[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4487. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. LOW-INCOME SEWER AND WATER ASSISTANCE PILOT 
                   PROGRAM.

       Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 123. LOW-INCOME SEWER AND WATER ASSISTANCE PILOT 
                   PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
     municipality or a public entity that owns or operates a 
     public water system that is affected by a consent decree 
     relating to compliance with this Act.
       ``(2) Household.--The term `household' means any individual 
     or group of individuals who are living together as 1 economic 
     unit.
       ``(3) Low-income household.--The term `low-income 
     household' means a household--
       ``(A) in which 1 or more individuals are receiving--
       ``(i) assistance under a State program funded under part A 
     of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
     seq.);
       ``(ii) supplemental security income payments under title 
     XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);
       ``(iii) supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
     under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
     seq.); or
       ``(iv) payments under--

       ``(I) section 1315, 1521, 1541, or 1542 of title 38, United 
     States Code; or
       ``(II) section 306 of the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension 
     Improvement Act of 1978 (38 U.S.C. 1521 note; Public Law 95-
     588); or

       ``(B) that has an income determined by the State in which 
     the eligible entity is located to not exceed the greater of--
       ``(i) an amount equal to 150 percent of the poverty level 
     for that State; or
       ``(ii) an amount equal to 60 percent of the median income 
     for that State.
       ``(4) Public water system.--The term `public water system' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 1401 of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f).
       ``(5) Sanitation services.--The term `sanitation services' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 113(g).
       ``(b) Establishment.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish a 
     pilot program to award grants to not fewer than 10 eligible 
     entities to assist low-income households in maintaining 
     access to sanitation services.
       ``(2) Lower income limit.--For purposes of this section, a 
     State may adopt an income limit that is lower than the limit 
     described in subsection (a)(3)(B), except that the State may 
     not exclude a household from eligibility in a fiscal year 
     based solely on household income if that income is less than 
     110 percent of the poverty level for that State.
       ``(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the results of the program established 
     under this section.''.
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