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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1409 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2006 

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 

AN ACT 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 

1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation 

in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska. 

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. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION 

2 IN RURAL AND NATIVE VILLAGES. 

3 Section 303 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amend4 ments of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 1263a) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub6 section (h); 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—As a condition of receiving a 

10 grant under this section, the State of Alaska shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) require each applicant to clearly identify 

12 the scope and the goal of the project for which fund13 ing is sought and how the funds will be used to meet 

14 the specific, stated goal of the project; 

15 ‘‘(2) establish long-term goals for the program, 

16 including providing water and sewer systems to 

17 Alaska Native villages; and 

18 ‘‘(3) carry out regular reviews of grantees to 

19 determine if the stated scope and goals of each grant 

20 are being met. 

21 ‘‘(f) REPORTING.—Not later than December 31, 

22 2007 (with respect to fiscal year 2007), and annually 

23 thereafter (with respect to each subsequent fiscal year), 

24 the State of Alaska shall submit to the Administrator of 

25 the Environmental Protection Agency a report describing 

26 the information obtained under subsection (e), including— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the specific goals of each project; 

2 ‘‘(2) how funds were used to meet the goal; and 

3 ‘‘(3) whether the goals were met. 

4 ‘‘(g) REVIEW.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

6 Environmental Protection Agency shall require the 

7 State of Alaska to correct any deficiencies identified 

8 in the report under subsection (f). 

9 ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO CORRECT OR REACH AGREE10 MENT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a deficiency in a 

12 project included in a report under subsection (f) 

13 is not corrected within a period of time agreed 

14 to by the Administrator and the State of Alas15 ka, the Administrator shall not permit addi16 tional expenditures for that project. 

17 ‘‘(B) TIME AGREEMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 

19 180 days after the date of submission to 

20 the Administrator of a report under sub21 section (f), the Administrator and the 

22 State of Alaska shall reach an agreement 

23 on a period of time referred to in subpara24 graph (A). 


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1 ‘‘(ii) FAILURE TO REACH AGREE2 MENT.—If the State of Alaska and the Ad3 ministrator fail to reach an agreement on 

4 the period of time to correct a deficiency in 

5 a project included in a report under sub6 section (f) by the deadline specified in 

7 clause (i), the Administrator shall not per8 mit additional expenditures for that 

9 project.’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para11 graph (1))— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘$45,000,000’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘2009’’. 

Passed the Senate September 30 (legislative day, 

September 29), 2006. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary. 


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