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Calendar No. 255 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1409 

[Report No. 109–159] 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2005 

Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

OCTOBER 24, 2005 

Reported by Mr. INHOFE, with an amendment 

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

A BILL 

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) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (e)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘$45,000,000’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘2010’’. 

12 SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION 

13 IN RURAL AND NATIVE VILLAGES. 

14 Section 303 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amend15 ments of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 1263a) is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

17 (h); 

18 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol19 lowing: 

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

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

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

23 the scope and the goal of the project for which funding 

24 is sought and how the funds will be used to meet the 

25 specific, stated goal of the project; 
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1 ‘‘(2) establish long-term goals for the program, 

2 including providing water and sewer systems to Alas3 ka Native villages; and 

4 ‘‘(3) carry out regular reviews of grantees to de5 termine if the stated scope and goals of each grant are 

6 being met. 

7 ‘‘(f) REPORTING.—The State of Alaska shall submit to 

8 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

9 a report describing the information obtained under sub10 section (e), including— 

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

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

13 ‘‘(3) whether the goals were met. 

14 ‘‘(g) RECOMMENDATION.—The Administrator of the 

15 Environmental Protection Agency shall recommend to the 

16 State of Alaska means by which the State of Alaska can 

17 address any deficiencies identified in the report under sub18 section (f).’’; and 

19 (3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para20 graph (1))— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$45,000,000’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘2010’’. 
Calendar No. 255 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1409 

[Report No. 109–159] 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendthe State of Alaska. improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in ments of 1996 to modify the grant program to 

OCTOBER 24, 2005 

Reported with an amendment