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Union Calendar No. 48 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1915 

[Report No. 117–69] 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 

water pollution control programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2021 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

JUNE 22, 2021 

Additional sponsors: Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. 

LYNCH, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. 

CARSON, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. NEWMAN, 

Mr. BROWN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 

SIRES, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. ESHOO, 

Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. TONKO, Ms. CHU, 

Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. STANTON, Mr. 

AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LAMB, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 

BARRAGA ́N, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 

Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. 

ALLRED, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILMER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 

CARTER of Louisiana, and Ms. SCANLON


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JUNE 22, 2021 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 16, 2021] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain water pollution control programs, and 

for other purposes. 


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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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Wastewater infrastructure workforce investment. 

Sec. 3. Technical assistance to rural, small, and Tribal municipalities. 

Sec. 4. State management assistance. 

Sec. 5. Watershed, wet weather, and resiliency projects. 

Sec. 6. Waiver of matching requirement for grants to District of Columbia. 

Sec. 7. Pilot program for alternative water source projects. 

Sec. 8. Sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants. 

Sec. 9. Grants for the treatment of emerging contaminants. 

Sec. 10. Household wastewater grant program. 

Sec. 11. Smart wastewater infrastructure technology grant program. 

Sec. 12. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 13. Indian Tribes. 

Sec. 14. Capitalization grants. 

Sec. 15. Water pollution control revolving loan funds. 

Sec. 16. Allotment of funds. 

Sec. 17. Reservation of funds for territories of the United States. 

Sec. 18. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 19. Technical assistance by Municipal Ombudsman. 

Sec. 20. Report on wastewater infrastructure funding for rural, economically disadvantaged, and Tribal communities. 

Sec. 21. Water Reuse Interagency Working Group. 

8 SEC. 2. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE IN9 VESTMENT. 

10 Section 104(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

11 Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(g)) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘manpower’’ 

13 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘workforce’’; and 

14 (2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol15 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PUBLICLY OWNED

2 TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—Not 

3 later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 

4 Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 

5 2021, the Administrator, in consultation with the 

6 Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the Committee on 

7 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

8 Representatives and the Committee on Environment 

9 and Public Works of the Senate a report containing— 

10 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the current and fu11 ture workforce needs for publicly owned treat12 ment works, including an estimate of the number 

13 of future positions needed for such treatment 

14 works and the technical skills and education 

15 needed for such positions; 

16 ‘‘(B) a summary of actions taken by the 

17 Administrator, including Federal investments 

18 under this chapter, that promote workforce devel19 opment to address such needs; and 

20 ‘‘(C) any recommendations of the Adminis21 trator to address such needs.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO RURAL, SMALL, AND 

2 TRIBAL MUNICIPALITIES. 

3 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 104(u) of the Fed4 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(u)) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(7)’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 

8 and 

9 (3) by inserting ‘‘; and (8) not to exceed 

10 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

11 2026 for carrying out subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and 

12 (g), except that not less than half of the amounts so 

13 appropriated to carry out such subsections in each 

14 such fiscal year shall be used for carrying out sub15 section (b)(8)’’ before the period at the end. 

16 (b) COMMUNICATION.—A nonprofit organization re17 ceiving a grant under section 104(b)(8) of the Federal 

18 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)) shall, 

19 prior to carrying out an activity using such grant funds, 

20 consult with the State in which such activity is to be carried 

21 out. 

22 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

23 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ24 mental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report 

25 that describes the implementation of the grants made under 

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1 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254) during 

2 the 2 fiscal years preceding the date of the report, including 

3 a description of the recipients and amounts of such grants. 

