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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4468 

To establish a Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. HANNA, and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 

Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, 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 establish a Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund, 

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 ‘‘Water Infrastructure 

5 Trust Fund Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING OF WATER INFRA2 STRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST FUND. 

3 (a) WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST

4 FUND.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 

6 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 

7 establishment of trust funds) is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 9512. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST 

10 FUND. 

11 ‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab12 lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 

13 to be known as the ‘Water Infrastructure Investment 

14 Trust Fund’, consisting of such amounts as may be appro15 priated or credited to such fund as provided in this section 

16 or section 9602(b). 

17 ‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here18 by appropriated to the Water Infrastructure Investment 

19 Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the fees received in the 

20 Treasury before January 1, 2022, under section 2(b) of 

21 the Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2016. 

22 ‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Except as provided by sub23 section (d), amounts in the Water Infrastructure Invest24 ment Trust Fund shall be available, without further ap25 propriation, as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) 85 percent of the amounts shall be avail2 able to the Administrator of the Environmental Pro3 tection Agency for making capitalization grants 

4 under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution 

5 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377). 

6 ‘‘(2) 15 percent of the amounts shall be avail7 able to the Administrator for making capitalization 

8 grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

9 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 

10 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in 

11 the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund may not 

12 be made available for a fiscal year unless the funds appro13 priated to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund through 

14 annual capitalization grants is not less than the average 

15 of the annual amounts provided in capitalization grants 

16 under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

17 Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) for the 5-fiscal-year period imme18 diately preceding such fiscal year.’’. 

19 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec20 tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 

21 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

22 item: 

‘‘Sec. 9512. Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund.’’. 

23 (b) VOLUNTARY LABELING SYSTEM.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas25 ury, in consultation with the Administrator of the 


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1 Food and Drug Administration, manufacturers, pro2 ducers, and importers, shall develop and implement 

3 a program under which the Secretary provides a 

4 label designed in consultation with manufacturers, 

5 producers, and importers suitable for placement on 

6 products to inform consumers that the manufac7 turer, producer, or importer of the product, and 

8 other stakeholders, participates in the Water Infra9 structure Investment Trust Fund and is contrib10 uting to America’s clean water. 

11 (2) FEE.—The Secretary shall provide a label 

12 for a fee of three cents per unit. Amounts received 

13 by the Secretary shall be deposited in the general 

14 fund of the Treasury. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 3. EPA STUDY ON WATER PRICING. 

19 (a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Environ20 mental Protection Agency, with participation by the 

21 States, shall conduct a study to— 

22 (1) assess the affordability gap faced by low-in23 come populations located in urban and rural areas 

24 in obtaining services from clean water and drinking 

25 water systems; and 


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1 (2) analyze options for programs to provide in2 centives for rate adjustments at the local level to 

3 achieve ‘‘full cost’’ or ‘‘true value’’ pricing for such 

4 services, while protecting low-income ratepayers 

5 from undue burden. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

7 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit 

8 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

9 and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ11 ment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the re12 sults of the study. 

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