[Senate Report 117-20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress         }                        {             Report
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        DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 2021

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                  May 10, 2021.--Ordered to be printed

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    Mr. Carper, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 914]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was 
referred 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, having 
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommends that the 
bill, as amended, do pass.

                           General Statement

    The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 
2021 (DWWIA), creates, updates, and improves Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) programs associated with drinking water 
infrastructure under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and 
clean water infrastructure under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (Clean Water Act or CWA).
    Title I, focused on drinking water related policy, 
reauthorizes critical Safe Drinking Water Act programs, 
including the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), to 
protect public health through promoting compliance with 
drinking water standards, reforming drinking water programs, 
and promote resilience of drinking water systems from natural 
hazards, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or extreme weather 
events, included those related to climate change. This bill 
focuses on expanding program eligibility and opportunities for 
small, rural, tribal, and disadvantaged communities, including 
programs focused on resilience and sustainability. The bill 
also creates lead reduction programs and authorizes grants to 
assist communities and drinking water systems with Safe 
Drinking Water Act compliance.
    Title II, focused on clean water related policy, authorizes 
water and wastewater infrastructure programs under the Clean 
Water Act. These programs focus on financial opportunities, 
construction, technical assistance, resiliency, and efficiency. 
This title reauthorizes the important financing mechanism the 
Water Infrastructure and Finance Innovation Act loan program 
(WIFIA), and it reauthorizes the Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund (CWSRF) for the first time since 1987. This title also 
contains several provisions that focus on the critical need of 
technical assistance and on-site specialists, including a 
provision to address challenges facing the sufficiency and 
sustainability of the water utility workforce. This title 
contains grant programs to assist small and disadvantaged 
communities, facilitate water efficiency, and improve water 
system resiliency. The title also authorizes programs for water 
reuse, water supply, sewer overflow, and stormwater collection.

Objectives of the Legislation

    The objective of S. 914 is to authorize and modify drinking 
water and wastewater programs to meet the nation's drinking 
water and wastewater infrastructure needs. It will help 
sustainably increase access to, and ensure delivery of, safe, 
reliable drinking water by facilitating critical water 
infrastructure, resiliency, technical assistance, and financial 
assistance programs. It will also improve wastewater 
infrastructure across the country by investing in programs that 
focus on financial opportunities, construction, technical 
assistance, resiliency and efficiency for wastewater systems.

Summary of the Major Provisions

    To achieve these objectives, S. 914:
           Increases funding authorizations for the 
        Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water 
        State Revolving Fund and provides increased program 
        flexibilities for states to invest in community water 
        projects that address aging infrastructure and improve 
        water quality.
           Increases funding for the Assistance for 
        Small and Disadvantaged Communities Grant Program as 
        well as creates an additional discretionary grant 
        program for states with high demonstrated need to help 
        small, rural, disadvantaged, and tribal communities 
        fund drinking water infrastructure projects.
           Addresses water affordability through a 
        needs assessment and the creation of a Rural and Low-
        Income Drinking Water Assistance Pilot Program that 
        awards grants to eligible entities to develop and 
        implement programs to assist low-income households with 
        need in maintaining access to affordable and reliable 
        drinking water and wastewater treatment.
           Authorizes set asides and grants for 
        technical assistance to nonprofits in order to assist 
        struggling water systems with maintaining compliance.
           Requires states to use 12 percent of its 
        drinking water capitalization grant and 10 percent of 
        its clean water capitalization grant to provide loan 
        forgiveness, negative interest loans, or grants or to 
        buy, refinance, or purchase debt.
           Connects households to public drinking water 
        and wastewater services and decentralized wastewater 
        services and improves sanitation in Alaskan rural and 
        native villages.
           Increases funding for water workforce 
        development through education and apprenticeship 
        programs.
           Authorizes new and existing programs to 
        address lead contamination through lead inventorying 
        and lead abatement, as well as testing and compliance 
        monitoring at schools and childcare facilities.
           Improves the operational sustainability of 
        small public water systems by improving the ability to 
        identify and respond to water infrastructure failures.
           Helps communities combat the effects of 
        natural hazards, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and 
        extreme weather events, including those due to climate 
        change, by funding Infrastructure Resiliency and 
        Sustainability Grant Programs for drinking water and 
        wastewater infrastructure.
           Provides investment in new technologies 
        across the water sector that can help utilities reduce 
        costs and increase energy efficiency.

Other Noteworthy Provisions

    DWWIA reauthorizes the Research, Technical Assistance, 
Information, Training of Personnel Grant Program for the first 
time since 2002. Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the 
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and 
Response Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-188) reauthorized the 
appropriation for SDWA section 144(b) at the prior authorized 
level of $35 million, expressing Congressional intent to 
provide funding for drinking water emergencies, including those 
that may occur from a subsequent terrorist attack. Given the 
growing problems with drinking water contaminants, including 
but not limited to lead, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
(PFAS), and 1,4-dioxane, as well as the continued response to 
the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee included an authorization 
for this program to ensure adequate resources are available to 
meet current and future drinking water emergencies.
    DWWIA also creates a new Rural and Low-Income Drinking 
Water Assistance Pilot Program to address the growing concern 
about water affordability. The pilot program is envisioned to 
be a logical outgrowth of the findings from the Needs 
Assessment for Nationwide Rural and Urban Low-Income Community 
Water Assistance that is also created in this bill. However, in 
contrast to the existing Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program run by the Department of Health and Human Services, and 
the accompanying water program Low-Income Household Drinking 
Water and Wastewater Emergency Assistance Program created in 
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (P.L. 116-260), and 
provided additional funding in the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (P.L. 117-2), this program awards grants to a 
municipality, tribal government, or other entity that owns or 
operates a community water system or treatment works that 
services a disproportionate level of low-income households, 
including low-income renters, as defined in the provision, or 
that has taken on an unsustainable level of debt due to 
customer nonpayment.
    The pilot program directs the Administrator to establish, 
not later than 90 days after the Administrator submits the 
drinking water needs assessment to Congress, a pilot program to 
address water affordability. The pilot program will award 
grants to eligible entities to develop and implement programs 
to assist low-income households with need in maintaining access 
to affordable and reliable drinking water and wastewater 
treatment. Types of assistance could include direct financial 
assistance, a lifeline rate, bill discounting, special hardship 
provisions, a percentage-of-income payment plan, or debt relief 
for the eligible entity of the community water system owned by 
the eligible entity if it is determine by the Administrator to 
be in the interest of public health.

                               Background

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act or 
CWA) was enacted in 1948, significantly revised in 1972 to take 
its current form, and amended again in 1987 to create the Clean 
Water State Revolving Fund. The CWA establishes a framework for 
protecting water quality based on a comprehensive State-Federal 
program to control the discharges of pollutants into waterways 
and to provide Federal financial assistance to improve water 
quality and comply with the requirements of the Act.
    Our nation's wastewater infrastructure currently includes 
more than 16,000 publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants, 
800,000 miles of public sewers, and 500,000 miles of private 
lateral sewers connecting private property to public sewer 
lines.\1\ Initial efforts under the CWA focused on bringing all 
communities into compliance with secondary treatment standards 
for the discharge of sewage. This effort was supported by 
federal grants totaling more than $53 billion between 1973 and 
1990.
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    \1\https://infrastructurereportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/
Wastewater-2021.pdf.
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    The 1987 amendments to the CWA created Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds, allowing these federal grants to be issued by 
states to local projects in the form of revolving loans.\2\ 
Under these amendments, Congress provides annual appropriations 
to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which then 
distributes a grant to each state to capitalize its own state 
revolving fund. The states then use these funds to make low-
interest loans to assist with CWA compliance and finance water 
and wastewater infrastructure projects. States are also 
required by Congress to use a portion of the funding to provide 
additional subsidies for disadvantaged communities (as defined 
by the State).
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    \2\The Water Quality Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-4) amended numerous 
Clean Water Act provisions and added Title VI, State Water Pollution 
Control Revolving Funds (33 U.S.C. 1388).
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    Through Fiscal Year 2020, Congress has provided $48 billion 
in capitalization grants for the state CWSRFs, including $1.639 
billion in FY 2020. States must provide 20 percent in matching 
funds.
    In January 2016, EPA published its Report to Congress on 
the Agency's 2012 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey--the sixteenth 
national survey of capital costs to address water quality since 
the enactment of the CWA in 1972. The Clean Watersheds Needs 
Survey estimated the clean water infrastructure need at $271 
billion over the next 20 years. The clean water infrastructure 
needs include capital needs for publicly-owned wastewater pipes 
and treatment facilities ($197.8 billion), combined sewer 
overflow infrastructure ($48.0 billion), stormwater management 
($19.2 billion), and recycled water treatment and distribution 
($6.1 billion).\3\
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    \3\See EPA, Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) Report to 
Congress--2012, 2016, https://www.epa.gov/cwns
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    The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), enacted in 1974, 
authorizes EPA to promulgate national primary drinking water 
regulations to control contaminants in drinking water to 
protect public health.\4\ SDWA regulations apply to public 
water systems that have at least fifteen service connections or 
regularly serve at least twenty-five individuals.\5\
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    \4\SDWA Section 1412(b); 42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)
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    In 1996, to help communities meet the health-based 
requirements of the SDWA, the statute was amended to add the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).\6\ Like the CWSRF, 
the DWSRF provides low-interest loans to community water 
systems. States are also required use a portion of the funding 
to provide additional subsidies for disadvantaged communities 
(as defined by the State).\7\
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    \6\SDWA Section 1452; 42 U.S.C. 300j-12. The Safe Drinking Water 
Act Amendments of 1996 (P.L. 104-182, Section 130) added the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund to SDWA.
    \7\SDWA Section 1452(j); 42 U.S.C. 300j-12(j).
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    Through fiscal year 2020, Congress has provided more than 
$24.4 billion in capitalization grants for the DWSRF, including 
$1.126 billion in fiscal year 2020.\8\ States must provide 20 
percent in matching funds.\9\
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    \8\Compiled by CRS from annual appropriations acts.
    \9\SDWA Section 1452(e); 42 U.S.C. 300j-12(e).
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    In March 2018, EPA published its sixth national assessment, 
Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey, which estimated the 
infrastructure investment necessary for public water systems to 
continue to provide safe drinking water. It estimated that the 
nation's drinking water utilities require $472.6 billion in 
infrastructure investments over the next 20 years in order to 
ensure public health, security, and the economic well-being of 
our cities, towns, and communities.\10\
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    \10\EPA, Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment: 
Sixth Report to Congress, 2018, https://www.epa.gov/dwsrf/epas-6th-
drinking-water-infrastructure-needs-survey-and-assessment.
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    According to the EPA Needs Survey, the national drinking 
water 20-year need includes $74.4 billion for small water 
systems (serving 3,300 or fewer people), $210 billion for 
medium water systems (serving 3,301 to 100,000), and $174.4 
billion for large water systems (serving over 100,000).\11\ The 
needs of water systems serving Indian, Alaskan Native Village, 
and not-for-profit water systems totals around $8.9 
billion.\12\
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    \11\From Exhibit 1.5 p.19 of EPA, Drinking Water Infrastructure 
Needs Survey and Assessment: Sixth Report to Congress, 2018, https://
www.epa.gov/dwsrf/epas-6th-drinking-water-infrastructure-needs-survey-
and-assessment.
    \12\From Exhibit 1.5 p.19 of EPA, Drinking Water Infrastructure 
Needs Survey and Assessment: Sixth Report to Congress, 2018, https://
www.epa.gov/dwsrf/epas-6th-drinking-water-infrastructure-needs-survey-
and-assessment.
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                           Section-by-Section


Title

    To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under those Acts, 
and for other purposes.

Sec. 1. Short title; Table of Contents

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drinking Water and 
Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021.

Sec. 2. Definition of Administrator

    In this Act, the term ``Administrator'' means the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Title I: Drinking Water

Sec. 101. Technical assistance and grants for emergencies affecting 
        public water systems

    This section extends an expired authority in the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300j-1, to provide 
resources to communities that face a public water system 
emergency. The fund will help mitigate drinking water threats 
to public health, and is amended to expand the definition of 
emergency situations to include those resulting from a 
cybersecurity event or vulnerability and clarifies that the 
intrusion of lead into the drinking water supply is an 
allowable use of grant funds. The program is reauthorized at 
$35 million for each of fiscal years from 2022 through 2026.
    In addition, this section also extends the $15 million 
authorization for technical assistance to public water systems 
for five years, from fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
    The section also makes state-based nonprofit organizations 
eligible recipients of funding to provide technical assistance 
to small public water systems in order to achieve compliance 
with the SDWA. Nonprofits that receive funding under this 
section are required to consult with the State before carrying 
out activities utilizing funding.

Sec. 102. Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Funds

    This section reauthorizes the Drinking Water State 
Revolving Funds (DWSRF) and increases the minimum percentage of 
funds that must go to disadvantaged communities from 6 percent 
to 12 percent. This section also broadens the discretionary 
authority of states to assist disadvantaged communities with 
grants, negative interest loans, forgiveness of principal, and 
loan forgiveness. States may also use these funds to buy, 
refinance, or restructure the debt of a disadvantaged 
community.
    Sec. 102 also reauthorizes a provision in SDWA that allows 
for up to 2 percent of the DWSRF to be used by nonprofit 
organizations to provide technical assistance for small systems 
in order to achieve compliance.
    This section also makes permanent the American Iron and 
Steel requirement for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, 
also known as the ``Buy America'' requirement.
    Under this section DWSRF is reauthorized at a level of $2.4 
billion in fiscal year 2022, $2.75 billion in fiscal year 2023, 
$3 billion in fiscal year 2024, and $3.25 billion for fiscal 
years 2025 and 2026.

Sec. 103. Source Water Petition Program

    The section reauthorizes the Source Water Petition Program, 
which allows owners and operators of community water systems, 
municipal or local governments, and political subdivisions of a 
state to submit a source water quality protection partnership 
petition to the State requesting that the State assist in the 
local development of a voluntary, incentive-based partnership 
among the owner, operator, relevant stakeholder, or government. 
These petition partnerships are created to help affected 
parties reduce drinking water contaminants, obtain financial or 
technical assistance, or develop recommendations for the long-
term protection of a community water system's source water.
    This section also amends the program to allow states to 
designate a county to act on behalf of an unincorporated area 
in the petition, should the unincorporated area voluntarily 
chose to enter such a partnership, solely for the purpose of 
pursuing a source water petition for a specific matter.
    This program is reauthorized through 2026 at the current 
funding level of $5 million annually.