4 SEC. 4. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

6 106(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

7 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

9 (1); and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(3) such sums as may be necessary for each of 

13 fiscal years 1991 through 2021; and 

14 ‘‘(4) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

15 through 2026;’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 106(e) of the 

17 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) 

18 is amended by striking ‘‘Beginning in fiscal year 1974 the’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

20 SEC. 5. WATERSHED, WET WEATHER, AND RESILIENCY 

21 PROJECTS. 

22 (a) INCREASED RESILIENCE OF TREATMENT

23 WORKS.—Section 122(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution 

24 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274(a)(6)) is amended to read as 

25 follows: 


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1 ‘‘(6) INCREASED RESILIENCE OF TREATMENT

2 WORKS.—Efforts— 

3 ‘‘(A) to assess future risks and 

4 vulnerabilities of publicly owned treatment 

5 works to manmade or natural disasters, includ6 ing extreme weather events, drought, and sea 

7 level rise; and 

8 ‘‘(B) to carry out the planning, design, or 

9 construction of projects, on a systemwide or 

10 areawide basis, to increase the resilience of pub11 licly owned treatment works through— 

12 ‘‘(i) the conservation of water or the 

13 enhancement of water use efficiency; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the enhancement of wastewater 

15 (including stormwater) management by in16 creasing watershed preservation and protec17 tion, including through— 

18 ‘‘(I) the use of green infrastruc19 ture; or 

20 ‘‘(II) the reclamation and reuse of 

21 wastewater (including stormwater), 

22 such as through aquifer recharge zones; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the modification or relocation of 

24 an existing publicly owned treatment works 

25 at risk of being significantly impaired or 


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1 damaged by a manmade or natural dis2 aster; 

3 ‘‘(iv) the enhancement of energy effi4 ciency, or the use or generation of recovered 

5 or renewable energy, in the management, 

6 treatment, or conveyance of wastewater (in7 cluding stormwater); or 

8 ‘‘(v) other activities that the Adminis9 trator determines will address identified 

10 vulnerabilities to manmade or natural dis11 asters, including activities to address cyber12 security vulnerabilities of publicly owned 

13 treatment works.’’. 

14 (b) REQUIREMENTS; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA15 TIONS.—Section 122 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

16 Act (33 U.S.C. 1274) is amended by striking subsection (c) 

17 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 

19 608 shall apply to any construction, alteration, mainte20 nance, or repair of treatment works carried out using a 

21 grant under this section. 

22 ‘‘(d) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 

23 less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant 

24 to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to mu25 nicipalities with a population of less than 10,000, or for 


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1 economically disadvantaged communities (as defined in sec2 tion 20 of the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation 

3 Act of 2021), to the extent there are sufficient eligible appli4 cations. 

5 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

8 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (1) WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.—Section 122 

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

11 1274) is amended— 

12 (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘WA13 TERSHED PILOT PROJECTS’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘WATERSHED, WET WEATHER, AND RESIL15 IENCY PROJECTS’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it ap17 pears. 

18 (2) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING

19 LOAN FUNDS.—Section 603(c)(7) of the Federal Water 

20 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)(7)) is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘watershed’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR GRANTS 

2 TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

3 Section 202(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

4 Act (33 U.S.C. 1282(a)) is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub7 section, in the case of a project for a treatment works in 

8 the District of Columbia, such a project shall be eligible for 

9 grants at 100 percent of the cost of construction thereof.’’. 

10 SEC. 7. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER 

11 SOURCE PROJECTS. 

12 (a) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—Section 220(d) of the 

13 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300(d)) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.—A project 

18 that has received construction funds under the Rec19 lamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 

20 of 1992 shall not be eligible for grant assistance under 

21 this section.’’; and 

22 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 

23 paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

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1 Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended by striking subsection (e) 

2 and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 

4 less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant 

5 to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to eligi6 ble entities for projects designed to serve fewer than 10,000 

7 individuals, to the extent there are sufficient eligible appli8 cations.’’. 

9 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 220 of the Federal 

10 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended 

11 by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) 

12 and (k), respectively, and inserting after subsection (h) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 

15 608 shall apply to any construction of an alternative water 

16 source project carried out using assistance made available 

17 under this section.’’. 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 220(j)(1) of the Federal 

19 Water Pollution Control Act (as redesignated by subsection 

20 (c) of this section) is amended by striking ‘‘or by treating 

21 wastewater’’ and inserting ‘‘(including stormwater), or by 

22 treating wastewater (including stormwater) for ground23 water recharge, potable reuse, or other purposes’’. 

