117 HR 7706 IH: Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-03-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7706IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 15, 2024Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Mrs. Sykes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo provide that funds made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for lead service line replacement projects be provided to disadvantaged communities in the form of forgivable loans or grants, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act.

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Disbursement of funds

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all funds made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) for lead service line replacement projects and associated activities directly connected to the identification, planning, design, and replacement of lead service lines shall be disbursed in the form of forgivable loans or grants to disadvantaged communities (as defined in section 1452(d)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(3))).