Sec. 104. Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities

    This section addresses multiple programs that fall under 
Section 1459A of SDWA (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a).
    The first part of this section reauthorizes and modifies 
the Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Program. 
This program provides grants to disadvantaged communities or 
communities with a population of under 10,000 across the 
country, including those communities within the United States 
on our borders, which lack household drinking water or 
wastewater services, or that are served by a public water 
system that violates or exceeds a requirement of the national 
primary drinking water regulations. Grants can be used to 
assist communities in coming into compliance with drinking 
water regulations, to provide programs for household water 
quality testing, or to provide assistance that directly and 
primarily benefits the disadvantaged community on a per-
household basis.
    Specifically, this section expands the program to allow for 
the use of funds to purchase filters that remove contaminants 
of concern from public drinking water systems and for providing 
information regarding proper filtration use and maintenance, 
options regarding replacing lead service lines or other sources 
of lead from water systems, and for technical assistance. 
Further, the section lowers the required non-federal match for 
the grant from 45 percent to 10 percent and allows that 10 
percent to be waived at the discretion of the Administrator if 
the Administrator determines that an eligible entity is unable 
to pay, or would experience significant financial hardship if 
required to pay, the non-Federal share. This section authorizes 
the program for $60 million in fiscal year 2022, $80 million in 
fiscal year 2023, $100 million in fiscal year 2024, $120 
million in fiscal year 2025, and $140 million in fiscal year 
2026.
    The second part of this section reauthorizes the existing 
Drinking Water Infrastructure Risk and Resiliency program for 
small communities. Funds under this program can be used to 
address threats from natural hazards or extreme weather events 
(including extreme weather events that are related to climate 
change). The program is reauthorized from 2022 through 2026 at 
a level of $25 million per year. The section includes a non-
federal cost share of 10 percent that can be waived by the 
Administrator.
    Third, this section instructs the Administrator to create a 
grant program to provide grants to a utility or nonprofit 
organization to voluntarily connect a low-income household to a 
municipal public drinking water system. This program is 
authorized at $20 million per year for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026.
    These grants are intended to improve the general welfare of 
low and moderate income individuals without access to drinking 
water services. Therefore, the Committee believes these funds 
should not be considered taxable income.
    Finally, this section creates an additional competitive 
grant program administered by the EPA and distributed to states 
that have demonstrated high numbers of underserved communities, 
rather than the State Revolving Fund (SRF) formula. This grant 
program is authorized at $50 million for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026.

Sec. 105. Reducing Lead in Drinking Water

    This section reauthorizes EPA's lead reduction projects 
grant program under 42 U.S.C. 300j-19b and increases the 
program's authorization to $100 million annually through fiscal 
year 2026. This grant money can be used for lead reduction 
projects, including the replacement of publicly owned lead 
services lines; testing, planning, or other relevant 
activities, as determined by the Administrator, to identify and 
address conditions that contribute to increased concentration 
of lead in water for human consumption; and providing 
assistance to low-income homeowners to replace lead service 
lines.
    This section also amends SDWA to create a pilot program to 
provide grants to carry out lead reduction projects in water 
systems that, based on available data, information or 
resources, including existing lead inventorying or mapping, 
have or are suspected to have, lead in at least 30 percent of 
their service lines. Two years after the first grant is 
awarded, the EPA must submit a report to Congress describing 
the recipients of this grant money, the type of lead 
inventorying used, and the accuracy and utility of the 
inventorying in locating lead service lines. The pilot program 
is authorized for $10 million and the funds are to remain 
available until expended.

Sec. 106. Operational Sustainability of Small Public Water Systems

    This section establishes an operational sustainability 
program under SDWA for small public water systems, including 
those owned by a federally-recognized Indian Tribe. The program 
is designed to help improve the ability of such systems to 
respond to water infrastructure failures through asset 
management of drinking water systems, pumps, wells, valves, 
treatment systems and other pertinent activities. These 
activities include, but are not limited to, identification and 
prevention of potable water loss due to leaks, breaks, and 
other metering or infrastructure or system failures. It also 
allows for the deployment of strategies, techniques, and 
technologies to enhance operational sustainability and 
effective use of water resources though water reuse.
    This program has a waivable non-federal share of 10 percent 
and is authorized at $50 million for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026.

Sec. 107. Midsize and large drinking water system infrastructure 
        resilience and sustainability program

    This section creates a grant program to assist midsize and 
large drinking water systems with increasing their resilience 
to natural hazards, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and extreme 
weather events.
    Funds may be used to promote water conservation, enhance 
water-efficiency, create desalination facilities, relocate or 
renovate existing vulnerable water systems, enhance water 
supply, and implement measures to increase resiliency to 
natural hazards, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or extreme 
weather events, including extreme weather events that are a 
result of climate change.
    Of the funding provided, 50 percent must be used to provide 
grants to eligible entities serving a population of 10,000 to 
100,000. The remaining 50 percent is to be used for eligible 
entities that serve a population equal to or greater than 
100,000.
    This program is authorized at $50 million for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

Sec. 108. Needs Assessment for Nationwide Rural and Urban Low-Income 
        Community Water Assistance

    This section requires the Administrator, in consultation 
with relevant stakeholders, to study the prevalence of low-
income households in the Unites States that spend a 
disproportionate amount of household income on public drinking 
water services to meet household needs. This report to Congress 
must include recommendations that describe ways to increase 
access to affordable and reliable drinking water services and 
the associated costs of each recommendation.

Sec. 109. Rural and Low-Income Drinking Water Assistance pilot program

    This section directs the Administrator to establish, not 
later than 90 days after the Administrator submits the Needs 
Assessment for Nationwide Rural and Urban Low-Income Community 
Water Assistance to Congress, a pilot program to award grants 
to eligible entities to develop and implement programs to 
assist low-income households with need in maintaining access to 
affordable and reliable drinking water and wastewater 
treatment.
    Types of assistance could include direct financial 
assistance, a lifeline rate, bill discounting, special hardship 
provisions, a percentage-of-income payment plant, or debt 
relief for the eligible entity of the community water system 
owned by the eligible entity if it is determined by the 
Administrator to be in the interest of public health.
    The Administrator shall award not more than 40 grants under 
the pilot program, 10 for eligible entities that own or operate 
a rural community water system; 10 for eligible entities that 
own or operate a medium community water system; 10 for eligible 
entities that own or operate a large community water system; 
and 10 for eligible entities that own or operate a community 
water system or treatment works that services a disadvantaged 
community. For these projects, priority shall be given to 
eligible entities that serve a predominant number of customers 
considered to be low-income or moderate-income and that are 
subject to consent decrees relating to compliance with the 
Clean Water Act (CWA), or that plan to develop and implement an 
equivalent program administered separate from the pilot 
program.
    The Administrator is required to submit an annual report 
that summarizes the use of grant funds by eligible entities not 
later than two years after the grants are first distributed to 
eligible entities on the results of the pilot program. Eligible 
entities must also submit annual reports to the Administrator 
that summarize key features of the assistance provided by the 
eligible entities, including rate structures, rebates, 
discounts, sources of funding used to supplement federal funds, 
and eligibility criteria.

Sec. 110. Lead contamination in school drinking water

    This section amends the existing Voluntary School and 
Childcare Lead Testing Grant Program to make public water 
systems and eligible nonprofit organizations that service 
schools and childcare locations eligible grant recipients in 
order to assist with this testing.
    The program is increased from $25 to $30 million for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2024, $40 million for fiscal year 2025, and 
$50 million for fiscal year 2026.

Sec. 111. Indian Reservation Drinking Water Program

    This section amends the Tribal Drinking Water Program to 
require that 50 percent of the program funds be used 
nationally, while the other 50 percent of the funds, if 
sufficient projects exist, must be used to fund fifty projects 
equally divided between the Missouri River Basin, Upper Rio 
Grande River Basin, the Columbia River Basin, the Lower 
Colorado River Basin, and the Arkansas-White-Red River Basin. 
In addition, two projects in the Missouri River Basin must go 
to a reservation that serves more than one federally-recognized 
tribe.
    The program is authorized for $50 million for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

Sec. 112. Advanced drinking water technologies

    This section requires the Administrator to carry out a 
study, within one year of the date of enactment, to examine the 
state of existing and emerging technologies that could address 
cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or enhance or could enhance the 
treatment, monitoring, affordability, efficiency, and safety of 
drinking water and wastewater provided by public water systems.
    This section also creates a grant program for public water 
systems that serve a population of 100,000 or fewer people or a 
disadvantaged community. The grant program is designed to 
identify and/or deploy drinking water infrastructure technology 
that is new or emerging, but proven, to enhance the treatment, 
monitoring, affordability, efficiency, and safety of the 
drinking water provided. There is a waivable 10 percent non-
federal share.
    This program is authorized at $10 million for each fiscal 
year 2022 through 2026.

Title II: Clean Water

Sec. 201. Research, investigations, training, and information

    This section increases the authorization of appropriations 
under the Clean Water Act (CWA), for technical assistance 
grants to nonprofit agencies assisting rural, small, and tribal 
municipalities. These activities include providing technical 
assistance and training on water quality; ways to achieve and 
maintain compliance with laws and regulations; assisting 
utilities with financing opportunities; and providing 
information regarding planning, design, construction, and 
operation of treatment works and decentralized wastewater 
systems. Nonprofits that receive funding under this section are 
required to consult with the State in which the assistance is 
to be expended or otherwise made available before carrying out 
activities utilizing funding. It also requires the 
Administrator to submit a report to Congress describing the 
implementation of the grants no later than two years after the 
date of enactment.
    This section extends the authorization to fiscal year 2026 
and increases authorized appropriations to $75 million 
annually.

Sec. 202. Wastewater efficiency grant pilot program

    This section creates an EPA pilot program to assist with 
fifteen projects by publicly-owned treatment works to create or 
improve waste-to-energy systems. Grants may be awarded for 
sludge collection systems, anaerobic digesters, methane capture 
or transfer, and other emerging technologies that transform 
waste to energy. It requires the EPA to submit to Congress a 
report every two years regarding who received these grants, 
what activities these funds covered, and the impacts of these 
projects.
    This section authorizes appropriations for the program of 
$20 million for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

Sec. 203. Pilot programs for alternative water source projects

    This section reauthorizes an existing grant program for 
alternative water source projects. The grants may be used for 
engineering, design, construction, and final testing of 
alternative water source projects designed to meet critical 
water supply needs.
    Alternative water source projects include those projects 
that provide alternative sources of water through conserving, 
managing, reclaiming or reusing water, stormwater or 
wastewater.
    The program is authorized for $25 million for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
    The Committee notes that it is the intent of this language 
that before switching to a new source of water the systems 
should be sure to follow proper testing protocols to ensure 
that the new water chemistry will not result in introduction of 
new or additional contaminants into the drinking water supply, 
such as increased amounts of lead based on disruptions to the 
optimized corrosion control technology that exists or has 
existed in a system.

Sec. 204. Sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants

    This section reauthorizes the existing sewer overflow and 
stormwater reuse municipal grants program. These grants may be 
used for the planning, construction, and design of treatment 
works for municipal combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer 
overflows, or stormwater, and any measures to manage, reduce, 
or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage. This section 
also adds notification systems that provide information on 
dangerous water conditions to communities as an allowable use 
for grants.
    In addition, the section creates a new 25 percent set-aside 
for sewer overflow and stormwater projects in rural or 
financially distressed communities across the country, 
including those communities within the United States on our 
borders, to the extent there are sufficient applications. There 
is also a waivable non-federal share of 10 percent for these 
projects. Of the 25-percent set-aside, to the extent there are 
sufficient applications, not less than 60 percent of the set-
aside funding shall be used to carry out projects in rural 
communities.
    The program is reauthorized with increased funding of $280 
million for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

Sec. 205. Clean Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability 
        Program

    The section establishes a Clean Water Infrastructure 
Resiliency and Sustainability Program to address rising threats 
to clean water infrastructure from climate change or 
cybersecurity vulnerabilities. An owner or operator of a 
publicly-owned treatment works can use the grants to assist in 
the planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, 
or maintenance of a program or project to increase the 
resiliency or adaptability of water systems to natural hazards, 
cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or extreme weather events, 
including those related to climate change. The section 
establishes two non-federal cost shares: a 10 percent non-
federal cost-share for small or disadvantaged communities and a 
non-federal cost-share of 25 percent for all other communities.
    The program is authorized for $25 million for fiscal years 
2022 through 2026.

Sec. 206. Small and medium publicly-owned treatment works circuit rider 
        program

    This section creates a circuit rider program that awards 
grants to provide additional on-site technical assistance to 
owners and operators of small and medium publicly owned 
treatment works. The program was created as a result of a 
decrease in technical assistance grants to local, on-site 
technical assistance providers.
    The section requires nonprofits that receive funding under 
this section to consult with the State in which the assistance 
is to be expended or otherwise made available before carrying 
out activities utilizing funding.
    This section also requires the EPA to submit to Congress an 
annual report regarding grant recipients and activities covered 
by the grants.
    This section authorizes appropriations for the program of 
$10 million for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

Sec. 207. Small publicly-owned treatment works efficiency grant program

    This section creates an EPA grant program, subject to 
appropriations, to assist small publicly-owned treatment works 
that serve fewer than 10,000 people, or a disadvantaged 
community, with replacing or repairing equipment to increase 
water efficiency or energy efficiency. It also requires that 
not less than 15 percent of funds made available under the 
program be used for grants to publicly owned treatment works 
that serve fewer than 3,300 people.
    Owner or operators of small publicly owned treatment works 
and nonprofit organizations that seek to assist small public 
owned treatment works are eligible to receive funding under 
this program.
    The Administrator must also submit a report to Congress not 
later than two years after the Administrator establishes the 
efficiency grant program describing the recipients of each 
grant and a summary of the activities carried out under the 
grant program.

Sec. 208. Grants for construction and refurbishing of individual 
        household decentralized wastewater systems for individuals with 
        low or moderate income

    This section creates a grant program that allows nonprofit 
organizations to receive funds for the construction, repair, or 
replacement of decentralized wastewater systems for low or 
moderate income households, or groups of such households. The 
program gives priority to households that do not have access to 
sanitary sewer disposal systems.
    This section requires that EPA submit a report to Congress 
on the results of the program within two years of enactment of 
the Act.
    This section authorizes appropriations for the program of 
$50 million for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
    These grants are intended to be used by grantees to improve 
the general welfare of low and moderate income individuals 
without access to wastewater services. Therefore, the Committee 
believes that these funds should not be considered to be 
taxable income of the grantee or any low and moderate income 
individuals assisted by the program.

Sec. 209. Connection to publicly-owned treatment works

    This section creates a grant program that allows the EPA to 
provide grants to publicly-owned treatment works or nonprofit 
organizations to cover the costs incurred from connecting a 
household to a municipal or private wastewater system.
    This section authorizes appropriations for the program of 
$40 million for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
    These grants are intended to be used to improve the general 
welfare of low and moderate income individuals without access 
to public treatment works. Therefore, the Committee believes 
these funds should not be considered to be taxable income of 
the grantee or any low and moderate income individuals assisted 
by the program.

Sec. 210. Clean Water State Revolving Funds

    This section reauthorizes the Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund (CWSRF). It also amends the CWA to require, to the extent 
there are sufficient applications, a minimum of 10 percent of a 
state's CWSRF to be used for grants, negative interest loans, 
and loan forgiveness, or to buy, refinance or restructure debt 
for disadvantaged communities as determined by the state. The 
amount for additional subsidies may not exceed 30 percent.
    This section also allows for up to two percent of a state's 
CWSRF to be used by nonprofit organizations to provide 
technical assistance to small, rural, and tribal publicly-owned 
treatment works.
    The CWSRF is reauthorized at $2.4 billion in fiscal year 
2022, $2.75 billion in fiscal year 2023, $3 billion in fiscal 
year 2024, and $3.25 billion for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

Sec. 211. Innovative water infrastructure workforce development program

    This section reauthorizes an existing competitive grant 
program to promote workforce development in the water utility 
sector. The section modifies the program to make public works 
departments and agencies eligible for these grants in addition 
to schools. It also amends the program to align water and 
wastewater utility workforce recruitment efforts, including the 
promotion of diversity, training programs, retention efforts, 
and community resources with water and wastewater utilities.
    This section also directs the Administrator to create a 
federal interagency working group to address recruitment, 
training, and retention challenges in the water and wastewater 
utility workforce. In carrying out the duties of the working 
group, the working group is required to consult with State 
operator certification programs.
    Not later than one year after the date of enactment, the 
Administrator, in coordination with the working group, shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the potential solutions 
to recruitment, training, and retention challenges in the water 
and wastewater utility workforce.
    This section increases the grant program's authorization to 
$5 million for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

Sec. 212. Grants to Alaska to improve sanitation in rural and native 
        villages

    This section reauthorizes a program that provides grants to 
the State of Alaska for the benefit of rural and Native 
villages in Alaska for development and construction of public 
water systems and wastewater systems to improve the health and 
sanitation conditions in the villages.
    This section reauthorizes appropriations for the program at 
$40 million for fiscal years 2022 through 2024, $50 million for 
fiscal year 2025, and $60 million for fiscal year 2026.