24 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

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1 ignated by subsection (c) of this section) is amended by 

2 striking ‘‘a total of $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 

3 through 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000 for each of fis4 cal years 2022 through 2026’’. 

5 SEC. 8. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MU6 NICIPAL GRANTS. 

7 Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

8 (33 U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 

10 (b),’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘this sec11 tion,’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (d)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘The Federal share’’ and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

17 subparagraph (B), the Federal share’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘The non-Federal share’’ 

19 and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(B) FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED COMMU21 NITIES.—The Federal share of the cost of activi22 ties carried out using amounts from a grant 

23 made to a financially distressed community 

24 under subsection (a) shall be not less than 75 

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1 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

2 share’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘section 513’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘section 513, or the requirements of sec5 tion 608,’’; and 

6 (4) in subsection (f)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and 

8 $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

9 through 2026’’ before the period at the end; and 

10 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out subsection 

12 (a), the Administrator shall ensure that, of the 

13 amounts granted to municipalities in a State, not less 

14 than 20 percent is granted to municipalities with a 

15 population of less than 20,000, to the extent there are 

16 sufficient eligible applications.’’. 

17 SEC. 9. GRANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EMERGING CON18 TAMINANTS. 

19 Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

20 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 222. EMERGING CONTAMINANTS. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall award 

24 grants to owners of publicly owned treatment works to be 

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1 effluent limitation developed pursuant to this Act for the 

2 introduction into a treatment works, or the discharge of, 

3 any pollutant that is a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 

4 substance or any pollutant identified by the Administrator 

5 as a contaminant of emerging concern. 

6 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

8 $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

9 SEC. 10. HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER GRANT PROGRAM. 

10 Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

11 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the 

12 end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 223. HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER GRANT PROGRAM. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es15 tablish a program to provide grants to municipalities or 

16 qualified nonprofit entities to provide assistance to eligible 

17 individuals— 

18 ‘‘(1) for the construction, repair, or replacement 

19 of an individual household decentralized wastewater 

20 treatment system; 

21 ‘‘(2) for the construction of a decentralized 

22 wastewater treatment system designed to provide 

23 wastewater treatment for 2 or more households in 

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1 ‘‘(A) such a decentralized wastewater treat2 ment system could be cost-effectively constructed; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) site conditions at such households are 

5 unsuitable for the construction of an individual 

6 household decentralized wastewater treatment 

7 system; or 

8 ‘‘(3) in a case in which an eligible individual re9 sides in a household that could be cost-effectively con10 nected to an available publicly owned treatment 

11 works, for the connection of the applicable household 

12 to such treatment works. 

13 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

14 under this subsection, a municipality or qualified nonprofit 

15 entity shall submit to the Administrator an application at 

16 such time, in such manner, and containing such informa17 tion as the Administrator determines to be appropriate. 

18 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under this sec19 tion, the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent prac20 ticable, prioritize applications for activities that will assist 

21 eligible individuals residing in households that are not con22 nected to a system or technology designed to treat domestic 

23 sewage, including eligible individuals using household cess24 pools. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail2 able under subsection (h), the Administrator may use 

3 not more than 2 percent for administrative costs. 

4 ‘‘(2) INDIVIDUAL GRANTS.—A municipality or 

5 qualified nonprofit entity may use grant funds pro6 vided under this section to pay the administrative ex7 penses associated with the provision of the assistance 

8 to eligible individuals under this section, as the Ad9 ministrator determines to be appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

11 of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit 

12 to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

13 Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra14 structure of the House of Representatives a report describing 

15 the recipients of grants and assistance under this section 

16 and the results of the program established under this sec17 tion. 

18 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The 

19 requirements of sections 513 and 608 shall apply to any 

20 project for the construction, repair, or replacement of a de21 centralized wastewater treatment system, or for the connec22 tion of a household to a treatment works, for which assist23 ance is received under this section. 

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1 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 

2 individual’ has the meaning given that term in sec3 tion 603(j). 

