
        drinking water of schools, as determined appropriate by the 
        Administrator.''; and
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$1,050,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2021'' and inserting ``2025''.
    (b) Tribal Drinking Water.--Section 1452(i)(1) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(i)(1)) is amended, in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``1 1/2'' and inserting ``Three''; and
            (2) by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.

SEC. 8. LABOR PROVISIONS.

    (a) Prevailing Rate of Wage.--Nothing in this Act shall affect the 
applicability of the requirements relating to labor standards of 
sections 513 and 602(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1372, 1382(b)(6)) and section 1450(e) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-9(e)) to projects carried out under those 
Acts.
    (b) Project Labor Agreements.--
            (1) Clean water revolving funds.--Section 602(b) of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)), as 
        amended by section 7, is further amended by adding at the end 
        the following:
            ``(16) the State will--
                    ``(A) permit recipients of assistance under this 
                title to enter into agreements authorized under section 
                8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (commonly 
                known as `project labor agreements') with respect to 
                projects for building or construction carried out with 
                such assistance; and
                    ``(B) ensure that, to the maximum extent 
                practicable, recipients of assistance under this title 
                carry out such projects through the use of such 
                agreements.''.
            (2) Drinking water revolving funds.--Section 1452 of the 
        Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
                following:
            ``(7) Project labor agreements.--Each agreement under this 
        subsection shall require that the State permit recipients of 
        assistance under this section to enter into agreements 
        authorized under section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations 
        Act (commonly known as `project labor agreements') with respect 
        to projects for building or construction carried out with such 
        assistance.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(3)(A)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``; and'' 
                        and inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) with respect to projects for 
                        building or construction, will be carried out 
                        through the use of agreements authorized under 
                        section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations 
                        Act.''.

SEC. 9. WATER OPERATOR JOBS TRAINING GRANTS.

    Section 414 of the American Competitiveness and Workforce 
Improvement Act of 1998 is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Water Operator Jobs Training Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than the date that is 1 year 
        after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
        of Labor shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
        eligible entities to provide job training (including pre-
        apprenticeships and apprenticeships) and related activities, 
        which are coordinated with the public workforce investment 
        system, for workers to assist such workers in obtaining or 
        upgrading employment in the drinking water, wastewater 
        (including stormwater), and related sectors.
            ``(2) Uses of funds.--Funds under this section may be used 
        to provide jobs training services (including pre-
        apprenticeships and apprenticeships) and related activities 
        that are designed to assist workers (including unemployed and 
        employed workers) in gaining the skills and competencies needed 
        to obtain or upgrade career ladder employment positions in the 
        drinking water, wastewater (including stormwater), and related 
        sectors.
            ``(3) Prioritization of funding.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law and to the extent that there are sufficient 
        applications for this purpose, at least 50 percent of the funds 
        awarded to eligible entities under this subsection shall be 
        used to carry out the job training services (including pre-
        apprenticeships and apprenticeships) and related activities 
        described in paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) for low- and very low-income persons residing 
                within the geographical boundaries of the geographical 
                area to be served by such services and activities, 
                which shall include high-poverty, high-unemployment ZIP 
                Codes;
                    ``(B) for low- and very low-income persons residing 
                within the metropolitan area or nonmetropolitan county 
                to be served by such services and activities;
                    ``(C) for low- and very low-income persons residing 
                in a metropolitan area or nonmetropolitan county with 
                significant representation of communities of color, 
                low-income communities, or Tribal and indigenous 
                communities, that experiences, or is at risk of 
                experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or 
                environmental effects than another such area or county; 
                or
                    ``(D) for members of labor unions or worker 
                organizations representing the individuals described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C).
            ``(4) No match required.--The Secretary of Labor may not 
        require the provision of specified levels of a matching share 
        of cash or noncash resources from resources other than the 
        funds provided under this section for projects funded under 
        this section.
            ``(5) Performance accountability.--The Secretary of Labor 
        shall require grantees to report on the employment outcomes 
        obtained by workers receiving training under this section using 
        indicators of performance that are consistent with other 
        indicators used for employment and training programs 
        administered by the Secretary, such as entry into employment, 
        retention in employment, and increases in earnings. The 
        Secretary of Labor may also require grantees to participate in 
        evaluations of projects carried out under this section.
            ``(6) Definitions.--In this section:
                    ``(A) The term `eligible entity' may include any of 
                the following:
                            ``(i) One or more local governments.
                            ``(ii) One or more State governments.
                            ``(iii) One or more nonprofit 
                        organizations.
                            ``(iv) One or more community-based 
                        organizations.
                            ``(v) One or more labor unions.
                            ``(vi) One or more labor-management 
                        organizations.
                            ``(vii) One or more worker organizations 
                        representing the individuals described in 
                        subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (3).
                            ``(viii) One or more education and training 
                        providers, including community colleges, 
                        Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a 
                        Hispanic-serving institution, a Tribal College 
                        or University, and other minority-serving 
                        institutions listed in section 371(a) of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1067q(a)).
                            ``(ix) One or more local boards or State 
                        boards (as such terms are defined in section 3 
                        of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
                        (29 U.S.C. 3102).
                            ``(x) One or more Native American Tribal 
                        governments to provide job training programs 
                        for publicly owned community water systems (as 
                        defined in section 1401(15) of the Safe 
                        Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f(15))) and 
                        publicly owned treatment works (as defined in 
                        section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 
                        Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292)).
                    ``(B) The terms `low-income person' and `very low-
                income person' have the same meanings given the terms 
                `low-income families' and `very low-income families', 
                respectively, in section 3(b) of the United States 
                Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).''.

SEC. 10. DRINKING WATER ASSISTANCE TO COLONIAS.

    Section 1456 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-16) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(2) Covered entity.--The term `covered entity' means each 
        of the following:
                    ``(A) A border State.
                    ``(B) A local government with jurisdiction over an 
                eligible community.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``border State'' and 
        inserting ``covered entity'';
            (3) by striking subsection (d);
            (4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and
            (5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$100,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1997 through 1999'' and inserting 
                ``2023 through 2027''.
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