Sec. 213. Water data sharing pilot program

    This section amends the CWA to require EPA to establish a 
pilot program for states to encourage intrastate and interstate 
information sharing.
    The grant program funds information sharing among 
communities regarding water quality, water infrastructure 
needs, and water technology. Eligibility for funding is 
available to states that have either a coastal watershed that 
has significant pollution levels, a water system with 
significant pollution levels, a substantive wastewater 
infrastructure deficit, as well as, a regional consortia of 
such states.
    This section also authorizes funds to assist states in the 
creation of multi-state consortiums to exchange water data; 
share information regarding water practices, protocols, 
technologies, and procedures; and establish regional intended 
use plans.
    Finally, this section requires the Administrator to submit 
a report to Congress of the awarded grants and recipients.
    This section authorizes appropriations for the grant 
program of $15 million for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026.

Sec. 214. Final rating opinion letters

    This section changes the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act (WIFIA) requirement that mandates each WIFIA 
project applicant must provide two final agency rating opinion 
letters. Under this section, project applicants will only need 
to provide one final agency rating opinion letter, similar to 
the requirements of other federal loan programs, prior to final 
acceptance and financing of the project.

Sec. 215. Water Infrastructure Financing reauthorization

    This section reauthorizes WIFIA through 2026 at the current 
authorization level of $50 million annually. This section also 
clarifies existing law that projects eligible for WIFIA 
assistance that are also eligible for scoring under the Federal 
Credit Reform Act (as defined in the 1990 law) are non-federal 
and eligible for non-cash budgetary scoring. This section also 
reauthorizes ''SWIFIA'' or SRF WIN, which allows smaller water 
infrastructure projects to bundle their projects into one WIFIA 
application.

Sec. 216. Small and disadvantaged community analysis

    This section requires EPA to do an analysis of the 
historical distribution of funds to low-income, rural, and 
minority communities, as well as communities of indigenous 
peoples, under SDWA and CWA programs. The EPA is also required 
to analyze new opportunities and methods to improve the 
distribution of funds under these programs to those same 
communities. EPA must submit a report to Congress upon 
completion of the analysis describing the results of the 
analysis and the methods used by the Administrator.

Sec. 217. Stormwater infrastructure technology

    This section creates a grant program to assist research 
institutions, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education 
with research on new and emerging stormwater control 
technology. The goal of the program is to improve the 
effectiveness, cost efficiencies, and protections of public 
safety and water quality in their operations. The eligible 
research includes stormwater and sewer overflow reduction, 
project enhancement, and other infrastructure.
    The section authorizes appropriations of $5 million for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to establish Centers of 
Excellence for stormwater control infrastructure and create a 
public website to share the results of the research.
    This section also creates a grant program to fund the 
development of standards, create fee structures, and develop 
and deliver training and educational materials for stormwater.
    This section authorizes appropriations for the grant 
program of $10 million for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026 at a 20 percent non-federal cost share.

Sec. 218. Water Reuse Interagency Working Group

    This section instructs the EPA to establish a Water Reuse 
Interagency Working Group to develop and coordinate actions, 
tools, and resources to advance water reuse across the United 
States. This includes establishing a Water Reuse Action Plan 
that creates opportunities for water reuse in the mission areas 
of each of the federal agencies. Every two years, the 
Administrator shall publish a report on the activities and 
findings of this Working Group. This group shall sunset in six 
years, unless the Administrator chooses to extend the Working 
Group.

Sec. 219. Advanced clean water technologies study

    This section directs the Administrator within one year 
after the date of enactment, and subject to the availability of 
appropriations to carry out a study that examines the state of 
existing and potential future technology, including technology 
that could address cybersecurity threats, or that enhances or 
could enhance the treatment, monitoring, affordability, 
efficiency, and safety ofwastewater services provided by a 
treatment works. The Administrator shall submit a report on the study 
to Congress.

Sec. 220. Clean watersheds needs survey

    This section requires the Administrator to conduct and 
complete an assessment of wastewater system capital improvement 
needs of all treatment works in the United States that are 
eligible for assistance from state water pollution control 
revolving funds. A report must be submitted to Congress 
describing the results of the assessment. The report must be 
completed not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and not less frequently than once every four years 
thereafter.
    This section authorizes $5 million, to remain available 
until expended, to carry out the initial needs survey.

                          Legislative History

    On March 23, 2021, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Chair of the 
U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works' (EPW) Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, introduced S. 914, Drinking 
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021. Senators 
Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW 
Committee; Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee; 
Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife; Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of 
the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and 
Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure were joined by Senators 
Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Inhofe (R-Okla.), Stabenow (D-Mich.), 
Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Padilla (D-Calif.) as 
original cosponsors of the legislation. The bill was referred 
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
    On March 24, 2021, the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works conducted the Business Meeting to consider S. 914. The 
Committee ordered S. 914 to be favorably reported with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute by a unanimous roll 
call vote of 20 to 0. In addition, the Committee agreed by 
unanimous consent to make a part of the official Business 
Meeting record the full record of stakeholder comments and 
letters of support gathered by the Committee. Due to a 
reporting error, the vote was reaffirmed on April 14th.

                                Hearings

    A water infrastructure related hearing was held by the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works on March 17th, 2021 
entitled ``Examining the Backlog in Drinking Water and 
Wastewater Infrastructure Projects.'' The purpose of this 
hearing was to conduct oversight of the Drinking Water and 
Clean Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs), as well as other 
programs used for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure 
projects. The hearing provided the Committee with a better 
understanding of the needed legislative reforms to create new 
and modify existing programs designed to address drinking water 
and wastewater infrastructure projects. The Committee also 
examined additional stresses and challenges placed on state 
SRFs and other programs used for drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure projects in light of the ongoing COVID-19 
pandemic and climate change.

                            Roll Call Votes

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works met to 
consider S. 914 on March 24, 2021. The bill, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, was ordered to be favorably 
reported by a roll call vote of 20 to 0.

Amendments approved

    The following amendment to the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to S. 914 was approved by voice vote:
    Carper-Capito #1--This amendment contained technical 
corrections, additions based on stakeholder feedback, and 
clarifications of the underlying substitute amendment. The 
amendment clarified that nonprofit organizations receiving 
funding through several grant programs or providing technical 
assistance are required to consult with states before taking 
action. It also increased the timeline for reports in several 
sections to 2 years. The amendment made technical corrections 
to the lead inventorying grant program to clarify that 
determining whether an eligible entity has, or is suspected to 
have, 30 percent of its service lines containing lead should be 
based on available data, information or resources, including 
existing lead inventorying. It added states and nonprofit 
organizations as eligible entities under the operational 
sustainability program and requires grant recipients to submit 
additional information to the Administrator. It replaced the 
term ``cybersecurity threat'' with ``cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities'' across several programs. The substitute 
amended the drinking water and wastewater needs assessment for 
rural and urban low-income water assistance and created a new 
EPA pilot program for low-income water assistance. It also made 
technical corrections to assist schools and childcare 
facilities in compliance monitoring of lead testing and 
clarifies that eligible entities may provide either voluntary 
testing or compliance monitoring with grant dollars. It amended 
the Tribal Drinking Water Program to add 10 additional tribal 
projects in the Arkansas-White-Red River Basin. Finally, it 
required the Federal Agency Working Group created in the 
Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program 
to consult with state operator certification programs.

Final committee vote to report

    S. 914, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
amended by Carper-Capito #1, was ordered to be favorably 
reported by a roll call vote of 20 to 0 (Senators Boozman, 
Capito, Cardin, Carper, Cramer, Duckworth, Ernst, Graham, 
Inhofe, Kelly, Lummis, Markey, Merkley, Padilla, Sanders, 
Shelby, Stabenow, Sullivan, Whitehouse, and Wicker voted aye). 
The vote was reaffirmed by voice vote on April 14th to address 
a technical reporting matter.

                      Regulatory Impact Statement

    In compliance with section 11(b) of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, the committee makes evaluation of 
the regulatory impact of the reported bill.
    The bill does not create any additional regulatory burdens, 
nor will it cause any adverse impact on the personal privacy of 
individuals.

                          Mandates Assessment

    In compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104-4), the committee finds that S. 914 would 
impose no Federal intergovernmental unfunded mandates on State, 
local, or tribal governments.

                          Cost of Legislation

    Section 403 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act requires that a statement of the cost of the 
reported bill, prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, be 
included in the report. That statement follows:


 CBO'S ESTIMATE OF EFFECTS ON REVENUES AND DIRECT SPENDING OF S. 914, THE DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 2021, AS ORDERED REPORTED
                                        BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ON MARCH 24, 2021
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                                                                               By fiscal year, millions of dollars--
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                                           2021   2022   2023   2024    2025    2026     2027     2028     2029     2030     2031   2021-2026  2021-2031
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                                                                  Decreases in Revenues
 
Estimated Revenues......................      0      *     -3     -15     -38     -73     -118     -164     -196     -211     -215       -130     -1,035
 
                                                              Increases in Direct Spending
 
Estimated Budget Authority..............    100      0      0       0       0       0        0        0        0        0        0        100        100
Estimated Outlays.......................      0      2      8      20      20      30       15        5        0        0        0         80        100
 
                                              Net Increases in the Deficit From Changes in Direct Spending
 
Effect on the Deficit...................      0      2     11      35      58     103      133      169      196      211      215        210      1,135
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Sources: Congressional Budget Office; staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Components may not sum to totals because of rounding; * = between -$500,000 and zero.
For more information see the notes below.

Revenues

    The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) expects 
that some of the funds authorized to be appropriated under S. 
914 for grants to state revolving funds would be used by state 
and local governments to leverage additional funds. Those 
governments would issue tax-exempt bonds that JCT estimates 
would reduce federal revenues by about $1 billion over the 
2021-2031 period.

Direct spending

    S. 914 would limit the criteria used to determine the 
budgetary treatment of loans or loan guarantees made by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of 
Engineers under their Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act (WIFIA) programs. The bill would direct any 
budgetary effects to be recorded on an accrual basis if the 
borrower is a nonfederal entity that would repay the obligation 
with nonfederal funds. That provision would allow the costs or 
savings of loans for projects that meet those criteria to be 
recorded on an accrual basis even if the federal government is 
a counterparty to a project through its ownership, control, or 
financial contributions.
    Recording such federal transactions on an accrual basis is 
inconsistent with current law and practice, especially if the 
completion of a project is contingent on future legislative 
action. Under the proposed direction, EPA and the Corps could 
make loans and loan guarantees for federal projects or assets 
and record the costs on an accrual basis rather than on a cash 
basis. On a cash basis, the full loan amount is recorded at the 
time an obligation is made; thus, the bill's enactment would 
result in an understatement of the initial funding amounts 
required for those commitments when the federal government is a 
counterparty.
    The subsidy costs of loans and loan guarantees for the 
WIFIA program are funded through annual appropriations. For 
EPA's loans and loan guarantees under WIFIA, some available 
balances from previously appropriated budget authority could be 
used for projects covered by the direction in S. 914. CBO 
estimates that recording those loans and loan guarantees on an 
accrual basis would increase the upfront costs of those 
commitments by $100 million over the 2021-2031 period.

Other spending

    In directing a different budgetary treatment for certain 
WIFIA loans, the bill would cause future loans or loan 
guarantees to be recorded in the budget at a lower cost than is 
required under the recording statute, the Federal Credit Reform 
Act, and current practice. CBO believes that the difference 
between the costs on a cash basis and on an accrual basis 
should be recorded as an increase in spending in addition to 
amounts appropriated in the future for the programs.
    Using information about the costs of qualifying projects 
for which the federal government may be a counterparty, CBO 
estimates that the change in budgetary treatment could allow 
the costs of those projects that receive WIFIA loans through 
EPA and the Corps to be understated by hundreds of millions of 
dollars in a given year. CBO has not yet determined whether the 
estimated costs that result from the bill's changes to those 
programs should be recorded as direct spending and attributed 
to S. 914, attributed to future appropriation bills that 
provide the obligational authority required to make such loans, 
or to some combination of both.

Uncertainty

    The estimated budgetary effects of S. 914 are subject to 
uncertainty. For instance, the size and nature of future 
appropriations for the subsidy costs of EPA and Corps WIFIA 
loan programs, the projects that apply for those programs, and 
the projects approved for loans all could increase or decrease 
the pool of projects that would, in CBO's estimation, be 
eligible for a different budgetary treatment than they would 
receive under current law.

Spending subject to appropriation

    S. 914 would authorize the appropriation of specific 
amounts for EPA to provide grants and loans to state and local 
governments, public water systems, nonprofit organizations, and 
other entities to support various water infrastructure projects 
and programs to improve water quality. Those authorizations 
would total about $35 billion over the 2021-2026 period.
    In addition, S. 914 would, among other things, authorize 
EPA to create a pilot program to provide grants to certain 
qualifying community water systems or treatment works with high 
amounts of debt attributable to customer nonpayment. The 
amounts for the pilot program and certain administrative costs 
are not specified in the bill but that spending would be 
subject to the availability of appropriated funds. CBO has not 
completed an analysis of the costs of those provisions.

Increase in long-term deficits

    JCT and CBO estimate that enacting the bill would not 
increase on-budget deficits by more than $5 billion in any of 
the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2032.
    Mandates: None.

                        Changes in Existing Law

    In compliance with section 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill 
as reported are shown as follows: Existing law proposed to be 
omitted is enclosed in [black brackets], new matter is printed 
in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown 
in roman:

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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT-(TITLE XIV OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT)

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               TITLE XIV--SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS

  Sec. 1400. This title may be cited as the ``Safe Drinking 
Water Act''.

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  Sec. 1442. (a)(1) The Administrator may conduct research, 
studies, and demonstrations relating to the causes, diagnosis, 
treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental 
diseases and other impairments of man resulting directly or 
indirectly from contaminants in water, or to the provision of a 
dependably safe supply of drinking water, including--
          (A) * * *

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  (b) The Administrator is authorized to provide technical 
assistance and to make grants to States, or publicly owned 
water systems to assist in responding to and alleviating any 
emergency situation (including an emergency situation resulting 
from a cybersecurity event) affecting public water systems 
(including sources of water for such systems) which the 
Administrator determines to present substantial danger to the 
public health , including a threat to public health resulting 
from contaminants, such as, but not limited to, heightened 
exposure to lead in drinking water. Grants provided under this 
subsection shall be used only to support those actions which 
(i) are necessary for preventing, limiting or mitigating danger 
to the public health in such emergency situation and (ii) would 
not, in the judgment of the Administrator, be taken without 
such emergency assistance. The Administrator may carry out the 
program authorized under this subparagraph as part of, and in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of, any other program 
of assistance for environmental emergencies which the 
Administrator is authorized to carry out under any other 
provision of law. No limitation on appropriations for any such 
other program shall apply to amounts appropriated under this 
subparagraph.