4 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT ENTITY.—The term 

5 ‘qualified nonprofit entity’ means an entity deter6 mined by the Administrator to be a qualified non7 profit entity for purposes of section 603(c)(12). 

8 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry 

10 out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

11 through 2026.’’. 

12 SEC. 11. SMART WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TECH13 NOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. 

14 Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

15 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the 

16 end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 224. SMART WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TECH18 NOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. 

19 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall establish a 

20 program to provide grants to municipalities for projects for 

21 the planning, design, and construction, at publicly owned 

22 treatment works, of— 

23 ‘‘(1) intelligent sewage or stormwater collection 

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1 ‘‘(A) real-time monitoring (including 

2 through sensors), embedded intelligence, and pre3 dictive maintenance capabilities that improve 

4 the energy efficiency, reliability, and resiliency 

5 of treatment works; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the use of artificial intelligence and 

7 other intelligent optimization tools that reduce 

8 operational costs, including operational costs re9 lating to energy consumption and chemical 

10 treatment; or 

11 ‘‘(2) innovative and alternative combined storm 

12 and sanitary sewer projects, including groundwater 

13 recharge, that rely on real-time data acquisition to 

14 support predictive aquifer recharge through water 

15 reuse and stormwater management capabilities. 

16 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 

17 less than 20 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant 

18 to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to mu19 nicipalities with a population of less than 10,000, to the 

20 extent there are sufficient eligible applications. 

21 ‘‘(c) COST SHARE.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of the 

23 costs of an activity carried out using a grant under 

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1 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator may 

2 waive the cost-sharing requirement of paragraph (1) 

3 if the Administrator determines that the municipality 

4 meets the affordability criteria established under sec5 tion 603(i)(2) by the State in which the municipality 

6 is located. 

7 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 30 days after 

9 the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis10 trator shall issue guidance to municipalities on how 

11 to apply for a grant under this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) DECISION ON APPLICATIONS.—Not later 

13 than 30 days after the date on which the Adminis14 trator receives an application for a grant under this 

15 section, the Administrator shall determine whether to 

16 provide such grant. 

17 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION DEFICIENCY.—If the Adminis18 trator determines that an application for a grant 

19 under this section is incomplete, the Administrator 

20 shall notify the applicant and provide the applicant 

21 the opportunity to resubmit the application. 

22 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—In determining whether 

23 to provide a grant under this section, the Adminis24 trator shall consider the potential positive effects of 

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1 ‘‘(e) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICA.—The require2 ments of section 608 shall apply to any project for construc3 tion for which assistance is received under this section. 

4 ‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of enactment of this section, and annually 

6 thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a re7 port describing projects funded under this section, any re8 lated improvement of the resiliency of publicly owned treat9 ment works, and recommendations to improve the grant 

10 program established under this section. 

11 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

12 authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 to carry out 

13 this section, to remain available until expended.’’. 

14 SEC. 12. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

15 (a) BIENNIAL ESTIMATES.—Section 516(b)(1) of the 

16 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375(b)(1)) 

17 is amended by striking ‘‘(B) a detailed estimate, biennially 

18 revised, of the cost of construction of all needed publicly 

19 owned treatment works in all of the States and of the cost 

20 of construction of all needed publicly owned treatment 

21 works in each of the States;’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) a detailed 

22 estimate, biennially revised, of the cost of construction of 

23 all planned publicly owned treatment works in all of the 

24 States and all needed publicly owned treatment works in 

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1 publicly owned treatment works in each of the States and 

2 all needed publicly owned treatment works in each of the 

3 States, which estimates shall include (i) the cost of construc4 tion to rehabilitate or upgrade all existing publicly owned 

5 treatment works (excluding any pipe or other device or sys6 tem for the conveyance of wastewater), every 20 years, in7 cluding the costs to implement measures necessary to ad8 dress the resilience and sustainability of publicly owned 

9 treatment works to manmade or natural disasters, and (ii) 

10 the cost of construction to replace 10 percent of existing 

11 publicly owned pipes and other devices and systems for the 

12 conveyance of wastewater to such treatment works over the 

13 20-year period following the date of the estimate;’’. 

