[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2300-S2301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1471. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Tillis, 
and Mr. Cruz) 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:

        At the end of section 210 (relating to clean water State 
     revolving funds), add the following:
       (c) Federal Water Pollution Control Act Allotments.--
     Section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1285) is amended--
       (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all 
     that follows through the end of subsection (a) and inserting 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 205. ALLOTMENTS.

       ``(a) Fiscal Years 2022 and Thereafter.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Buy american oversight.--The term `Buy American 
     oversight' means any activity carried out by the 
     Administrator for the management or oversight of the 
     requirements of section 608.
       ``(B) United states territory.--The term `United States 
     territory' means--
       ``(i) American Samoa;
       ``(ii) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
       ``(iii) the United States Virgin Islands; and
       ``(iv) Guam.
       ``(2) Initial allotments.--
       ``(A) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2025, of the amounts made available to carry out this section 
     for the fiscal year, the Administrator shall provide for each 
     of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
     of Puerto Rico, any other territory or possession of the 
     United States, United States territories, Indian Tribes, and 
     Buy American oversight an allotment equal to not less than 
     the allotment described in the following table:


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                        ``Recipient                           Allotment
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Alabama....................................................        0.005
 Alaska....................................................        0.005
Arizona....................................................        0.005
Arkansas...................................................        0.005
California.................................................        0.005
Colorado...................................................        0.005
Connecticut................................................        0.005
Delaware...................................................        0.005
District of Columbia.......................................        0.005
Florida....................................................        0.005
Georgia....................................................        0.005
Hawaii.....................................................        0.005
Idaho......................................................        0.005
Illinois...................................................        0.005
Indiana....................................................        0.005
Iowa.......................................................        0.005
Kansas.....................................................        0.005
Kentucky...................................................        0.005
Louisiana..................................................        0.005
Maine......................................................        0.005
Maryland...................................................        0.005
Massachusetts..............................................        0.005
Michigan...................................................        0.005
Minnesota..................................................        0.005
Mississippi................................................        0.005
Missouri...................................................        0.005
Montana....................................................        0.005
Nebraska...................................................        0.005
Nevada.....................................................        0.005
New Hampshire..............................................        0.005
New Jersey.................................................        0.005
New Mexico.................................................        0.005
New York...................................................        0.005
North Carolina.............................................        0.005
North Dakota...............................................        0.005
Ohio.......................................................        0.005
Oklahoma...................................................        0.005
Oregon.....................................................        0.005
Pennsylvania...............................................        0.005
Puerto Rico................................................        0.005
Rhode Island...............................................        0.005
South Carolina.............................................        0.005
South Dakota...............................................        0.005
Tennessee..................................................        0.005
Texas......................................................        0.005
Utah.......................................................        0.005

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Vermont....................................................        0.005
United States territories..................................        0.015
Virginia...................................................        0.005
Washington.................................................        0.005
West Virginia..............................................        0.005
Wisconsin..................................................        0.005
Wyoming....................................................        0.005
Indian Tribes..............................................       0.0025
Buy American oversight.....................................       0.001.
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       ``(B) Additional allotments to states, district of 
     columbia, and puerto rico.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, for each of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2025, of the amounts made available to carry out this 
     section for the fiscal year remaining after all allotments 
     under subparagraph (A) are provided for that fiscal year, the 
     Administrator shall provide an additional allotment to each 
     of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in an amount based on the 
     proportion that, as determined in the most recently published 
     annual estimate of the Bureau of the Census--
       ``(i) the population of the State, District of Columbia, or 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, respectively; bears to
       ``(ii) the total population of all States, the District of 
     Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       ``(3) Allotment updates.--
       ``(A) In general.--For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal 
     year thereafter, the Administrator shall use an updated 
     allotment formula for amounts made available to carry out 
     this section consistent with the formula developed pursuant 
     to subparagraph (B)--
       ``(i) by not later than September 30, 2025, to ensure 
     updated allotments are in effect for fiscal year 2026; and
       ``(ii) thereafter, by not later than 1 year after the date 
     of submission of any new clean watersheds needs survey and 
     associated data under section 516(b)(1)(B).
       ``(B) Formula.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Administrator shall develop, by 
     regulation, a formula for the calculation of allotments to 
     States, United States territories, and possessions of the 
     United States under this section, in accordance with clause 
     (ii).
       ``(ii) Requirements.--

       ``(I) Bases.--The formula under clause (i) shall be 
     developed based on--

       ``(aa) the State needs identified in the most recently 
     available clean watersheds needs survey prepared by the 
     Administrator under section 516(b)(1)(B);
       ``(bb) the State population results of the most recent 
     decennial census; and
       ``(cc) the most recently available water quality impairment 
     component ratio published by the Administrator for purposes 
     of this Act.

       ``(II) Weight.--In developing the formula under clause (i), 
     the Administrator shall give--

       ``(aa) 50 percent weight to the survey referred to in 
     subclause (I)(aa);
       ``(bb) 30 percent weight to the census referred to in 
     subclause (I)(bb); and
       ``(cc) 20 percent weight to the ratio referred to in 
     subclause (I)(cc).
       ``(4) Savings provision.--To the extent practicable, the 
     Administrator shall continue developing the allotment formula 
     under paragraph (2) until the date on which the Administrator 
     completes preparation of a new clean watersheds needs survey 
     under section 516(b)(1)(B) for purposes of the updated 
     formula under paragraph (3).'';
       (2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``shall not exceed 
     4'' in the first sentence and all that follows through the 
     second period and inserting ``shall not exceed the greater of 
     4 percent and $400,000.''; and
       (3) in subsection (m)(1)(B), by striking ``for this fiscal 
     year.'' and inserting ``for that fiscal year.''.
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