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  [(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
subsection (b) not more than $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year 
thereafter.]
  (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subsection (b) $35,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
  (e) Technical Assistance to Small Public Water Systems.--
          (1) * * *

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          [(5) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
        Administrator to be used for such technical assistance 
        $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 
        2020.]
          (5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
        carry out this subsection $15,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

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  (f) State-based Nonprofit Organizations.
          (1) In general.--The Administrator may provide 
        technical assistance consistent with the authority 
        provided under subsection (e) to State-based nonprofit 
        organizations that are governed by community water 
        systems.
          (2) Communication.--Each State-based nonprofit 
        organization that receives funding under paragraph (1) 
        shall, before using that funding to undertake 
        activities to carry out this subsection, consult with 
        the State in which the assistance is to be expended or 
        otherwise made available.
  [(f)] (g) Technical Assistance for Innovative Water 
Technologies.-- * * *

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                       STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS

  Sec. 1452. (a) General Authority.--
          (1) * * *

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          (4) American iron and steel products.--
                  (A) In general.--[During fiscal years 2019 
                through 2023, funds Funds made available from a 
                State loan fund established pursuant to this 
                section may not be used for a project for the 
                construction, alteration, or repair of a public 
                water system unless all of the iron and steel 
                products used in the project are produced in 
                the United States.

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  (d) Assistance for Disadvantaged Communities.--
          (1) Loan subsidy.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this section, in any case in which the 
        State makes a loan pursuant to subsection (a)(2) to a 
        disadvantaged community or to a community that the 
        State expects to become a disadvantaged community as 
        the result of a proposed project, the State may provide 
        additional subsidization (including forgiveness of 
        principal , grants, negative interest loans, other loan 
        forgiveness, and through buying, refinancing, or 
        restructuring debt).
          (2) Total amount of subsidies.--For each fiscal year, 
        of the amount of the capitalization grant received by 
        the State for the year, the total amount of loan 
        subsidies made by a State pursuant to paragraph (1)--
                  (A) may not exceed 35 percent; and
                  [(B) to the extent that there are sufficient 
                applications for loans to communities described 
                in paragraph (1), may not be less than 6 
                percent.]
                  (B) to the extent that there are sufficient 
                applications for loans to communities described 
                in paragraph (1), may not be less than 12 
                percent.

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  (m) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
        out the purposes of this section, except for 
        subsections (a)(2)(G) and (t)--
                  (A) $1,174,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;
                  (B) $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
                [and]
                  (C) $1,950,000,000 for fiscal year 2021[.] ;
          (2) To the extent amounts authorized to be 
        appropriated under this subsection in any fiscal year 
        are not appropriated in that fiscal year, such amounts 
        are authorized to be appropriated in a subsequent 
        fiscal year. Such sums shall remain available until 
        expended.
                  (D) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
                  (E) $2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
                  (F) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
                  (G) $3,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
                2025 and 2026.

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  (q) Small System Technical Assistance.--The Administrator may 
reserve up to 2 percent of the total funds made available to 
carry out this section for each of fiscal years [2016 through 
2021] 2022 through 2026 to carry out the provisions of section 
1442(e) (relating to technical assistance for small systems), 
except that the total amount of funds made available for such 
purpose in any fiscal year through appropriations (as 
authorized by section 1442(e)) and reservations made pursuant 
to this subsection shall not exceed the amount authorized by 
section 1442(e).

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                     SOURCE WATER PETITION PROGRAM

  Sec. 1454. (a) Petition Program.--
          (1) In general.--
                  (A) Establishment.--A State may establish a 
                program under which an owner or operator of a 
                community water system in the State, or a 
                municipal or local government or [political 
                subdivision of a State,] political subdivision 
                of a State (including a county that is 
                designated by the State to act on behalf of an 
                unincorporated area within that county, with 
                the agreement of that unincorporated area), may 
                submit a source water quality protection 
                partnership petition to the State requesting 
                that the State assist in the local development 
                of a voluntary, incentive-based partnership, 
                among the owner, operator, or government and 
                other persons likely to be affected by the 
                recommendations of the partnership, to--

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          (4) Contents.--A petition submitted under this 
        subsection shall, at a minimum--
                  (A) * * *

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                  (D) specify the efforts made to establish the 
                voluntary local partnership and obtain the 
                participation of--
                          (i) the municipal or local government 
                        or other political subdivision of the 
                        State  (including a county that is 
                        designated by the State to act on 
                        behalf of an unincorporated area within 
                        that county) with jurisdiction over the 
                        source water area delineated under 
                        section 1453; and
          (5) Savings provision.--Unless otherwise provided 
        within the agreement, an agreement between an 
        unincorporated area and a county for the county to 
        submit a petition under paragraph (1)(A) on behalf of 
        the unincorporated area shall not authorize the county 
        to act on behalf of the unincorporated area in any 
        matter not within a program under this section.

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  (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2020 through [2021] 2026. Each State with a 
plan for a program approved under subsection (b) shall receive 
an equitable portion of the funds available for any fiscal 
year.

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SEC. 1459A. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

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  (b) Establishment.--
          (1) In general.-- * * *

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          (2) Inclusions.--Projects and activities under 
        paragraph (1) include--
                  (A) investments necessary for the public 
                water system to comply with the requirements of 
                this title;
                  (B) assistance that directly and primarily 
                benefits the disadvantaged community on a per-
                household basis; [and]
                  (C) programs to provide household water 
                quality testing, including testing for 
                unregulated contaminants[.];
                  (D) the purchase of point-of-entry or point-
                of-use filters that are independently certified 
                using science-based test methods for the 
                removal of contaminants of concern;
                  (E) investments necessary for providing 
                accurate and current information about--
                          (i) the need for filtration and 
                        filter safety, including proper use and 
                        maintenance practices; and
                          (ii) the options for replacing lead 
                        service lines (as defined section 
                        1459B(a)) and removing other sources of 
                        lead in water; and
                  (F) entering into contracts, including 
                contracts with nonprofit organizations that 
                have water system technical expertise, to 
                assist--
                          (i) an eligible entity; or
                          (ii) the State of an eligible entity, 
                        on behalf of that eligible entity.
  (c) Eligible Entities.--[An eligible entity] Except for 
purposes of subsections (j) and (m), an eligible entity; under 
this section--

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  (g) Cost Sharing.--Before providing a grant to an eligible 
entity under this section, the Administrator shall enter into a 
binding agreement with the eligible entity to require the 
eligible entity--
          (1) [to pay not less than 45 percent] except as 
        provided in subsection (l)(5) and subject to subsection 
        (h), to pay not less than 10 percent; of the total 
        costs of the project or activity, which may include 
        services, materials, supplies, or other in-kind 
        contributions;

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  [(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out subsections (a) through (j) of 
this section, $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2021.]
  (k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subsections (a) through (j)--
          (1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
          (2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
          (3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
          (4) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
          (5) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
  (l) Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and 
Sustainability.--
          (1) Resilience and natural hazard.--The terms 
        ``resilience'' and ``natural hazard'' have the meaning 
        given such terms in section 1433(h).
          (2) In general.--[The Administrator may] The 
        Administrator shall establish and carry out a program, 
        to be known as the Drinking Water System Infrastructure 
        Resilience and Sustainability Program, under which the 
        Administrator, subject to the availability of 
        appropriations for such purpose, shall award grants in 
        each of [fiscal years 2019 and 2020] fiscal years 2022 
        through 2026 to eligible entities for the purpose of 
        increasing resilience to natural hazards.

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          (4) Application.--To seek a grant under this 
        subsection, the eligible entity shall submit to the 
        Administrator an application that--
                  (A) * * *

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          (5) Federal share for small, rural, and disadvantaged 
        communities.--
                  (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                with respect to a program or project that 
                serves an eligible entity and is carried out 
                using a grant under this subsection, the 
                Federal share of the cost of the program or 
                project shall be 90 percent.
                  (B) Waiver.--The Administrator may increase 
                the Federal share under subparagraph (A) to 100 
                percent if the Administrator determines that an 
                eligible entity is unable to pay, or would 
                experience significant financial hardship if 
                required to pay, the non-Federal share.
          [(5)] (6) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
        subsection [$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
        and 2020] $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
        through 2026.
  (m) Connection to Public Water Systems.--
          (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                  (A) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible 
                entity' means--
                          (i) an owner or operator of a public 
                        water system that assists or is seeking 
                        to assist eligible individuals with 
                        connecting the household of the 
                        eligible individual to the public water 
                        system; or
                          (ii) a nonprofit entity that assists 
                        or is seeking to assist eligible 
                        individuals with the costs associated 
                        with connecting the household of the 
                        eligible individual to a public water 
                        system.
                  (B) Eligible individual.--The term `eligible 
                individual' has the meaning given the term in 
                section 603(j) of the Federal Water Pollution 
                Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(j)).
                  (C) Program.--The term `program' means the 
                competitive grant program established under 
                paragraph (2).
          (2) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, the Administrator shall establish a 
        competitive grant program for the purpose of improving 
        the general welfare under which the Administrator 
        awards grants to eligible entities to provide funds to 
        assist eligible individuals in covering the costs 
        incurred by the eligible individual in connecting the 
        household of the eligible individual to a public water 
        system.
          (3) Application.--An eligible entity seeking a grant 
        under the program shall submit to the Administrator an 
        application at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Administrator may 
        require.
          (4) Criteria.--In selecting recipients for grants 
        under the program, the Administrator shall consider--
                  (A) how public health would improve by 
                awarding a grant to a particular eligible 
                entity;
                  (B) the environmental implications of 
                awarding a grant to a particular eligible 
                entity;
                  (C) whether it is economically feasible for 
                an eligible entity to provide the assistance 
                described in paragraph (2); and
                  (D) whether it is technically feasible for an 
                eligible entity to provide the assistance 
                described in paragraph (2).
          (5) Voluntary connection.--Before providing funds to 
        an eligible individual for the costs described in 
        paragraph (2), an eligible entity shall ensure and 
        certify to the Administrator that--
                  (A) the eligible individual is voluntarily 
                seeking connection to the public water system;
                  (B) if the eligible entity is not the owner 
                or operator of the public water system to which 
                the eligible individual seeks to connect, the 
                public water system to which the eligible 
                individual seeks to connect has agreed to the 
                connection; and
                  (C) the connection of the household of the 
                eligible individual to the public water system 
                meets all applicable local and State 
                regulations, requirements, and codes.
          (6) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater 
        Infrastructure Act of 2021, the Administrator shall 
        submit to Congress a report that describes the 
        implementation of the program, which shall include a 
        description of the use and deployment of amounts made 
        available under the program.
          (7) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program 
        $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
  (n) State Competitive Grants for Underserved Communities.--
          (1) In general.--In addition to amounts authorized to 
        be appropriated under subsection (k), there is 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections 
        (a) through (j) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2022 through 2026 in accordance with paragraph (2).
          (2) Competitive grants.--
                  (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of this section, the Administrator 
                shall distribute amounts made available under 
                paragraph (1) to States through a competitive 
                grant program.
                  (B) Applications.--To seek a grant under the 
                competitive grant program under subparagraph 
                (A), a State shall submit to the Administrator 
                an application at such time, in such manner, 
                and containing such information as the 
                Administrator may require.
                  (C) Criteria.--In selecting recipients of 
                grants under the competitive grant program 
                under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall 
                establish criteria that give priority to States 
                with a high proportion of underserved 
                communities that meet the condition described 
                in subsection (a)(2)(A).
          (3) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater 
        Infrastructure Act of 2021, the Administrator shall 
        submit to Congress a report that describes the 
        implementation of the competitive grant program under 
        paragraph (2)(A), which shall include a description of 
        the use and deployment of amounts made available under 
        the competitive grant program.
          (4) Savings provision.--Nothing in this paragraph 
        affects the distribution of amounts made available 
        under subsection (k), including any methods used by the 
        Administrator for distribution of amounts made 
        available under that subsection as in effect on the day 
        before the date of enactment of this subsection.

SEC. 1459B. REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Eligible entity.-- * * *

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  (c) Limitation on Use of Funds.-- * * *

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  (d) Lead Inventorying Utilization Grant Pilot Program.--
          (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                  (A) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible 
                entity' means a municipality that is served by 
                a community water system or a nontransient 
                noncommunity water system in which not less 
                than 30 percent of the service lines are known, 
                or suspected, to contain lead, based on 
                available data, information, or resources, 
                including existing lead inventorying.
                  (B) Pilot program.--The term `pilot program' 
                means the pilot program established under 
                paragraph (2).
          (2) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish 
        a pilot program under which the Administrator shall 
        provide grants to eligible entities to carry out lead 
        reduction projects that are demonstrated to exist or 
        are suspected to exist, based on available data, 
        information, or resources, including existing lead 
        inventorying of those eligible entities.
          (3) Selection.--
                  (A) Application.--To be eligible to receive a 
                grant under the pilot program, an eligible 
                entity shall submit to the Administrator an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the 
                Administrator may require.
                  (B) Prioritization.--In selecting recipients 
                under the pilot program, the Administrator 
                shall give priority to--
                          (i) an eligible entity that meets the 
                        affordability criteria of the 
                        applicable State established under 
                        section 1452(d)(3); and
                          (ii) an eligible entity that is 
                        located in an area other than a State 
                        that has established affordability 
                        criteria under section 1452(d)(3).
          (4) Report.--Not later 2 years after the 
        Administrator first awards a grant under the pilot 
        program, the Administrator shall submit to the 
        Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
        and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
        of Representatives a report describing--
                  (A) the recipients of grants under the pilot 
                program;
                  (B) the existing lead inventorying that was 
                available to recipients of grants under the 
                pilot program; and
                  (C) how useful and accurate the lead 
                inventorying described in subparagraph (B) was 
                in locating lead service lines of the eligible 
                entity.
          (5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out the pilot 
        program $10,000,000, to remain available until 
        expended.
  [(d)] (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section (except 
for subsection (d)) [$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
through 2021] $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026
  [(e)] (f) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section affects 
whether a public water system is responsible for the 
replacement of a lead service line that is--
          (1) subject to the control of the public water 
        system; and
          (2) located on private property.

SEC. 1459C. STUDY ON INTRACTABLE WATER SYSTEMS.