14 (b) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS.—Section 516 

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

16 1375) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS.—Not later 

18 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this sub19 section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 

20 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc21 ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

22 Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(1) identifies projects that are— 


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1 ‘‘(A) described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 

2 602(b)(15)(A); and 

3 ‘‘(B) carried out using funds made avail4 able under or pursuant to section 221 or title VI; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(2) identifies, to the extent practicable, the costs 

7 and benefits of such projects, including any potential 

8 short- and long-term cost savings to publicly owned 

9 treatment works and any environmental and commu10 nity benefits of implementing such projects.’’. 

11 SEC. 13. INDIAN TRIBES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 518(c) of the Federal Water 

13 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(c)) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in15 serting the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the Ad17 ministrator shall reserve, of the funds made available 

18 to carry out title VI (before allotments to the States 

19 under section 604(a)), the greater of— 

20 ‘‘(A) 2 percent of such funds; or 

21 ‘‘(B) $30,000,000. 

22 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—Funds reserved under this 

24 subsection shall be available only for grants to 

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1 ‘‘(i) projects and activities eligible for 

2 assistance under section 603(c); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) training, technical assistance, 

4 and educational programs relating to the 

5 operation and management of treatment 

6 works eligible for assistance pursuant to sec7 tion 603(c). 

8 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 

9 $2,000,000 of such reserved funds may be used 

10 for grants under subparagraph (A)(ii).’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

12 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘USE OF

13 FUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘ELIGIBLE ENTITIES’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘for projects and activities 

16 eligible for assistance under section 603(c) to 

17 serve’’ and inserting ‘‘to’’. 

18 (b) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.— 

19 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

20 addition to amounts otherwise made available under 

21 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

22 (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), there is authorized to be ap23 propriated $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

24 through 2026 to make grants, in cooperation with the 

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1 scribed in section 518(c)(3) of the Federal Water Pol2 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377) for— 

3 (A) projects and activities eligible for assist4 ance under section 603(c) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 

5 1383); and 

6 (B) training, technical assistance, and edu7 cational programs related to the operation and 

8 management of treatment works eligible for as9 sistance pursuant to such section 603(c). 

10 (2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Admin11 istrator may not require an entity receiving a grant 

12 under paragraph (1) to provide, as a condition of re13 ceiving such grant, a share of the cost of the project 

14 or activity for which such grant was made. 

15 (3) LIMITATION.—Not more than $2,000,000 of 

16 amounts made available in a fiscal year to carry out 

17 this subsection may be used for grants under para18 graph (1)(B). 

19 (4) APPLICATION OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 The requirements of sections 513 and 608 of the Fed21 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372, 

22 1388) shall apply to any project for the construction, 

23 alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works 

24 for which a grant is received under paragraph (1). 


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1 SEC. 14. CAPITALIZATION GRANTS. 

2 (a) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—Section 602(b) of the 

3 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (13)(B)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

7 striking ‘‘and energy conservation’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘and efficient energy use (including through 

9 the implementation of technologies to recover and 

10 reuse energy produced in the treatment of waste11 water)’’; and 

12 (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

13 inserting a semicolon; 

14 (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 

15 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 

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

17 ‘‘(15) to the extent there are sufficient projects or 

18 activities eligible for assistance from the fund, with 

19 respect to funds for capitalization grants received by 

20 the State under this title and section 205(m)— 

21 ‘‘(A) the State will use— 

22 ‘‘(i) not less than 15 percent of such 

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1 ‘‘(ii) not less than 5 percent of such 

2 funds for projects to increase the resiliency 

3 of treatment works to extreme weather 

4 events, drought, sea level rise, or other im5 pacts of climate change; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the State will use not less than a total 

7 of 20 percent of such funds for projects described 

8 in subparagraph (A).’’. 

