[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 545. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. STATE REVOLVING FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Clean water revolving fund.--The term ``clean water 
     revolving fund'' means a State water pollution control 
     revolving fund established under title VI of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
       (2) Drinking water revolving fund.--The term ``drinking 
     water revolving fund'' means a State drinking water treatment 
     revolving loan fund established under section 1452 of the 
     Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12).
       (b) Authority.--In addition to the transfer authority in 
     section 302(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 
     1996 (42 U.S.C. 300j-12 note; Public Law 104-182), and 
     notwithstanding section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(d)), during the 1-year period 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, if a State, 
     in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, determines that available funds in the 
     clean water revolving fund of the State are necessary to 
     address a threat to public health as a result of heightened 
     exposure to lead in drinking water, the State may transfer an 
     amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the cumulative 
     clean water revolving fund Federal grant dollars to the State 
     to the drinking water revolving fund of the State. Funds 
     transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the 
     State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in 
     the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
     loans, or grants (or any combination of these).
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