  (a) Definition of Intractable Water System.-- * * *

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SEC. 1459E. OPERATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY OF SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' 
        means--
                  (A) a State;
                  (B) a unit of local government;
                  (C) a public corporation established by a 
                unit of local government to provide water 
                service;
                  (D) a nonprofit corporation, public trust, or 
                cooperative association that owns or operates a 
                public water system;
                  (E) an Indian Tribe that owns or operates a 
                public water system;
                  (F) a nonprofit organization that provides 
                technical assistance to public water systems; 
                and
                  (G) a Tribal consortium.
          (2) Operational sustainability.--The term 
        `operational sustainability' means the ability to 
        improve the operation of a small system through the 
        identification and prevention of potable water loss due 
        to leaks, breaks, and other metering or infrastructure 
        failures.
          (3) Program.--The term `program' means the grant 
        program established under subsection (b).
          (4) Small system.--The term `small system' means a 
        public water system that--
                  (A) serves fewer than 10,000 people; and
                  (B) is owned or operated by--
                          (i) a unit of local government;
                          (ii) a public corporation;
                          (iii) a nonprofit corporation;
                          (iv) a public trust;
                          (v) a cooperative association; or
                          (vi) an Indian Tribe.
  (b) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Administrator shall establish a program to 
award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of improving 
the operational sustainability of 1 or more small systems.
  (c) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Administrator may require, 
including--
          (1) a proposal of the project to be carried out using 
        grant funds under the program;
          (2) documentation prepared by the eligible entity 
        describing the deficiencies or suspected deficiencies 
        in operational sustainability of 1 or more small 
        systems that are to be addressed through the proposed 
        project;
          (3) a description of how the proposed project will 
        improve the operational sustainability of 1 or more 
        small systems;
          (4) a description of how the improvements described 
        in paragraph (3) will be maintained beyond the life of 
        the proposed project, including a plan to maintain and 
        update any asset data collected as a result of the 
        proposed project; and
          (5) any additional information the Administrator may 
        require.
  (d) Additional Required Information.--Before awarding funds 
for a grant under the program to a grant recipient, the grant 
recipient shall submit to the Administrator--
          (1) if the grant recipient is located in a State that 
        has established a State drinking water treatment 
        revolving loan fund under section 1452, a copy of a 
        written agreement between the grant recipient and the 
        State in which the grant recipient agrees to provide a 
        copy of any data collected under the proposed project 
        to the State agency administering the State drinking 
        water treatment revolving loan fund (or a designee); or
          (2) if the grant recipient is located in an area 
        other than a State that has established a State 
        drinking water treatment revolving loan fund under 
        section 1452, a copy of a written agreement between the 
        grant recipient and the Administrator in which the 
        eligible entity agrees to provide a copy of any data 
        collected under the proposed project to the 
        Administrator (or a designee).
  (e) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
under the program shall use the grant funds to carry out 
projects that improve the operational sustainability of 1 or 
more small systems through--
          (1) the development of a detailed asset inventory, 
        which may include drinking water sources, wells, 
        storage, valves, treatment systems, distribution lines, 
        hydrants, pumps, controls, and other essential 
        infrastructure;
          (2) the development of an infrastructure asset map, 
        including a map that uses technology such as--
                  (A) geographic information system software; 
                and
                  (B) global positioning system software;
          (3) the deployment of leak detection technology;
          (4) the deployment of metering technology;
          (5) training in asset management strategies, 
        techniques, and technologies for appropriate staff 
        employed by--
                  (A) the eligible entity; or
                  (B) the small systems for which the grant was 
                received;
          (6) the deployment of strategies, techniques, and 
        technologies to enhance the operational sustainability 
        and effective use of water resources through water 
        reuse; and
          (7) the development or deployment of other 
        strategies, techniques, or technologies that the 
        Administrator may determine to be appropriate under the 
        program.
  (f) Cost Share.--
          (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        Federal share of the cost of a project carried out 
        using a grant under the program shall be 90 percent of 
        the total cost of the project.
          (2) Waiver.--The Administrator may increase the 
        Federal share under paragraph (1) to 100 percent.
  (g) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 
Act of 2021, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a 
report that describes the implementation of the program, which 
shall include a description of the use and deployment of 
amounts made available under the program.
  (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

SEC. 1459F. MIDSIZE AND LARGE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE 
                    RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' 
        means a public water system that serves a community 
        with a population of greater than 10,000.
          (2) Natural hazard; resilience.--The terms 
        `resilience' and `natural hazard' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 1433(h).
          (3) Resilience and sustainability program.--The term 
        `resilience and sustainability program' means the 
        Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure 
        Resilience and Sustainability Program established under 
        subsection (b).
  (b) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish and 
carry out a program, to be known as the `Midsize and Large 
Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and 
Sustainability Program', under which the Administrator, subject 
to the availability of appropriations for the resilience and 
sustainability program, shall award grants to eligible entities 
for the purpose of--
          (1) increasing resilience to natural hazards and 
        extreme weather events; and
          (2) reducing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
  (c) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity may only use grant 
funds received under the resilience and sustainability program 
to assist in the planning, design, construction, 
implementation, operation, or maintenance of a program or 
project that increases resilience to natural hazards and 
extreme weather events, or reduces cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities, through--
          (1) the conservation of water or the enhancement of 
        water-use efficiency;
          (2) the modification or relocation of existing 
        drinking water system infrastructure made, or that is 
        at risk of being, significantly impaired by natural 
        hazards or extreme weather events, including risks to 
        drinking water from flooding;
          (3) the design or construction of new or modified 
        desalination facilities to serve existing communities;
          (4) the enhancement of water supply through the use 
        of watershed management and source water protection;
          (5) the enhancement of energy efficiency or the use 
        and generation of renewable energy in the conveyance or 
        treatment of drinking water;
          (6) the development and implementation of measures--
                  (A) to increase the resilience of the 
                eligible entity to natural hazards and extreme 
                weather events; or
                  (B) to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities; 
                or
          (7) the conservation of water or the enhancement of a 
        water supply through the implementation of water reuse 
        measures.
  (d) Application.--To seek a grant under the resilience and 
sustainability program, an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Administrator may require, 
including--
          (1) a proposal of the program or project to be 
        planned, designed, constructed, implemented, operated, 
        or maintained by the eligible entity;
          (2) an identification of the natural hazard risks, 
        extreme weather events, or potential cybersecurity 
        vulnerabilities, as applicable, to be addressed by the 
        proposed program or project;
          (3) documentation prepared by a Federal, State, 
        regional, or local government agency of the natural 
        hazard risk, potential cybersecurity vulnerability, or 
        risk for extreme weather events to the area where the 
        proposed program or project is to be located;
          (4) a description of any recent natural hazards, 
        cybersecurity events, or extreme weather events that 
        have affected the community water system of the 
        eligible entity;
          (5) a description of how the proposed program or 
        project would improve the performance of the community 
        water system of the eligible entity under the 
        anticipated natural hazards, cybersecurity 
        vulnerabilities, or extreme weather events; and
          (6) an explanation of how the proposed program or 
        project is expected--
                  (A) to enhance the resilience of the 
                community water system of the eligible entity 
                to the anticipated natural hazards or extreme 
                weather events; or
                  (B) to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
  (e) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 
Act of 2021, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a 
report that describes the implementation of the resilience and 
sustainability program, which shall include a description of 
the use and deployment of amounts made available to carry out 
the resilience and sustainability program.
  (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out the resilience and 
        sustainability program $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2022 through 2026.
          (2) Use of funds.--Of the amounts made available 
        under paragraph (1) for grants to eligible entities 
        under the resilience and sustainability program--
                  (A) 50 percent shall be used to provide 
                grants to eligible entities that serve a 
                population of--
                          (i) greater than 10,000; and
                          (ii) fewer than 100,000; and
                  (B) 50 percent shall be used to provide 
                grants to eligible entities that serve a 
                population equal to or greater than 100,000.
          (3) Administrative costs.--Of the amounts made 
        available under paragraph (1), not more than 2 percent 
        may be used by the Administrator for the administrative 
        costs of carrying out the resilience and sustainability 
        program.

SEC. 1459G. NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR NATIONWIDE RURAL AND URBAN LOW-INCOME 
                    COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Large community water system.--The term `large 
        community water system' means a community water system 
        or treatment works that serves a population of more 
        than 100,000 inhabitants.
          (2) Low-income household.--The term `low-income 
        household' means a household that has an income that, 
        as determined by the State in which the household is 
        located, does not exceed the greater of--
                  (A) an amount equal to 150 percent of the 
                poverty level of that State; and
                  (B) an amount equal to 60 percent of the 
                State median income for that State.
          (3) Medium community water system.--The term `medium 
        community water system' means a community water system 
        or treatment works that serves a population of more 
        than 10,000 inhabitants and not more than 100,000 
        inhabitants.
          (4) Need.--The term `need', with respect to a 
        household, means the expenditure of a disproportionate 
        amount of household income on access to public drinking 
        water or wastewater services.
          (5) Rural community water system.--The term `rural 
        community water system' means a community water system 
        or treatment works that serves a population of not more 
        than 10,000 inhabitants.
          (6) Treatment works.--The term `treatment works' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 212 of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292).
  (b) Study; Report.--
          (1) In general.--The Administrator shall conduct, and 
        submit to Congress a report describing the results of, 
        a study regarding the prevalence throughout the United 
        States of municipalities, public entities, or Tribal 
        governments that--
                  (A) own or operate rural community water 
                systems, medium community water systems, or 
                large community water systems that service a 
                disproportionate level of low-income households 
                with need, including low-income renters with 
                need or a community water system or treatment 
                works that provides services to a disadvantaged 
                community (as defined in section 1452(d)(3)); 
                or
                  (B) have taken on an unsustainable level of 
                debt due to customer nonpayment for the 
                services provided by a community water system 
                or treatment works.
          (2) Inclusions.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                  (A) recommendations of the Administrator 
                regarding the best methods to increase access 
                to affordable and reliable drinking water and 
                wastewater services;
                  (B) a description of the cost of each method 
                described in subparagraph (A); and
                  (C) with respect to the development of the 
                report, a consultation with all relevant 
                stakeholders.
          (3) Agreements.--The Administrator may enter into an 
        agreement with another Federal agency to carry out the 
        study under paragraph (1).

SEC. 1459H. RURAL AND LOW-INCOME DRINKING WATER ASSISTANCE PILOT 
                    PROGRAM.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' 
        means a municipality, Tribal government, or other 
        entity that--
                  (A) owns or operates a community water system 
                or treatment works that services a 
                disproportionate level of low-income households 
                (as defined in section 1459E(a)), including 
                low-income renters; or
                  (B) has taken on an unsustainable level of 
                debt due to customer nonpayment for the 
                services provided by a community water system 
                or treatment works.
          (2) Large community water system.--The term `large 
        community water system' means a community water system 
        or treatment works that serves a population of more 
        than 100,000 inhabitants.
          (3) Medium community water system.--The term `medium 
        community water system' means a community water system 
        or treatment works that serves a population of more 
        than 10,000 inhabitants and not more than 100,000 
        inhabitants.
          (4) Need.--The term `need', with respect to a 
        household, means the expenditure of a disproportionate 
        amount of household income on access to public drinking 
        water or wastewater services.
          (5) Pilot program.--The term `pilot program' means 
        the pilot program established by the Administrator 
        under subsection (b)(1).
          (6) Rural community water system.--The term `rural 
        community water system' means a community water system 
        or treatment works that serves a population of not more 
        than 10,000 inhabitants.
          (7) Treatment works.--The term `treatment works' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 212 of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292).
          (8) Water services needs assessment.--The term `water 
        services needs assessment' means the report required 
        under section 1459G(b)(1).
  (b) Establishment.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Administrator submits the drinking 
        water needs assessment to Congress, the Administrator 
        shall establish a pilot program to award grants to 
        eligible entities to develop and implement programs to 
        assist low-income households with need in maintaining 
        access to affordable and reliable drinking water and 
        wastewater treatment.
          (2) Requirement.--In establishing the pilot program, 
        the Administrator shall ensure that the water services 
        needs assessment directly contributes to the structure 
        of the pilot program by informing the types of 
        assistance and criteria used for priority consideration 
        with the demonstrated need from the study conducted 
        under section 1459G(b)(1) and the water services needs 
        assessment.
          (3) Use of funds limitations.--A grant under the 
        pilot program--
                  (A) shall not be used to replace funds for 
                any existing similar program; but
                  (B) may be used to supplement or enhance an 
                existing program, including a program that 
                receives assistance from other Federal grants.
          (4) Term.--The term of a grant awarded under the 
        pilot program shall be subject to the availability of 
        appropriations.
          (5) Types of assistance.--In establishing the pilot 
        program, the Administrator may include provisions for--
                  (A) direct financial assistance;
                  (B) a lifeline rate;
                  (C) bill discounting;
                  (D) special hardship provisions;
                  (E) a percentage-of-income payment plan; or
                  (F) debt relief for the eligible entity or 
                the community water system owned by the 
                eligible entity for debt that is due to 
                customer nonpayment for the services provided 
                by the eligible entity or the community water 
                system that is determined by the Administrator 
                to be in the interest of public health.
          (6) Requirement.--The Administrator shall award not 
        more than 40 grants under the pilot program, of which--
                  (A) 10 shall be to eligible entities that own 
                or operate a rural community water system;
                  (B) 10 shall be to eligible entities that own 
                or operate a medium community water system;
                  (C) 10 shall be to eligible entities that own 
                or operate a large community water system; and
                  (D) 10 shall be to eligible entities that own 
                or operate a community water system or 
                treatment works that services a disadvantaged 
                community (as defined in section 1452(d)(3)).
          (7) Criteria.--In addition to any priority criteria 
        established by the Administrator in response to the 
        findings in the water services needs assessment, in 
        awarding grants under the pilot program, the 
        Administrator shall give priority consideration to 
        eligible entities that--
                  (A)(i) serve a predominant number of 
                customers considered to be low-income or 
                moderate-income, as identified in the drinking 
                water needs assessment; and
                  (ii) are subject to consent decrees relating 
                to compliance with the Federal Water Pollution 
                Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or this 
                title; or
                  (B) develop an equivalent program, as 
                determined by the Administrator, that is 
                administered separately by the eligible entity.
          (8) Reporting requirements.--
                  (A) In general.--In addition to any other 
                applicable Federal or agency-specific grant 
                reporting requirements, as a condition of 
                receiving a grant under the pilot program, an 
                eligible entity (or a State, on behalf of an 
                eligible entity) shall submit to the 
                Administrator an annual report that summarizes, 
                in a manner determined by the Administrator, 
                the use of grant funds by the eligible entity, 
                including--
                          (i) key features of the assistance 
                        provided by the eligible entity, 
                        including rate structures, rebates, 
                        discounts, and related initiatives that 
                        assist households, including--
                                  (I) budget billing;
                                  (II) bill timing; and
                                  (III) pretermination 
                                protections;
                          (ii) sources of funding used to 
                        supplement Federal funds; and
                          (iii) eligibility criteria.
                  (B) Publication.--The Administrator shall 
                publish each report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A).
  (c) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall provide 
technical assistance to each eligible entity, and each State, 
on behalf of an eligible entity, that receives a grant under 
the pilot program to ensure full implementation of the program.
  (d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which 
grant funds are first disbursed to an eligible entity (or a 
State, on behalf of an eligible entity) under the program, and 
every year thereafter for the duration of the terms of the 
grants, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on 
the results of the pilot program.

SEC. 1459I. ADVANCED DRINKING WATER TECHNOLOGIES.