9 (b) CORROSION CONTROL.—Section 602 of the Federal 

10 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382) is amended 

11 by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(c) CORROSION CONTROL.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the greatest extent prac14 ticable, the Administrator shall encourage the incor15 poration of corrosion prevention activities in projects 

16 and activities carried out using financial assistance 

17 provided under or pursuant to this title. 

18 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out paragraph 

19 (1), the Administrator, to the greatest extent prac20 ticable, shall ensure that any recipient of financial 

21 assistance under or pursuant to this title— 

22 ‘‘(A) carries out any project or activity 

23 using such assistance using, as applicable— 

24 ‘‘(i) best practices to carry out corro25 sion prevention activities in the field; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) industry-recognized standards 

2 and corrosion mitigation and prevention 

3 methods when— 

4 ‘‘(I) determining protective coat5 ings; 

6 ‘‘(II) selecting materials; and 

7 ‘‘(III) determining methods of ca8 thodic protection, design, and engineer9 ing for corrosion prevention; 

10 ‘‘(iii) certified coating application spe11 cialists and cathodic protection technicians 

12 and engineers; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) best practices in environmental 

14 protection to prevent environmental deg15 radation and to ensure proper handling of 

16 all hazardous materials; and 

17 ‘‘(B) demonstrates, as applicable— 

18 ‘‘(i) a history of employing industry19 certified inspectors to ensure adherence to 

20 best practices and standards; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) a history of compliance with ap22 plicable requirements of the Occupational 

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1 ‘‘(3) CORROSION PREVENTION ACTIVITIES DE2 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘corrosion pre3 vention activities’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) the application and inspection of pro5 tective coatings for complex work involving steel 

6 and cementitious structures, including structures 

7 that will be exposed in immersion; 

8 ‘‘(B) the installation, testing, and inspec9 tion of cathodic protection systems; and 

10 ‘‘(C) any other activities related to corro11 sion prevention the Administrator determines 

12 appropriate.’’. 

13 SEC. 15. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN 

14 FUNDS. 

15 Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

16 (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c)(10), by inserting ‘‘, includ18 ing measures to identify and address cybersecurity 

19 vulnerabilities of such treatment works’’ before the 

20 semicolon; and 

21 (2) in subsection (i)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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1 loans’’ and inserting ‘‘(including in the 

2 form of forgiveness of principal, negative 

3 interest loans, or grants)’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

5 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

6 (i), by striking ‘‘in assistance’’; and 

7 (II) in clause (ii)(III), by striking 

8 ‘‘to such ratepayers’’ and inserting ‘‘to 

9 help such ratepayers maintain access 

10 to wastewater (including stormwater) 

11 treatment services’’; and 

12 (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(3) SUBSIDIZATION AMOUNTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use for 

16 providing additional subsidization in a fiscal 

17 year under this subsection an amount that does 

18 not exceed the greater of— 

19 ‘‘(i) 50 percent of the total amount re20 ceived by the State in capitalization grants 

21 under this title for the fiscal year; or 

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1 eys that exceed the amounts required to be 

2 so deposited under section 602(b)(2). 

3 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM.—To the extent there are 

4 sufficient applications for additional subsidiza5 tion under this subsection that meet the criteria 

6 under paragraph (1)(A), a State shall use for 

7 providing additional subsidization in a fiscal 

8 year under this subsection an amount that is not 

9 less than 20 percent of the total amount received 

10 by the State in capitalization grants under this 

11 title for the fiscal year.’’. 

12 SEC. 16. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS. 

13 (a) FORMULA.—Section 604(a) of the Federal Water 

14 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384(a)) is amended by 

15 striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 1989 and 1990’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘each fiscal year’’. 

17 (b) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE DE18 VELOPMENT.—Section 604 of the Federal Water Pollution 

19 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384) is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(d) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE

22 DEVELOPMENT.—Each fiscal year, a State may reserve up 

23 to 1 percent of the sums allotted to the State under this 

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1 ment, training, and retraining activities described in sec2 tion 104(g).’’. 

