[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3230-S3231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6020. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. King, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. 
Collins) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10__. 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 ``clause (i) or (ii) of 
     subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) or a drinking water well 
     owner described in subparagraph (B) 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)--

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       (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 to be--

       ``(I) a disadvantaged community; or
       ``(II) 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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