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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5513 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking 

Water Act to modify the payment periods of loans from State revolving 

funds under those Acts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2019 

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. NEAL, Ms. PRESSLEY, and 

Mr. KEATING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 

the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify the payment 

periods of loans from State revolving funds under those 

Acts, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Affordable Safe Drink5 ing Water Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATE REVOLVING FUNDS. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ5 mental Protection Agency. 

6 (2) STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND.—The term 

7 ‘‘State revolving loan fund’’ means— 

8 (A) a State water pollution control revolv9 ing fund established under title VI of the Fed10 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

11 1381 et seq.); and 

12 (B) a State drinking water treatment re13 volving loan fund established under section 

14 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 300j–12). 

16 (b) LOAN TERMS.— 

17 (1) FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

18 ACT.—Section 603(d)(1)(A) of the Federal Water 

19 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A)) is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘the lesser of 30 years and’’. 

21 (2) SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT.—Section 

22 1452(f)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 300j–12(f)(1)) is amended by striking sub24 paragraph (C) and inserting the following: 

25 ‘‘(C) each loan has a term that does not 

26 exceed the projected useful life (as determined 


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1 by the State) of the project for which the loan 

2 was made;’’. 

3 (c) APPLICABILITY TO EXISTING LOANS.—The term 

4 of a loan made from a State revolving loan fund before 

5 the date of enactment of this Act may, on agreement of 

6 the parties to the loan, be extended in accordance with 

7 the amendments made by subsection (b), as applicable. 

8 (d) LEADED PUBLIC DRINKING WATER INFRA9 STRUCTURE.—Section 1452(g)(2)(B) of the Safe Drink10 ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)(B)) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in13 serting a semicolon; 

14 (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 

15 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(v) to replace pipes, plumbing fit18 tings, and fixtures that carry water that is 

19 not free of lead or perfluoroalkyl or 

20 polyfluoroalkyl substances at— 

21 ‘‘(I) a public school; 

22 ‘‘(II) a public park; 

23 ‘‘(III) a fire station; 

24 ‘‘(IV) a police station; 

25 ‘‘(V) a senior center; 


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1 ‘‘(VI) a community center; or 

2 ‘‘(VII) any other municipal-, 

3 Tribal-, or State-owned facility that 

4 provides the public or employees with 

5 drinking water.’’. 

6 (e) REPORTS.— 

7 (1) STATE REVOLVING LOANS.—Not later than 

8 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

9 and each year thereafter, the Administrator shall 

10 submit to Congress a report describing— 

11 (A) the terms of assistance from, recipients 

12 of assistance from, and amounts within each 

13 State revolving fund loan; and 

14 (B) whether a State revolving fund loan 

15 has been refinanced. 

16 (2) LEAD AND PFAS REMEDIATION.—Not later 

17 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

18 Act, and each year thereafter, the Administrator 

19 shall submit to Congress a report describing each 

20 project carried out under clause (v) of section 

21 1452(g)(2)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)(B)) during the previous year, 

23 including— 

24 (A) a description of the project; 


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1 (B) the level of lead contamination or con2 tamination by perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 

3 substances, as applicable, of the drinking water 

4 at the facility at which the project was carried 

5 out before the project was carried out; 

6 (C) the cost of the project; and 

7 (D) an estimate of the number of people 

8 that used the drinking water source that is the 

9 subject of the project during the 1-year period 

10 ending on the date on which the project began. 

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