3 (c) NEEDS SURVEY.—Section 604 of the Federal Water 

4 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384) is further amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) NEEDS SURVEY.—Each fiscal year, a State may 

7 reserve up to 0.5 percent of the sums allotted to the State 

8 under this section for the fiscal year to carry out activities 

9 under section 516(b)(1)(B).’’. 

10 (d) FUNDS ALLOTTED TO PUERTO RICO.—Section 604 

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

12 1384) is further amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(f) FUNDS ALLOTTED TO PUERTO RICO.—Notwith15 standing any other provision of law, no funds allotted to 

16 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this section may 

17 be counted as income or an asset of the owner or operator 

18 of a publicly owned treatment works receiving such funds, 

19 or be used, set aside, or otherwise made available for the 

20 purposes of payment of debt restructuring under the Puerto 

21 Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act 

22 (48 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) by the Puerto Rico Financial Over23 sight and Management Board.’’. 


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1 SEC. 17. RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR TERRITORIES OF 

2 THE UNITED STATES. 

3 Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

4 (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended by striking section 607 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 607. RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR TERRITORIES OF 

7 THE UNITED STATES. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—For each fiscal year, the 

10 Administrator shall reserve 1.5 percent of available 

11 funds, as determined under paragraph (2). 

12 ‘‘(2) AVAILABLE FUNDS.—For purposes of para13 graph (1), the amount of available funds for a fiscal 

14 year is— 

15 ‘‘(A) the amount of funds made available to 

16 carry out this title for the fiscal year (before al17 lotments to the States under section 604(a)); less 

18 ‘‘(B) the amount of any funds reserved 

19 under section 518(c) for the fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds reserved under this sec21 tion shall be available only for grants to American Samoa, 

22 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

23 Guam, and the Virgin Islands for projects and activities 

24 eligible for assistance under section 603(c). 

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1 Virgin Islands may not receive funds allotted under section 

2 604(a).’’. 

3 SEC. 18. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

5 (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 609. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

9 this title the following sums: 

10 ‘‘(1) $8,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

11 ‘‘(2) $8,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

12 ‘‘(3) $8,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

13 ‘‘(4) $8,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 

14 ‘‘(5) $8,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

15 SEC. 19. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BY MUNICIPAL OMBUDS16 MAN. 

17 Section 4(b)(1) of the Water Infrastructure Improve18 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 4370j(b)(1)) is amended to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) technical and planning assistance to sup21 port municipalities, including municipalities that are 

22 rural, small, economically disadvantaged, or Tribal 

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1 ments of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; 

2 and’’. 

3 SEC. 20. REPORT ON WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE 

4 FUNDING FOR RURAL, ECONOMICALLY DIS5 ADVANTAGED, AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. 

6 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

7 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ8 mental Protection Agency shall initiate a study on the dis9 tribution of wastewater infrastructure funds to rural com10 munities, economically disadvantaged communities, and 

11 Tribal communities during the 20 fiscal years preceding the 

12 date of enactment of this Act. 

13 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the study under 

14 this section, the Administrator shall— 

15 (1) consult with other Federal agencies, State, 

16 local, and Tribal governments, owners and operators 

17 of publicly owned treatment works, and stakeholder 

18 organizations, including organizations with experi19 ence in investigating or addressing the wastewater in20 frastructure needs of rural communities, economically 

21 disadvantaged communities, and Tribal communities; 

22 (2) undertake at least one public meeting in a 

23 rural community, in an economically disadvantaged 

24 community, and in a Tribal community, to receive 

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1 (3) examine whether the distribution of waste2 water infrastructure funds during the period covered 

3 by the study has been in accordance with any appli4 cable executive order or policy regarding environ5 mental justice; 

6 (4) examine how wastewater infrastructure funds 

7 have been distributed with respect to the identified 

8 needs of rural communities, economically disadvan9 taged communities, and Tribal communities, and 

10 whether such funds have addressed the needs of such 

11 communities equitably when compared to how such 

12 funds have been distributed with respect to the identi13 fied needs of communities that are not rural, eco14 nomically disadvantaged, or Tribal; and 

15 (5) consider any additional factors that the Ad16 ministrator determines necessary or appropriate to 

17 determine whether rural communities, economically 

18 disadvantaged communities, and Tribal communities 

19 have equitable access to wastewater infrastructure 

20 funds to comply with applicable requirements of the 

21 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 

22 et seq.). 

