[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 21682-21683]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of Calendar No. 255, S. 1409.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1409) to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act 
     Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve 
     sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of 
     Alaska.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
(S. 1409) to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to 
modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native 
villages in the State of Alaska, which had been reported from the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works, with an amendment to strike 
all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following:

                                S. 1409

     SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN RURAL 
                   AND NATIVE VILLAGES.

       Section 303 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 
     1996 (33 U.S.C. 1263a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (h);
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Requirements.--As a condition of receiving a grant 
     under this section, the State of Alaska shall--
       ``(1) require each applicant to clearly identify the scope 
     and the goal of the project for which funding is sought and 
     how the funds will be used to meet the specific, stated goal 
     of the project;
       ``(2) establish long-term goals for the program, including 
     providing water and sewer systems to Alaska Native villages; 
     and
       ``(3) carry out regular reviews of grantees to determine if 
     the stated scope and goals of each grant are being met.
       ``(f) Reporting.--The State of Alaska shall submit to the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a report 
     describing the information obtained under subsection (e), 
     including--
       ``(1) the specific goals of each project;
       ``(2) how funds were used to meet the goal; and
       ``(3) whether the goals were met.
       ``(g) Recommendation.--The Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall recommend to the State 
     of Alaska means by which the State of Alaska can address any 
     deficiencies identified in the report under subsection 
     (f).''; and
       (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
       (A) by striking ``$40,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$45,000,000''; and
       (B) by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment at the desk be 
agreed to, the committee-reported amendment as amended be agreed to, 
the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the motion to 
reconsider be laid on the table, and any statements relating to the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 5116) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 3, strike line 7 and insert the following:
       ``(f) Reporting.--Not later than December 31, 2007 (with 
     respect to fiscal year 2007), and annually thereafter (with 
     respect to each subsequent fiscal year), the State of Alaska 
     shall submit to
       On page 3, strike line 14 and insert the following:
       ``(g) Review.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the
       On page 3, lines 15 through 17, strike ``recommend to the 
     State of Alaska means by which the State of Alaska can 
     address'' and insert ``require the State of Alaska to 
     correct''.
       On page 3, strike line 18 and insert the following:
     section (f).
       ``(2) Failure to correct or reach agreement.--
       ``(A) In general.--If a deficiency in a project included in 
     a report under subsection (f) is not corrected within a 
     period of time

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     agreed to by the Administrator and the State of Alaska, the 
     Administrator shall not permit additional expenditures for 
     that project.
       ``(B) Time agreement.--
       ``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of submission to the Administrator of a report under 
     subsection (f), the Administrator and the State of Alaska 
     shall reach an agreement on a period of time referred to in 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(ii) Failure to reach agreement.--If the State of Alaska 
     and the Administrator fail to reach an agreement on the 
     period of time to correct a deficiency in a project included 
     in a report under subsection (f) by the deadline specified in 
     clause (i), the Administrator shall not permit additional 
     expenditures for that project.''; and
       On page 3, line 24, strike ``2010'' and insert ``2009''.

  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1409), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1409

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN RURAL 
                   AND NATIVE VILLAGES.

       Section 303 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 
     1996 (33 U.S.C. 1263a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (h);
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Requirements.--As a condition of receiving a grant 
     under this section, the State of Alaska shall--
       ``(1) require each applicant to clearly identify the scope 
     and the goal of the project for which funding is sought and 
     how the funds will be used to meet the specific, stated goal 
     of the project;
       ``(2) establish long-term goals for the program, including 
     providing water and sewer systems to Alaska Native villages; 
     and
       ``(3) carry out regular reviews of grantees to determine if 
     the stated scope and goals of each grant are being met.
       ``(f) Reporting.--The State of Alaska shall submit to the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a report 
     describing the information obtained under subsection (e), 
     including--
       ``(1) the specific goals of each project;
       ``(2) how funds were used to meet the goal; and
       ``(3) whether the goals were met.
       ``(g) Recommendation.--The Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall recommend to the State 
     of Alaska means by which the State of Alaska can address any 
     deficiencies identified in the report under subsection 
     (f).''; and
       (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
       (A) by striking ``$40,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$45,000,000''; and
       (B) by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.

     

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