  (a) Study.--
          (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater 
        Infrastructure Act of 2021, the Administrator shall 
        carry out a study that examines the state of existing 
        and potential future technology, including technology 
        that could address cybersecurity vulnerabilities, that 
        enhances or could enhance the treatment, monitoring, 
        affordability, efficiency, and safety of drinking water 
        provided by a public water system.
          (2) Report.--The Administrator shall submit to the 
        Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
        and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
        of Representatives a report that describes the results 
        of the study under paragraph (1).
  (b) Advanced Drinking Water Technology Grant Program.--
          (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                  (A) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible 
                entity' means the owner or operator of a public 
                water system that--
                          (i) serves--
                                  (I) a population of not more 
                                than 100,000 people; or
                                  (II) an underserved 
                                community;
                          (ii) has plans to identify or has 
                        identified opportunities in the 
                        operations of the public water system 
                        to employ new, existing, or emerging, 
                        yet proven, technologies, including 
                        technology that could address 
                        cybersecurity vulnerabilities, as 
                        determined by the Administrator, that 
                        enhance treatment, monitoring, 
                        affordability, efficiency, or safety of 
                        the drinking water provided by the 
                        public water system, including 
                        technologies not identified in the 
                        study conducted under subsection 
                        (a)(1); and
                          (iii) has expressed an interest in 
                        the opportunities in the operation of 
                        the public water system to employ new, 
                        existing, or emerging, yet proven, 
                        technologies, including technology that 
                        could address cybersecurity 
                        vulnerabilities, as determined by the 
                        Administrator, that enhance treatment, 
                        monitoring, affordability, efficiency, 
                        or safety of the drinking water 
                        provided by the public water system, 
                        including technologies not identified 
                        in the study conducted under subsection 
                        (a)(1).
                  (B) Program.--The term `program' means the 
                competitive grant program established under 
                paragraph (2).
                  (C) Underserved community.--The term 
                `underserved community' means a political 
                subdivision of a State that, as determined by 
                the Administrator, has an inadequate system for 
                obtaining drinking water.
          (2) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish 
        a competitive grant program under which the 
        Administrator shall award grants to eligible entities 
        for the purpose of identifying, deploying, or 
        identifying and deploying technologies described in 
        paragraph (1)(A)(ii).
          (3) Requirements.--
                  (A) Applications.--To be eligible to receive 
                a grant under the program, an eligible entity 
                shall submit to the Administrator an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the 
                Administrator may require.
                  (B) Federal share.--
                          (i) In general.--Subject to clause 
                        (ii), the Federal share of the cost of 
                        a project carried out using a grant 
                        under the program shall not exceed 90 
                        percent of the total cost of the 
                        project.
                          (ii) Waiver.--The Administrator may 
                        increase the Federal share under clause 
                        (i) to 100 percent if the Administrator 
                        determines that an eligible entity is 
                        unable to pay, or would experience 
                        significant financial hardship if 
                        required to pay, the non-Federal share.
          (4) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on 
        which Administrator first awards a grant under the 
        program, and annually thereafter, the Administrator 
        shall submit to Congress a report describing--
                  (A) each recipient of a grant under the 
                program during the previous 1-year period; and
                  (B) a summary of the activities carried out 
                using grants awarded under the program.
          (5) Funding.--
                  (A) Authorization of appropriations.--There 
                is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
                the program $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
                years 2022 through 2026, to remain available 
                until expended.
                  (B) Administrative costs.--Not more than 2 
                percent of the amount made available for a 
                fiscal year under subparagraph (A) to carry out 
                the program may be used by the Administrator 
                for the administrative costs of carrying out 
                the program.

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              lead contamination in school drinking water

  Sec. 1464. (a) Distribution of Drinking Water Cooler List.-- 
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  (b) Guidance Document and Testing Protocol.--The 
Administrator shall publish a guidance document and a testing 
protocol to assist public water systems and schools in 
determining the source and degree of lead contamination in 
school drinking water supplies and in remedying such 
contamination. The guidance document shall include guidelines 
for sample preservation. The guidance document shall also 
include guidance to assist States, schools, public water 
systems, and the general public in ascertaining the levels of 
lead contamination in drinking water coolers and in taking 
appropriate action to reduce or eliminate such contamination. 
The guidance document shall contain a testing protocol for the 
identification of drinking water coolers which contribute to 
lead contamination in drinking water. Such document and 
protocol may be revised, republished and redistributed as the 
Administrator deems necessary. The Administrator shall 
distribute the guidance document and testing protocol to the 
States within 100 days after the enactment of this section.

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  (d) Voluntary School and Child Care Program Lead Testing 
Grant Program.--
          (1) Definitions.-- * * *

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          (2) Establishment.--
                  (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the date of enactment of the Water and 
                Waste Act of 2016, the Administrator shall 
                establish a voluntary school and child care 
                program lead testing grant program to make 
                [grants available to States] grants available 
                to--
                          (i) States to assist local 
                        educational agencies [in voluntary 
                        testing] , public water systems that 
                        serve schools and child care programs 
                        under the jurisdiction of those local 
                        educational agencies, and qualified 
                        nonprofit organizations in voluntary 
                        testing or compliance monitoring
                                  (II) by striking the period 
                                at the end and inserting ``; 
                                and''; for lead contamination 
                                in drinking water at schools 
                                and child care programs under 
                                the jurisdiction of the local 
                                educational agencies[.] ;and
                          (ii) tribal consortia to assist 
                        tribal education agencies (as defined 
                        in section 3 of the National 
                        Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
                        5502)) in voluntary testing for lead 
                        contamination in drinking water at 
                        schools and child care programs under 
                        the jurisdiction of the tribal 
                        education agency.
                  (B) Direct grants to local educational 
                agencies.--The Administrator may make a grant 
                for the voluntary testing described in 
                subparagraph (A) directly available to--
                          (i) any local educational agency 
                        described in clause (i) or (iii) of 
                        paragraph (1)(B) located in a State 
                        that does not participate in the 
                        voluntary grant program established 
                        under subparagraph (A); [or]
                          (ii) any local educational agency 
                        described in clause (ii) of paragraph 
                        (1)(B)[.] ;
                          (iii) any public water system that is 
                        located in a State that does not 
                        participate in the voluntary grant 
                        program established under subparagraph 
                        (A) that--
                                  (I) assists schools or child 
                                care programs in lead testing;
                                  (II) assists schools or child 
                                care programs with compliance 
                                monitoring; or
                                  (III) provides technical 
                                assistance to schools or child 
                                care programs in carrying out 
                                lead testing; or
                          (iv) a qualified nonprofit 
                        organization, as determined by the 
                        Administrator.
          (3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, a [State or local educational 
        agency] State, local educational agency, public water 
        system, tribal consortium, or qualified nonprofit 
        organization shall submit to the Administrator an 
        application at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Administrator may 
        require.
          (4) Priority.--In making grants under this 
        subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to 
        [States and local educational agencies] States, local 
        educational agencies, public water systems, tribal 
        consortia, and qualified nonprofit organizations that 
        will assist in voluntary testing for lead contamination 
        in drinking water at schools and child care programs 
        that are in low-income areas.
          (5) Limitation on use of funds.--Not more than 4 
        percent of grant funds accepted by a [State or local 
        educational agency] State, local educational agency, 
        public water system, tribal consortium, or qualified 
        nonprofit organization for a fiscal year under this 
        subsection shall be used to pay the administrative 
        costs of carrying out this subsection.
          (6) Guidance; public availability.--As a condition of 
        receiving a grant under this subsection, the recipient 
        [State or local educational agency] State, local 
        educational agency, public water system, tribal 
        consortium, or qualified nonprofit organization shall 
        ensure that each local educational agency , public 
        water system, tribal consortium, or qualified nonprofit 
        organization to which grant funds are distributed 
        shall--
                  (A) expend grant funds in accordance with--
                          (i) the guidance of the Environmental 
                        Protection Agency entitled ``3Ts for 
                        Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in 
                        Schools: Revised Technical Guidance'' 
                        and dated October 2006 (or any 
                        successor guidance); or
                          (ii) applicable State or tribal 
                        regulations or guidance regarding 
                        reducing lead in drinking water in 
                        schools and child care programs that 
                        are not less stringent than the 
                        guidance referred to in clause (i); and
                  (B)(i) make available, if applicable, in the 
                administrative offices and, to the extent 
                practicable, on the Internet website of the 
                applicable local educational agency for 
                inspection by the public (including teachers, 
                other school personnel, and parents) a copy of 
                the results of any voluntary testing for lead 
                contamination in school and child care program 
                drinking water carried out using grant funds 
                under this subsection; and
                  (ii) notify parent, teacher, and employee 
                organizations of the availability of the 
                results described in clause (i).
          (7) Maintenance of effort.--If resources are 
        available to a [State or local educational agency] 
        State, local educational agency, public water system, 
        tribal consortium, or qualified nonprofit organization 
        from any other Federal agency, a State, or a private 
        foundation for testing for lead contamination in 
        drinking water, the State or local educational agency 
        shall demonstrate that the funds provided under this 
        subsection will not displace those resources.
          [(8) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
        subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
        through 2019, and $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2020 and 2021.]
          (8) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
        subsection--
                  (A) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
                through 2024;
                  (B) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
                  (C) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.

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America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  (a) [33 U.S.C. 2201 note] Short Title.--This Act may be cited 
as ``America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018''.
  (b) Table of Contents.-- * * *

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              TITLE II--DRINKING WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT

SEC. 2001. [42 U.S.C. 300J-3C NOTE] INDIAN RESERVATION DRINKING WATER 
                    PROGRAM.

  (a) In General.--[Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency] The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the 
`Administrator') shall carry out a program[to implement--to 
implement eligible projects described in subsection (b).
          [(1) 10 eligible projects described in subsection (b) 
        that are within the Upper Missouri River Basin; and
          [(2) 10 eligible projects described in subsection (b) 
        that are within the Upper Rio Grande Basin.]

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  [(c) Requirement.--In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a)(1), the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall select not less than one eligible 
project for a reservation that serves more than one federally 
recognized Indian Tribe.]
  (c) Required Projects.--
          (1) In general.--If sufficient projects exist, of the 
        funds made available to carry out this section, the 
        Administrator shall use 50 percent to carry out--
                  (A) 10 eligible projects described in 
                subsection (b) that are within the Upper 
                Missouri River Basin;
                  (B) 10 eligible projects described in 
                subsection (b) that are within the Upper Rio 
                Grande Basin;
                  (C) 10 eligible projects described in 
                subsection (b) that are within the Columbia 
                River Basin;
                  (D) 10 eligible projects described in 
                subsection (b) that are within the Lower 
                Colorado River Basin; and
                  (E) 10 eligible projects described in 
                subsection (b) that are within the Arkansas-
                White-Red River Basin.
          (2) Requirement.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), 
        the Administrator shall select not fewer than 2 
        eligible projects for a reservation that serves more 
        than 1 federally recognized Indian Tribe.
  (d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a 
project carried out under this section shall be 100 percent.
  (e) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 
Act of 2021, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a 
report that describes the implementation of the program 
established under subsection (a), which shall include a 
description of the use and deployment of amounts made available 
under that program.
  [(d)] (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--[There is] There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program 
under [subsection (a) $20,000,000] subsection (a)--
          (1) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
        [2022] 2021; and
          (2) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
        2026.

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                        TITLE IV--OTHER MATTERS

                        Subtitle A--Clean Water

SEC. 4101. STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING TASK FORCE.

  (a) In General.-- * * *

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SEC. 4304. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE INVESTMENT.

  (a) Definition of Public Works Department or Agency.--In this 
section, the term `public works department or agency' means a 
political subdivision of a local, county, or regional 
government that designs, builds, operates, and maintains water 
infrastructure, sewage and refuse disposal systems, and other 
public water systems and facilities.
  [(a)] (b)] Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
that--
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          (3) to further the goal of ensuring a strong pipeline 
        of skilled and diverse workers in the water and 
        wastewater utilities sector, Congress urges--
                  (A) increased collaboration among Federal, 
                State, Tribal, and local governments; and
                  (B) institutions of higher education, 
                apprentice programs, high schools, and other 
                [community-based organizations to align 
                workforce training programs and community 
                resources with water and wastewater utilities 
                to accelerate career pipelines and provide 
                access to workforce opportunities.] community-
                based organizations and public works 
                departments or agencies to align water and 
                wastewater utility workforce recruitment 
                efforts, training programs, retention efforts, 
                and community resources with water and 
                wastewater utilities--
                          (i) to accelerate career pipelines;
                          (ii) to ensure the sustainability of 
                        the water and wastewater utility 
                        workforce; and
                          (iii) to provide access to workforce 
                        opportunities.
  [(b)] (c) Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce 
Development Program.--
          (1) Grants authorized.--The Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this 
        section as the ``Administrator''), in consultation with 
        the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish a 
        competitive grant [program--
                  [(A) to assist] program to assist the 
                development and utilization of innovative 
                activities relating to workforce development 
                and career opportunities in the water utility 
                sector[; and] , which may include--
                  (A) expanding the use and availability of 
                activities and resources that relate to the 
                recruitment, including the promotion of 
                diversity within that recruitment, of 
                individuals to careers in the water and 
                wastewater utility sector;
                  (B) expanding the availability of training 
                opportunities for--
                          (i) individuals entering into the 
                        water and wastewater utility sector; 
                        and
                          (ii) individuals seeking to advance 
                        careers within the water and wastewater 
                        utility sector; and
                  (C) expanding the use and availability of 
                activities and strategies, including the 
                development of innovative activities and 
                strategies, that relate to the maintenance and 
                retention of a sustainable workforce in the 
                water and wastewater utility sector.
                  [(B) to expand public awareness about water 
                utilities and connect individuals to careers in 
                the water utility sector.]
          (2) Selection of grant recipients.--In awarding 
        grants under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall, to 
        the extent practicable, select nonprofit professional 
        or service organizations, labor organizations, 
        community colleges, institutions of higher education, 
        or other training and educational [institutions--] 
        institutions, or public works departments and 
        agencies--
                  (A) that have qualifications and experience--
                          (i) in the development of educational 
                        or recruitment materials and 
                        activities, including those materials 
                        and activities that specifically 
                        promote diversity within recruitment, 
                        for the water and wastewater utility 
                        workforce;
                          [(i)] (ii) in the development of 
                        training programs and curricula 
                        relevant to workforce needs of water 
                        utilities; or
                          [(ii) working in cooperation with 
                        water utilities; or
                          [(iii) developing public education 
                        materials appropriate for communicating 
                        with groups of different ages and 
                        educational backgrounds; and]
                          (iii) developing activities and 
                        strategies that relate to the 
                        maintenance and retention of a 
                        sustainable workforce in the water and 
                        wastewater utility sector; and

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          (3) Use of funds.--Grants awarded under paragraph (1) 
        may be used for activities such as--
                  (A) targeted internship, apprenticeship, pre-
                apprenticeship, and post-secondary bridge 
                programs for skilled water utility trades that 
                provide--
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                  (D) integrated learning laboratories in 
                secondary educational institutions that provide 
                students with--
                          (i) hands-on, contextualized learning 
                        opportunities;
                          (ii) dual enrollment credit for post-
                        secondary education and training or 
                        certification programs; and
                  (E) leadership development, occupational 
                training, mentoring, or cross-training programs 
                that [ensure that incumbent water and waste 
                water utilities workers] are designed to retain 
                incumbent water and wastewater utility 
                workforce workers by ensuring that those 
                workers are prepared for higher level 
                supervisory or management-level positions.
          [(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
        subsection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 and 
        2020.]
          (4) Working group; report.--
                  (A) In general.--The Administrator shall 
                establish and coordinate a Federal interagency 
                working group to address recruitment, training, 
                and retention challenges in the water and 
                wastewater utility workforce, which shall 
                include representatives from--
                          (i) the Department of Education;
                          (ii) the Department of Labor;
                          (iii) the Department of Agriculture;
                          (iv) the Department of Veterans 
                        Affairs; and
                          (v) other Federal agencies, as 
                        determined to be appropriate by the 
                        Administrator.
                  (B) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the 
                date of enactment of the Drinking Water and 
                Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, the 
                Administrator, in coordination with the working 
                group established under subparagraph (A), shall 
                submit to Congress a report describing 
                potential solutions to recruitment, training, 
                and retention challenges in the water and 
                wastewater utility workforce.
                  (C) Consultation.--In carrying out the duties 
                of the working group established under 
                subparagraph (A), the working group shall 
                consult with State operator certification 
                programs.
          (5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
        subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
        through 2026.