23 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

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1 (1) the results of the study carried out under this 

2 section; and 

3 (2) any recommendations to Congress, or to 

4 State, local, and Tribal governments, to ensure that 

5 rural communities, economically disadvantaged com6 munities, and Tribal communities can equitably ac7 cess wastewater infrastructure funds in amounts suf8 ficient to address local wastewater infrastructure 

9 needs and local water quality challenges. 

10 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMU12 NITY.—The term ‘‘economically disadvantaged com13 munity’’ means— 

14 (A) a municipality that meets the afford15 ability criteria of a State established under sec16 tion 603(i)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution 

17 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(i)(2)); 

18 (B) a community with respect to which a 

19 municipality can demonstrate that households in 

20 the community experience significant economic 

21 hardship related to wastewater infrastructure; or 

22 (C) a community that is located in an area 

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1 and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 

2 U.S.C. 3161(a)). 

3 (2) MUNICIPALITY; TREATMENT WORKS.—The 

4 terms ‘‘municipality’’ and ‘‘treatment works’’ have 

5 the meanings given those terms in section 502 of the 

6 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

7 1362). 

8 (3) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS.— 

9 The term ‘‘wastewater infrastructure funds’’ means 

10 funds made available for projects or activities under 

11 or pursuant to— 

12 (A) title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

13 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 

14 (B) section 122 of the Federal Water Pollu15 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274); 

16 (C) section 220 of the Federal Water Pollu17 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300); and 

18 (D) section 221 of the Federal Water Pollu19 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301). 

20 SEC. 21. WATER REUSE INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall estab23 lish a Water Reuse Interagency Working Group to develop 

24 and coordinate actions, tools, and resources to encourage 

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1 implementation of the National Water Reuse Action Plan, 

2 consistent with the mission of each Federal agency that is 

3 a member of the working group. 

4 (b) CHAIRPERSON; MEMBERSHIP.—The working group 

5 shall be— 

6 (1) chaired by the Administrator; and 

7 (2) comprised of senior representatives from any 

8 Federal agency the Administrator determines to be 

9 appropriate. 

10 (c) DUTIES OF THE WORKING GROUP.—The working 

11 group shall— 

12 (1) annually review the National Water Reuse 

13 Action Plan and, as necessary, update such plan; 

14 (2) encourage the consideration of water reuse as 

15 part of integrated water resources management and 

16 planning; 

17 (3) conduct, and submit to Congress and make 

18 public, an assessment of opportunities to encourage 

19 water reuse and actions necessary to pursue such op20 portunities; 

21 (4) seek to coordinate Federal programs and 

22 policies to encourage water reuse; 

23 (5) consider how each Federal agency that is a 

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1 the programs and activities of each such Federal 

2 agency; and 

3 (6) consult, on a regular basis, with representa4 tives of the water reuse industry, research community, 

5 and nongovernmental organizations. 

6 (d) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once every 2 

7 years, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report 

8 on the activities and findings of the working group. 

9 (e) SUNSET.—The working group shall terminate on 

10 the date that is 6 years after the date of enactment of this 

11 Act. 

12 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis14 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ15 mental Protection Agency. 

16 (2) NATIONAL WATER REUSE ACTION PLAN.—The 

17 term ‘‘National Water Reuse Action Plan’’ means the 

18 document published by the Administrator entitled 

19 ‘‘National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative 

20 Implementation (Version 1)’’, dated February 2020, 

21 and noticed in the Federal Register on March 3, 2020 

22 (85 Fed. Reg. 12552), as updated pursuant to this 

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1 (3) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘working 

2 group’’ means the Water Reuse Interagency Working 

3 Group established under this section. 


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Union Calendar No. 48 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1915 

[Report No. 117–69] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

grams, and for other purposes. to reauthorize certain water pollution control proJUNE 22, 2021 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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