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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3778 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the State 

response to contaminants program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 8 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 7), 2024 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KELLY, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility 

for the State response to contaminants program, 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. TECHNICAL FIX FOR STATE RESPONSE TO CON4 TAMINANTS PROGRAM. 

5 Section 1459A(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 300j–19a(j)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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1 ing ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) 

2 or a drinking water well owner described in 

3 subparagraph (C) of that paragraph’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘contaminant—’’ and all 

5 that follows through ‘‘to—’’ in subparagraph 

6 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) and in7 serting ‘‘contaminant that is determined by the 

8 State—’’; 

9 (C) by striking subparagraph (B); 

10 (D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 

11 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and 

12 indenting appropriately; 

13 (E) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig14 nated)— 

15 (i) by inserting ‘‘to’’ before ‘‘be 

16 present’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘serving,’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘serving a community’’; and 

19 (iii) by striking ‘‘for, that commu20 nity’’; and 

21 (F) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig22 nated)— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘to’’ before ‘‘poten24 tially’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and 

2 inserting a period; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE OR AS A

5 BENEFICIARY OF ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of this 

6 subsection, the Administrator may issue a grant to 

7 a State— 

8 ‘‘(A) that is requesting a grant on behalf 

9 of— 

10 ‘‘(i) a community that, under the af11 fordability criteria established by the State 

12 under section 1452(d)(3), is determined by 

13 the State— 

14 ‘‘(I) to be a disadvantaged com15 munity; or 

16 ‘‘(II) to be a community that 

17 may become a disadvantaged commu18 nity as a result of carrying out an ac19 tivity described in paragraph (1); or 

20 ‘‘(ii) a community with a population 

21 of fewer than 10,000 individuals that the 

22 Administrator determines does not have 

23 the capacity to incur debt sufficient to fi24 nance an activity described in paragraph 

25 (1); or 


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1 ‘‘(B) for the benefit of 1 or more owners 

2 of drinking water wells that are not public 

3 water systems and are not connected to a public 

4 water system.’’. 

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