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Federal Water Pollution Control Act

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                 TITLE I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS


                    declaration of goals and policy

  Sec. 101. (a) * * *

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          research, investigations, training, and information

  Sec. 104. (a) The Administrator shall establish national 
programs for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of 
pollution and as part of such programs shall--
          (1) * * *

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  (u) There is authorized to be appropriated (1) not to exceed 
$100,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1973, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1975, not to exceed $14,039,000 for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, not to exceed 
$20,697,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, not 
to exceed $22,770,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1982, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1983 
through 1985, and not to exceed $22,770,000 per fiscal year for 
each of the fiscal years 1986 through 1990, for carrying out 
the provisions of this section, other than subsections (g)(1) 
and (2), (p), (r), and (t), except that such authorizations are 
not for any research, development, or demonstration activity 
pursuant to such provisions; (2) not to exceed $7,500,000 for 
fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 
1977, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $3,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1979, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $3,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1981, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal years 1983 through 1985, and 
$3,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years 1986 
through 1990, for carrying out the provisions of subsection 
(g)(1); (3) not to exceed $2,500,000 for fiscal years 1973, 
1974, and 1975, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $1,500,000 for 
fiscal year 1978, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1979, $1,500,000 
for fiscal year 1980, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1981, 
$1,500,000 for fiscal year 1982, such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal years 1983 through 1985, and $1,500,000 per fiscal 
year for each of the fiscal years 1986 through 1990, for 
carrying out the provisions of subsection (g)(2); (4) not to 
exceed $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 
1973, June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, for carrying out the 
provisions of subsection (p); (5) not to exceed $15,000,000 per 
fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, June 30, 
1974, and June 30, 1975, for carrying out the provisions of 
subsection (r); (6) not to exceed $10,000,000 per fiscal year 
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, June 30, 1974, and 
June 30, 1975, for carrying out the provisions of subsection 
(t); [and (7)] (7) not to exceed $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through [2023] 2021 for carrying out subsections 
(b)(3), (b)(8), and (g)[.] ; and (8) not to exceed $75,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for carrying out 
subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g), of which not less than 
$50,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used to carry out 
subsection (b)(8).

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  (w) Nonprofit Organization.--For purposes of subsection 
(b)(8), the term ``nonprofit organization'' means a nonprofit 
organization that the Administrator determines, after 
consultation with the States regarding what small publicly 
owned [treatments works] treatment works in the State find to 
be most beneficial and effective, is qualified and experienced 
in providing on-site training and technical assistance to small 
publicly owned treatment works.



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          TITLE II--GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS


                                purpose

  Sec. 201. (a) * * *

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SEC. 220. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECTS.

  (a) Policy.-- * * *

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  [(i)] (b) Definitions.--In this section[, the following 
definitions apply]:
          (1) Alternative water source project.--The term 
        ``alternative water source project'' means a project 
        designed to provide municipal, industrial, and 
        agricultural water supplies in an environmentally 
        sustainable manner by conserving, managing, reclaiming, 
        or reusing [water or wastewater or by treating 
        wastewater] water, wastewater, or stormwater or by 
        treating wastewater or stormwater. Such term does not 
        include water treatment or distribution facilities.
          (2) Critical water supply needs.--The term ``critical 
        water supply needs'' means existing or reasonably 
        anticipated future water supply needs that cannot be 
        met by existing water supplies, as identified in a 
        comprehensive statewide or regional water supply plan 
        or assessment projected over a planning period of at 
        least 20 years.
  [(b)] (c) [In General]Establishment.--The Administrator may 
establish a pilot program to make grants to State, interstate, 
and intrastate water resource development agencies (including 
water management districts and water supply authorities), local 
government agencies, private utilities, and nonprofit entities 
for alternative water source projects to meet critical water 
supply needs.
  [(c)] (d) Eligible Entity.--The Administrator may make grants 
under this section to an entity only if the entity has 
authority under State law to develop or provide water for 
municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses in an area of the 
State that is experiencing critical water supply needs.
  [(d)] (e) Selection of Projects.--
          (1) Limitation.--A project that has received funds 
        under the reclamation and reuse program conducted under 
        the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment 
        Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) shall not be 
        eligible for grant assistance under this section.
          [(2) Additional consideration.--In making grants 
        under this section, the Administrator shall consider 
        whether the project is located within the boundaries of 
        a State or area referred to in section 1 of the 
        Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 385), and 
        within the geographic scope of the reclamation and 
        reuse program conducted under the Reclamation Projects 
        Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 
        390h et seq.).]
          [(3)] (2) Geographical distribution.--Alternative 
        water source projects selected by the Administrator 
        under this section shall reflect a variety of 
        geographical and environmental conditions.
  [(e) Committee Resolution Procedure.--
          [(1) In general.--No appropriation shall be made for 
        any alternative water source project under this 
        section, the total Federal cost of which exceeds 
        $3,000,000, if such project has not been approved by a 
        resolution adopted by the Committee on Transportation 
        and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives or 
        the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
        Senate.
          [(2) Requirements for securing consideration.--For 
        purposes of securing consideration of approval under 
        paragraph (1), the Administrator shall provide to a 
        committee referred to in paragraph (1) such information 
        as the committee requests and the non-Federal sponsor 
        shall provide to the committee information on the costs 
        and relative needs for the alternative water source 
        project.]

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  [(j)] (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--[There is]
          (1) In general--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out this section [a total of 
        $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 through 2004. Such 
        sums shall] $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
        through 2026, to remain available until expended.
          (2) Limitation on use of funds.--Of the amounts made 
        available for grants under paragraph (1), not more than 
        2 percent may be used to pay the administrative costs 
        of the Administrator.

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SEC. 221. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MUNICIPAL GRANTS.

  (a) In General.--
          (1) Grants to states.--The Administrator may make 
        grants to States for the purpose of providing grants to 
        a municipality or municipal entity for planning, 
        design, and construction of--
                  (A) treatment works to intercept, transport, 
                control, treat, or reuse municipal combined 
                sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, or 
                stormwater; [and]
                  (B) notification systems to inform the public 
                of combined sewer or sanitary overflows that 
                result in sewage being released into rivers and 
                other waters; and
                  [(B)] (C) any other measures to manage, 
                reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or 
                subsurface drainage water eligible for 
                assistance under section 603(c).
          (2) Direct municipal grants.--Subject to subsection 
        (g), the Administrator may make a direct grant to a 
        municipality or municipal entity for the purposes 
        described in paragraph (1).

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  (d) Cost-Sharing.--[The Federal]
          (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        Federal share of the cost of activities carried out 
        using amounts from a grant made under subsection (a) 
        shall be not less than 55 percent of the cost. [The 
        non-Federal share of the cost]
          (2) Federal share for rural or financially distressed 
        communities.--
                  (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                the Federal share of the cost of an activity 
                carried out using amounts from a grant under 
                subsection (a) in a rural community or a 
                financially distressed community (as those 
                terms are defined in subsection (f)(2)(B)(i)) 
                shall be 90 percent.
                  (B) Waiver.--The Administrator may increase 
                the Federal share under subparagraph (A) to 100 
                percent.
          (3) Types of non-federal share.--The applicable non-
        Federal share of the cost under this subsection may 
        include, in any amount, public and private funds and 
        in-kind services, and may include, notwithstanding 
        section 603(h), financial assistance, including loans, 
        from a State water pollution control revolving fund.

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  (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          [(1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out this section $225,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2019 through 2020.]
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out this section $280,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
          (2) Minimum allocations.--[To the extent]
                  (A) Green projects--To the extent there are 
                sufficient eligible project applications, the 
                Administrator shall ensure that a State uses 
                not less than 20 percent of the amount of the 
                grants made to the State under subsection (a) 
                in a fiscal year to carry out projects to 
                intercept, transport, control, treat, or reuse 
                municipal combined sewer overflows, sanitary 
                sewer overflows, or stormwater through the use 
                of green infrastructure, water and energy 
                efficiency improvements, and other 
                environmentally innovative activities.
                  (B) Rural or financially distressed community 
                allocation.--
                          (i) Definitions.--In this 
                        subparagraph:
                                  (I) Financially distressed 
                                community.--The term 
                                `financially distressed 
                                community' has the meaning 
                                given the term in subsection 
                                (c)(1).
                                  (II) Rural community.--The 
                                term `rural community' means a 
                                city, town, or unincorporated 
                                area that has a population of 
                                not more than 10,000 
                                inhabitants.
                          (ii) Allocation.--
                                  (I) In general.--To the 
                                extent there are sufficient 
                                eligible project applications, 
                                the Administrator shall ensure 
                                that a State uses not less than 
                                25 percent of the amount of the 
                                grants made to the State under 
                                subsection (a) in a fiscal year 
                                to carry out projects in rural 
                                communities or financially 
                                distressed communities for the 
                                purpose of planning, design, 
                                and construction of--
                                          (aa) treatment works 
                                        to intercept, 
                                        transport, control, 
                                        treat, or reuse 
                                        municipal sewer 
                                        overflows, sanitary 
                                        sewer overflows, or 
                                        stormwater; or
                                          (bb) any other 
                                        measures to manage, 
                                        reduce, treat, or 
                                        recapture stormwater or 
                                        subsurface drainage 
                                        water eligible for 
                                        assistance under 
                                        section 603(c).
                                  (II) Rural communities.--Of 
                                the funds allocated under 
                                subclause (I) for the purposes 
                                described in that subclause, to 
                                the extent there are sufficient 
                                eligible project applications, 
                                the Administrator shall ensure 
                                that a State uses not less than 
                                60 percent to carry out 
                                projects in rural communities.

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  (i) Reports.--[Not later]
          (1) Recommended funding levels.--
                  (A) In general.--Not later than December 31, 
                2003, and periodically thereafter, the 
                Administrator shall transmit to Congress a 
                report containing recommended funding levels 
                for grants under this section. [The recommended 
                funding levels]
                  (B) Requirement.--The funding levels 
                recommended under subparagraph (A); shall be 
                sufficient to ensure the continued expeditious 
                implementation of municipal combined sewer 
                overflow and sanitary sewer overflow controls 
                nationwide.
          (2) Use of funds.--Not later than 2 years after the 
        date of enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater 
        Infrastructure Act of 2021, the Administrator shall 
        submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
        of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report 
        that describes the implementation of the grant program 
        under this section, which shall include a description 
        of the grant recipients and grant amounts made 
        available under the program.

SEC. 222. CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY 
                    PROGRAM.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' 
        means--
                  (A) a municipality; or
                  (B) an intermunicipal, interstate, or State 
                agency.
          (2) Natural hazard.--The term `natural hazard' means 
        a hazard caused by natural forces, including extreme 
        weather events, sea-level rise, and extreme drought 
        conditions.
          (3) Program.--The term `program' means the clean 
        water infrastructure resilience and sustainability 
        program established under subsection (b).
  (b) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Administrator shall establish a clean water 
infrastructure resilience and sustainability program under 
which the Administrator shall award grants to eligible entities 
for the purpose of increasing the resilience of publicly owned 
treatment works to a natural hazard or cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities.
  (c) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
under the program shall use the grant funds for planning, 
designing, or constructing projects (on a system-wide or area-
wide basis) that increase the resilience of a publicly owned 
treatment works to a natural hazard or cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities through--
          (1) the conservation of water;
          (2) the enhancement of water use efficiency;
          (3) the enhancement of wastewater and stormwater 
        management by increasing watershed preservation and 
        protection, including through the use of--
                  (A) natural and engineered green 
                infrastructure; and
                  (B) reclamation and reuse of wastewater and 
                stormwater, such as aquifer recharge zones;
          (4) the modification or relocation of an existing 
        publicly owned treatment works, conveyance, or 
        discharge system component that is at risk of being 
        significantly impaired or damaged by a natural hazard;
          (5) the development and implementation of projects to 
        increase the resilience of publicly owned treatment 
        works to a natural hazard or cybersecurity 
        vulnerabilities, as applicable; or
          (6) the enhancement of energy efficiency or the use 
        and generation of recovered or renewable energy in the 
        management, treatment, or conveyance of wastewater or 
        stormwater.
  (d) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under the 
program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Administrator 
an application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Administrator may require, including--
          (1) a proposal of the project to be planned, 
        designed, or constructed using funds under the program;
          (2) an identification of the natural hazard risk of 
        the area where the proposed project is to be located or 
        potential cybersecurity vulnerability, as applicable, 
        to be addressed by the proposed project;
          (3) documentation prepared by a Federal, State, 
        regional, or local government agency of the natural 
        hazard risk of the area where the proposed project is 
        to be located or potential cybersecurity vulnerability, 
        as applicable, of the area where the proposed project 
        is to be located;
          (4) a description of any recent natural hazard risk 
        of the area where the proposed project is to be located 
        or potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities that have 
        affected the publicly owned treatment works;
          (5) a description of how the proposed project would 
        improve the performance of the publicly owned treatment 
        works under an anticipated natural hazard or natural 
        hazard risk of the area where the proposed project is 
        to be located or a potential cybersecurity 
        vulnerability, as applicable; and
          (6) an explanation of how the proposed project is 
        expected to enhance the resilience of the publicly 
        owned treatment works to a natural hazard risk of the 
        area where the proposed project is to be located or a 
        potential cybersecurity vulnerability, as applicable.
  (e) Grant Amount and Other Federal Requirements.--
          (1) Cost share.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        a grant under the program shall not exceed 75 percent 
        of the total cost of the proposed project.
          (2) Exception.--
                  (A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), a grant under the program 
                shall not exceed 90 percent of the total cost 
                of the proposed project if the project serves a 
                community that--
                          (i) has a population of fewer than 
                        10,000 individuals; or
                          (ii) meets the affordability criteria 
                        established by the State in which the 
                        community is located under section 
                        603(i)(2).
                  (B) Waiver.--At the discretion of the 
                Administrator, a grant for a project described 
                in subparagraph (A) may cover 100 percent of 
                the total cost of the proposed project.
          (3) Requirements.--The requirements of section 608 
        shall apply to a project funded with a grant under the 
        program.
  (f) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 
Act of 2021, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a 
report that describes the implementation of the program, which 
shall include an accounting of all grants awarded under the 
program, including a description of each grant recipient and 
each project funded using a grant under the program.
  (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
          (2) Limitation on use of funds.--Of the amounts made 
        available for grants under paragraph (1), not more than 
        2 percent may be used to pay the administrative costs 
        of the Administrator.

SEC. 223. SMALL AND MEDIUM PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS CIRCUIT RIDER 
                    PROGRAM.

