[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3778 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3778

  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the 
    State response to contaminants program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 8 (legislative day, February 7), 2024

   Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. King) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the 
    State response to contaminants program, 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. TECHNICAL FIX FOR STATE RESPONSE TO CONTAMINANTS PROGRAM.

    Section 1459A(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
19a(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``subsection (c)(2)'' and inserting 
                ``subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) or a 
                drinking water well owner described in subparagraph (C) 
                of that paragraph'';
                    (B) by striking ``contaminant--'' and all that 
                follows through ``to--'' in subparagraph (A) in the 
                matter preceding clause (i) and inserting ``contaminant 
                that is determined by the State--'';
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (B);
                    (D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
                appropriately;
                    (E) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)--
                            (i) by inserting ``to'' before ``be 
                        present'';
                            (ii) by striking ``serving,'' and inserting 
                        ``serving a community''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``for, that community''; 
                        and
                    (F) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)--
                            (i) by inserting ``to'' before 
                        ``potentially''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``; and'' at the end and 
                        inserting a period; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Eligibility for assistance or as a beneficiary of 
        assistance.--For purposes of this subsection, the Administrator 
        may issue a grant to a State--
                    ``(A) that is requesting a grant on behalf of--
                            ``(i) a community that, under the 
                        affordability criteria established by the State 
                        under section 1452(d)(3), is determined by the 
                        State--
                                    ``(I) to be a disadvantaged 
                                community; or
                                    ``(II) to be a community that may 
                                become a disadvantaged community as a 
                                result of carrying out an activity 
                                described in paragraph (1); or
                            ``(ii) a community with a population of 
                        fewer than 10,000 individuals that the 
                        Administrator determines does not have the 
                        capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance an 
                        activity described in paragraph (1); or
                    ``(B) for the benefit of 1 or more owners of 
                drinking water wells that are not public water systems 
                and are not connected to a public water system.''.
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