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Calendar No. 89 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 518 

[Report No. 115–71] 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for technical 

assistance for small treatment works. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 2, 2017 

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. 

CRAPO, Mr. FRANKEN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MANCHIN, 

Mr. RISCH, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. TESTER, Mr. ENZI, and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

MAY 17, 2017 

Reported by Mr. BARRASSO, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 

provide for technical assistance for small treatment works. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small and Rural Com3 munity Clean Water Technical Assistance Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT 

5 WORKS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Federal Water Pol7 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 222. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREAT10 MENT WORKS. 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT SMALL TREAT13 MENT WORKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER.— 

14 The term ‘qualified nonprofit small treatment works 

15 technical assistance provider’ means a nonprofit or16 ganization that, as determined by the Adminis17 trator— 

18 ‘‘(A) is qualified and experienced in pro19 viding training and technical assistance to small 

20 treatment works; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the small treatment works in the 

22 State finds to be the most beneficial and effec23 tive. 

24 ‘‘(2) SMALL TREATMENT WORKS.—The term 

25 ‘small treatment works’ means a publicly owned 


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1 treatment works serving not more than 10,000 indi2 viduals. 

3 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 

4 may use amounts made available to carry out this section 

5 to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified 

6 nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance pro7 viders to provide to owners and operators of small treat8 ment works onsite technical assistance, circuit rider tech9 nical assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical 

10 assistance programs, and onsite and regional training, to 

11 assist the small treatment works in achieving compliance 

12 with this Act or obtaining financing under this Act for 

13 eligible projects. 

14 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 for grants for small treatment works technical assistance, 

17 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 

18 (b) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN

19 FUNDS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 603 of the Federal 

21 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is 

22 amended— 

23 (A) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1), by inserting ‘‘and as provided in sub3 section (e)’’ after ‘‘State law’’; 

4 (ii) by redesignating subsections (e) 

5 through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), 

6 respectively; and 

7 (iii) by inserting after subsection (d) 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS.—A State may use 

10 an additional 2 percent of the funds annually allotted to 

11 the State under this section for qualified nonprofit small 

12 treatment works technical assistance providers (as the 

13 term is defined in section 222) to provide technical assist14 ance to small treatment works (as the term is defined in 

15 section 222) in the State.’’. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

17 221(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

18 (33 U.S.C. 1301(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

19 603(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 603(i)’’. 

20 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small and Rural Com22 munity Clean Water Technical Assistance Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT 

2 WORKS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Federal Water Pollu4 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 222. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREAT7 MENT WORKS. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT SMALL TREATMENT

10 WORKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER.—The term 

11 ‘qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical 

12 assistance provider’ means a nonprofit organization 

13 that, as determined by the Administrator— 

14 ‘‘(A) is qualified and experienced in pro15 viding training and technical assistance to small 

16 treatment works; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the small treatment works in the State 

18 finds to be the most beneficial and effective. 

19 ‘‘(2) SMALL TREATMENT WORKS.—The term 

20 ‘small treatment works’ means a publicly owned 

21 treatment works serving not more than 10,000 indi22 viduals. 

23 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 

24 may use amounts made available to carry out this section 

25 to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified 

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1 viders to provide to owners and operators of small treat2 ment works onsite technical assistance, circuit rider tech3 nical assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical 

4 assistance programs, and onsite and regional training, to 

5 assist the small treatment works in achieving compliance 

6 with this Act or obtaining financing under this Act for eli7 gible projects. 

8 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

9 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for 

10 grants for small treatment works technical assistance, 

11 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 223. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDIUM TREAT13 MENT WORKS. 

14 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) MEDIUM TREATMENT WORKS.—The term 

16 ‘medium treatment works’ means a publicly owned 

17 treatment works serving not fewer than 10,001, and 

18 not more than 75,000, individuals. 

19 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT MEDIUM TREAT20 MENT WORKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER.— 

21 The term ‘qualified nonprofit medium treatment 

22 works technical assistance provider’ means a qualified 

23 nonprofit technical assistance provider of water and 

24 wastewater services to medium-sized communities that 

25 provides technical assistance (including circuit rider 


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1 technical assistance programs, multi-State, regional 

2 assistance programs, and training and preliminary 

3 engineering evaluations) to owners and operators of 

4 medium treatment works, which may include a State 

5 agency. 

6 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 

7 may use amounts made available to carry out this section 

8 to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified 

9 nonprofit medium treatment works technical assistance 

10 providers to provide to owners and operators of medium 

11 treatment works onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider 

12 technical assistance programs, multi-State, regional tech13 nical assistance programs, and onsite and regional training 

14 to assist medium treatment works that are facing difficulty 

15 in achieving compliance with this Act or obtaining financ16 ing under this Act for eligible projects. 

17 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

19 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 

20 (b) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN

21 FUNDS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 603 of the Federal 

23 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is 

24 amended— 

25 (A) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1), by inserting ‘‘and as provided in sub3 section (e)’’ after ‘‘State law’’; 

4 (ii) by redesignating subsections (e) 

5 through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), re6 spectively; and 

7 (iii) by inserting after subsection (d) 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS.—A State may use 

10 an additional 2 percent of the funds annually allotted to 

11 the State under this section for qualified nonprofit small 

12 treatment works technical assistance providers (as the term 

13 is defined in section 222) and qualified nonprofit medium 

14 treatment works technical assistance providers (as the term 

15 in defined in section 223) to provide technical assistance 

16 to small treatment works (as the term is defined in section 

17 222) and medium treatment works (as the term is defined 

18 in section 223) in the State.’’. 

19 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 221(d) 

20 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

21 1301(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 603(h)’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘section 603(i)’’. 


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Calendar No. 89 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 518 

[Report No. 115–71] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

treatment works. to provide for technical assistance for small 

MAY 17, 2017 

Reported with an amendment 


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