  (a) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish a 
circuit rider program (referred to in this section as the 
`circuit rider program') under which the Administrator shall 
award grants to qualified nonprofit entities, as determined by 
the Administrator, to provide assistance to owners and 
operators of small and medium publicly owned treatment works to 
carry out the activities described in section 602(b)(13).
  (b) Limitation.--A grant provided under the circuit rider 
program shall be in an amount that is not more than $75,000.
  (c) Communication.--Each qualified nonprofit entity that 
receives funding under this section shall, before using that 
funding to undertake activities to carry out this section, 
consult with the State in which the assistance is to be 
expended or otherwise made available.
  (d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which 
the Administrator establishes the circuit rider program, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report describing--
          (1) each recipient of a grant under the circuit rider 
        program; and
          (2) a summary of the activities carried out under the 
        circuit rider program.
  (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for 
        the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
          (2) Limitation on use of funds.--Of the amounts made 
        available for grants under paragraph (1), not more than 
        2 percent may be used to pay the administrative costs 
        of the Administrator.

SEC. 224. SMALL PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS EFFICIENCY GRANT 
                    PROGRAM.

  (a) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish an 
efficiency grant program (referred to in this section as the 
`efficiency grant program') under which the Administrator shall 
award grants to eligible entities for the replacement or repair 
of equipment that improves water or energy efficiency of small 
publicly owned treatment works, as identified in an efficiency 
audit.
  (b) Eligible Entities.--The Administrator may award a grant 
under the efficiency grant program to--
          (1) an owner or operator of a small publicly owned 
        treatment works that serves--
                  (A) a population of not more than 10,000 
                people; or
                  (B) a disadvantaged community; or
          (2) a nonprofit organization that seeks to assist a 
        small publicly owned treatment works described in 
        paragraph (1) to carry out the activities described in 
        subsection (a).
  (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which 
the Administrator establishes the efficiency grant program, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report describing--
          (1) each recipient of a grant under the efficiency 
        grant program; and
          (2) a summary of the activities carried out under the 
        efficiency grant program.
  (d) Use of Funds.--
          (1) Small systems.--Of the amounts made available for 
        grants under this section, to the extent that there are 
        sufficient applications, not less than 15 percent shall 
        be used for grants to publicly owned treatment works 
        that serve fewer than 3,300 people.
          (2) Limitation on use of funds.--Of the amounts made 
        available for grants under this section, not more than 
        2 percent may be used to pay the administrative costs 
        of the Administrator.

SEC. 225. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND REFURBISHING OF INDIVIDUAL 
                    HOUSEHOLD DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER SYSTEMS FOR 
                    INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW OR MODERATE INCOME.

  (a) Definition of Eligible Individual.--In this section, the 
term `eligible individual' means a member of a low-income or 
moderate-income household, the members of which have a combined 
income (for the most recent 12-month period for which 
information is available) equal to not more than 50 percent of 
the median nonmetropolitan household income for the State or 
territory in which the household is located, according to the 
most recent decennial census.
  (b) Grant Program.--
          (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, the Administrator shall establish a 
        program under which the Administrator shall provide 
        grants to private nonprofit organizations for the 
        purpose of improving general welfare by providing 
        assistance to eligible individuals--
                  (A) for the construction, repair, or 
                replacement of an individual household 
                decentralized wastewater treatment system; or
                  (B) for the installation of a larger 
                decentralized wastewater system designed to 
                provide treatment for 2 or more households in 
                which eligible individuals reside, if--
                          (i) site conditions at the households 
                        are unsuitable for the installation of 
                        an individually owned decentralized 
                        wastewater system;
                          (ii) multiple examples of unsuitable 
                        site conditions exist in close 
                        geographic proximity to each other; and
                          (iii) a larger decentralized 
                        wastewater system could be cost-
                        effectively installed.
          (2) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, a private nonprofit organization 
        shall submit to the Administrator an application at 
        such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Administrator determines to be 
        appropriate.
          (3) Priority.--In awarding grants under this 
        subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to 
        applicants that have substantial expertise and 
        experience in promoting the safe and effective use of 
        individual household decentralized wastewater systems.
          (4) Administrative expenses.--A private nonprofit 
        organization may use amounts provided under this 
        subsection to pay the administrative expenses 
        associated with the provision of the services described 
        in paragraph (1), as the Administrator determines to be 
        appropriate.
  (c) Grants.--
          (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a private 
        nonprofit organization shall use a grant provided under 
        subsection (b) for the services described in paragraph 
        (1) of that subsection.
          (2) Application.--To be eligible to receive the 
        services described in subsection (b)(1), an eligible 
        individual shall submit to the private nonprofit 
        organization serving the area in which the individual 
        household decentralized wastewater system of the 
        eligible individuals is, or is proposed to be, located 
        an application at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the private nonprofit 
        organization determines to be appropriate.
          (3) Priority.--In awarding grants under this 
        subsection, a private nonprofit organization shall give 
        priority to any eligible individual who does not have 
        access to a sanitary sewage disposal system.
  (d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives a report describing the recipients of grants 
under the program under this section and the results of the 
program under this section.
  (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this 
        section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
        through 2026.
          (2) Limitation on use of funds.--Of the amounts made 
        available for grants under paragraph (1), not more than 
        2 percent may be used to pay the administrative costs 
        of the Administrator.

SEC. 226. CONNECTION TO PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' 
        means--
                  (A) an owner or operator of a publicly owned 
                treatment works that assists or is seeking to 
                assist low-income or moderate-income 
                individuals with connecting the household of 
                the individual to the publicly owned treatment 
                works; or
                  (B) a nonprofit entity that assists low-
                income or moderate-income individuals with the 
                costs associated with connecting the household 
                of the individual to a publicly owned treatment 
                works.
          (2) Program.--The term `program' means the 
        competitive grant program established under subsection 
        (b).
          (3) Qualified individual.--The term `qualified 
        individual' has the meaning given the term `eligible 
        individual' in section 603(j).
  (b) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Administrator shall establish a competitive 
grant program with the purpose of improving general welfare, 
under which the Administrator awards grants to eligible 
entities to provide funds to assist qualified individuals in 
covering the costs incurred by the qualified individual in 
connecting the household of the qualified individual to a 
publicly owned treatment works.
  (c) Application.--
          (1) In general.--An eligible entity seeking a grant 
        under the program shall submit to the Administrator an 
        application at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Administrator may by 
        regulation require.
          (2) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Administrator receives an application 
        from an eligible entity under paragraph (1), the 
        Administrator shall notify the eligible entity of 
        whether the Administrator will award a grant to the 
        eligible entity under the program.
  (d) Selection Criteria.--In selecting recipients of grants 
under the program, the Administrator shall use the following 
criteria:
          (1) Whether the eligible entity seeking a grant 
        provides services to, or works directly with, qualified 
        individuals.
          (2) Whether the eligible entity seeking a grant--
                  (A) has an existing program to assist in 
                covering the costs incurred in connecting a 
                household to a publicly owned treatment works; 
                or
                  (B) seeks to create a program described in 
                subparagraph (A).
  (e) Requirements.--
          (1) Voluntary connection.--Before providing funds to 
        a qualified individual for the costs described in 
        subsection (b), an eligible entity shall ensure that--
                  (A) the qualified individual has connected to 
                the publicly owned treatment works voluntarily; 
                and
                  (B) if the eligible entity is not the owner 
                or operator of the publicly owned treatment 
                works to which the qualified individual has 
                connected, the publicly owned treatment works 
                to which the qualified individual has connected 
                has agreed to the connection.
          (2) Reimbursements from publicly owned treatment 
        works.--An eligible entity that is an owner or operator 
        of a publicly owned treatment works may reimburse a 
        qualified individual that has already incurred the 
        costs described in subsection (b) by--
                  (A) reducing the amount otherwise owed by the 
                qualified individual to the owner or operator 
                for wastewater or other services provided by 
                the owner or operator; or
                  (B) providing a direct payment to the 
                qualified individual.
  (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out the program $40,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
          (2) Limitations on use of funds.--
                  (A) Small systems.--Of the amounts made 
                available for grants under paragraph (1), to 
                the extent that there are sufficient 
                applications, not less than 15 percent shall be 
                used to make grants to--
                          (i) eligible entities described in 
                        subsection (a)(1)(A) that are owners 
                        and operators of publicly owned 
                        treatment works that serve fewer than 
                        3,300 people; and
                          (ii) eligible entities described in 
                        subsection (a)(1)(B) that provide the 
                        assistance described in that subsection 
                        in areas that are served by publicly 
                        owned treatment works that serve fewer 
                        than 3,300 people.
                  (B) Administrative costs.--Of the amounts 
                made available for grants under paragraph (1), 
                not more than 2 percent may be used to pay the 
                administrative costs of the Administrator.

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        TITLE VI--STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS


SEC. 601. GRANTS TO STATES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF REVOLVING FUNDS.

  (a) General Authority.-- * * *

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SEC. 603. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.

  (a) Requirements for Obligation of Grant Funds.-- * * *

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  (d) Types of Assistance.--Except as otherwise limited by 
State law and provided in subsection (k), a water pollution 
control revolving fund of a State under this section may be 
used only-- * * *

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  (i) Additional Subsidization.--
          (1) In general.--In any case in which a State 
        provides assistance to an eligible recipient under 
        subsection (d), the State may provide additional 
        subsidization[, including forgiveness of principal and 
        negative interest loans] (including forgiveness of 
        principal, grants, negative interest loans, other loan 
        forgiveness, and through buying, refinancing, or 
        restructuring debt)--

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          (3) Limitations.--
                  (A) In general.--A State may provide 
                additional subsidization in a fiscal year under 
                this subsection only if the total amount 
                appropriated for making capitalization grants 
                to all States under this title for the fiscal 
                year exceeds $1,000,000,000.
                  [(B) Additional limitation.--
                          [(i) General rule.--Subject to clause 
                        (ii), a State may use not more than 30 
                        percent of the total amount received by 
                        the State in capitalization grants 
                        under this title for a fiscal year for 
                        providing additional subsidization 
                        under this subsection.
                          [(ii) Exception.--If, in a fiscal 
                        year, the amount appropriated for 
                        making capitalization grants to all 
                        States under this title exceeds 
                        $1,000,000,000 by a percentage that is 
                        less than 30 percent, clause (i) shall 
                        be applied by substituting that 
                        percentage for 30 percent.]
                  (B) Total amount of subsidization.--For each 
                fiscal year, of the amount of the 
                capitalization grant received by the State 
                under this title, the total amount of 
                additional subsidization made available by a 
                State under paragraph (1)--
                          (i) may not exceed 30 percent; and
                          (ii) to the extent that there are 
                        sufficient applications for assistance 
                        to communities described in that 
                        paragraph, may not be less than 10 
                        percent.

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  (j) Definition of Eligible Individual.-- * * *

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  (k) Additional Use of Funds.--A State may use an additional 2 
percent of the funds annually allotted to each State under this 
section for nonprofit organizations (as defined in section 
104(w)) to provide technical assistance to rural, small, and 
tribal publicly owned treatment works (within the meaning of 
section 104(b)(8)(B)) in the State.

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[SEC. 607. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

  [There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
purposes of this title the following sums:
          [(1) $1,200,000,000 per fiscal year for each of 
        fiscal year 1989 and 1990;
          [(2) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 1991;
          [(3) $1,800,000,000 for fiscal year 1992;
          [(4) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 1993; and
          [(5) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.]

SEC. 607. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

  There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
purposes of this title--
          (1) $2,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
          (2) $2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
          (3) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
          (4) $3,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 and 
        2026.

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SEC. 609. CLEAN WATERSHEDS NEEDS SURVEY.

  (a) Requirement.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 
Act of 2021, and not less frequently than once every 4 years 
thereafter, the Administrator shall--
          (1) conduct and complete an assessment of capital 
        improvement needs for all projects that are eligible 
        under section 603(c) for assistance from State water 
        pollution control revolving funds; and
          (2) submit to Congress a report describing the 
        results of the assessment completed under paragraph 
        (1).
  (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out the initial needs survey under 
subsection (a) $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

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SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1996

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  (a) Short Title.-- * * *

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SEC. 303. [33 U.S.C. 1263A] GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN 
                    RURAL AND NATIVE VILLAGES.

  (a) In General.-- * * *

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  (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out [this section $40,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.] this section--
          (1) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
        2024;
          (2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
          (3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.

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Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  (a) [33 U.S.C. 2201 note] Short Title.--This Act may be cited 
as the ``Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014''.

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SEC. 5023. [33 U.S.C. 3902] AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Administrator may 
provide financial assistance under this subtitle to carry out 
projects, which shall be selected to ensure a diversity of 
project types and geographical locations.
  (b) Responsibility.-- * * *

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  (c) Budgetary Treatment.--If the recipient of financial 
assistance under this subtitle is an eligible entity other than 
a Federal entity, agency, or instrumentality and the dedicated 
sources of repayment of that financial assistance are non-
Federal revenue sources, the project or asset for which 
financial assistance is being provided shall, for purposes of 
budgetary treatment under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 
(2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.)--
          (1) be deemed to be non-Federal; and
          (2) be treated as a direct loan or loan guarantee.

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SEC. 5028. [33 U.S.C. 3907] DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY AND PROJECT 
                    SELECTION.

  (a) Eligibility Requirements.--To be eligible to receive 
financial assistance under this subtitle, a project shall meet 
the following criteria, as determined by the Secretary or 
Administrator, as applicable:
          (1) Creditworthiness.--
                  (A) In general.-- * * *

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                  (D) Rating opinion letters.--
                          (i) Preliminary rating opinion 
                        letter.-- * * *

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                          (ii) Final rating opinion letters.--
                        The Secretary or the Administrator, as 
                        applicable, shall require each project 
                        applicant to provide, prior to final 
                        acceptance and financing of the 
                        project, [final rating opinion letters 
                        from at least 2 rating agencies] a 
                        final rating opinion letter from at 
                        least 1 rating agency. indicating that 
                        the senior obligations of the project 
                        have an investment-grade rating.

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SEC. 5033. [33 U.S.C. 3912] FUNDING.

  (a) In General.--
          (1) Fiscal years 2015 through 2019.-- * * *

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          (3) Fiscal years 2022 through 2026.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
        carry out this subtitle $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until 
        expended.
  (b) Administrative Costs.--
          (1) Fiscal years 2015 through 2019.--Of the funds 
        made available to carry out this subtitle, the 
        Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may use 
        for the administration of this subtitle, including for 
        the provision of technical assistance to aid project 
        sponsors in obtaining the necessary approvals for the 
        project, not more than $2,200,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2015 through 2019.
          (2) Fiscal years ]2020 and 2021] after 2019.--Of the 
        funds made available to carry out this subtitle, the 
        Administrator may use for the administration of this 
        subtitle, including for the provision of technical 
        assistance to aid project sponsors in obtaining the 
        necessary approvals for the project, not more than 
        $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years [2020 and 2021] 
        2022 through 2026.

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  (e) Assistance for State Infrastructure Financing 
Authorities.--
          (1) In general.--With respect to fiscal years [2020 
        and 2021] 2022 through 2026, if the Administrator has 
        available for obligation in a fiscal year at least 
        $50,000,000, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Administrator $5,000,000 for that fiscal year to 
        provide financial assistance for projects described in 
        section 5026(9) to State infrastructure financing 
        authorities.

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