[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2244]
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SA 1466. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Peters)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1460
proposed by Mr. Carper (for himself and Mrs. Capito) to the bill S.
914, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under those Acts, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 105 and insert the following:
SEC. 105. COMPREHENSIVE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT.
Section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300j-19b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(D), by striking ``, servicing a
public water system'';
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ``$60,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2017 through 2021'' and inserting
``$4,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through
2026'';
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(e) and (f), respectively; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Comprehensive Lead Reduction Projects.--
``(1) Grants.--The Administrator shall award grants to
eligible entities for comprehensive lead reduction projects
that, notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
pay to fully replace lead service lines served by the
eligible entity--
``(A) regardless of--
``(i) the ownership of the lead service line; and
``(ii) whether the lead service line is publicly owned or
privately owned; and
``(B) without requiring a contribution to the cost of
replacement of any portion of the lead service line by any
individual homeowner.
``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1),
the Administrator shall give priority to eligible entities
that serve disadvantaged communities (as determined under
subsection (b)(3)(A)).
``(3) No cost-share.--The Administrator shall not impose
any cost-sharing requirements on an eligible entity receiving
a grant under paragraph (1).''.
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