II 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 518 

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, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small and Rural Com5 munity Clean Water Technical Assistance Act’’. 


SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 518 IS

1 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT 

2 WORKS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Federal Water Pol4 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended 

5 by 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 TREAT10 MENT WORKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER.— 

11 The term ‘qualified nonprofit small treatment works 

12 technical assistance provider’ means a nonprofit or13 ganization that, as determined by the Adminis14 trator— 

15 ‘‘(A) is qualified and experienced in pro16 viding training and technical assistance to small 

17 treatment works; and 

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

19 State finds to be the most beneficial and effec20 tive. 

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

22 ‘small treatment works’ means a publicly owned 

23 treatment works serving not more than 10,000 indi24 viduals. 

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

26 may use amounts made available to carry out this section 


SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 518 IS

1 to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified 

2 nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance pro3 viders to provide to owners and operators of small treat4 ment works onsite technical assistance, circuit rider tech5 nical assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical 

6 assistance programs, and onsite and regional training, to 

7 assist the small treatment works in achieving compliance 

8 with this Act or obtaining financing under this Act for 

9 eligible projects. 

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

11 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

12 for grants for small treatment works technical assistance, 

13 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 

14 (b) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN

15 FUNDS.— 

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

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

18 amended— 

19 (A) in subsection (d)— 

20 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

21 (1), by inserting ‘‘and as provided in sub22 section (e)’’ after ‘‘State law’’; 

23 (ii) by redesignating subsections (e) 

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

25 respectively; and 


SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•S 518 IS

1 (iii) by inserting after subsection (d) 

2 the following: 

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

4 an additional 2 percent of the funds annually allotted to 

5 the State under this section for qualified nonprofit small 

6 treatment works technical assistance providers (as the 

7 term is defined in section 222) to provide technical assist8 ance to small treatment works (as the term is defined in 

9 section 222) in the State.’’. 

10 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

11 221(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

12 (33 U.S.C. 1301(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

13 603(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 603(i)’’. 

Æ 


SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS