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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 775

To amend title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish

a 1-year program to stimulate the economy by providing additional funding for the State water pollution control revolving fund program, and

for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 3, 1993

Ms. DELAURO (for herself and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

A BILL

To amend title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control

Act to establish a 1-year program to stimulate the economy by providing additional funding for the State water

pollution control revolving fund 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. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lowey-DeLauro Emer5 gency Infrastructure Jobs Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING

2 FUNDS.

3 Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

4 (33 U.S.C. 1381–1387) is amended by inserting at the

5 end the following new section:

6 ‘‘SEC. 608. EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STIMULATION PRO7 GRAM.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide a short-term

9 stimulus to the economy of the United States, the Admin10 istrator shall make capitalization grants to each State

11 from funds appropriated pursuant to this section. Such

12 grants shall be made in accordance with and subject to

13 the provisions of this title unless otherwise provided in this

14 section.

15 ‘‘(b) SCHEDULE OF GRANT PAYMENTS.—

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The schedule of grant pay17 ments for grants made under this section shall be as

18 provided under section 601 except that such pay19 ments shall be made in semiannual installments in20 stead of quarterly installments.

21 ‘‘(2) FIRST INSTALLMENT.—The first semi22 annual installment shall be equal to 40 percent of

23 the amount of funds allotted to the State from funds

24 appropriated pursuant to this section and shall be

25 paid to the State not later than the 30th day follow-
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1 ing the date on which funds are appropriated pursu2 ant to this section.

3 ‘‘(3) SECOND INSTALLMENT.—The second

4 semiannual installment shall be equal to 60 percent

5 of the amount of such allotted funds and shall be

6 paid to the State not later than the 180th day fol7 lowing such appropriation date.

8 ‘‘(c) CAPITALIZATION GRANT AGREEMENTS.—

9 ‘‘(1) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—

10 ‘‘(A) EXISTING REQUIREMENTS.—Except

11 for the specific requirements set forth in para12 graphs (2) and (3) of section 602(b), the spe13 cific requirements set forth in such section shall

14 apply to capitalization grants made from funds

15 appropriated pursuant to this section. For pur16 poses of this section, the reference to quarterly

17 grant payments in paragraph (7) of such sec18 tion shall be treated as a reference to semi19 annual grant payments.

20 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—

21 ‘‘(i) NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS.—The

22 Administrator shall enter into an agree23 ment under section 602(b) with a State

24 with respect to each of the semiannual
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1 payments to be made to the State under

2 this section.

3 ‘‘(ii) FIRST AGREEMENT.—The Ad4 ministrator shall enter into the agreement

5 with respect to the first semiannual pay6 ment to be made to the State under this

7 section only after—

8 ‘‘(I) the State has entered into

9 binding commitments to provide as10 sistance in accordance with the re11 quirements of this title in fiscal year

12 1993 in an amount equal to 40 per13 cent of the funds allotted to the State

14 from funds appropriated pursuant to

15 section 607 for fiscal year 1993; and

16 ‘‘(II) the State has established to

17 the satisfaction of the Administrator

18 that it will enter into binding commit19 ments to provide assistance in accord20 ance with the requirements of this

21 title in an amount equal to 40 percent

22 of the amount allotted to the State

23 from funds appropriated pursuant to

24 this section within 6 months after the

25 date of such appropriation.
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1 ‘‘(iii) SECOND AGREEMENT.—The Ad2 ministrator shall enter into the agreement

3 with respect to the second semiannual pay4 ment to be made to the State under this

5 section only after—

6 ‘‘(I) the State has entered into

7 binding commitments to provide as8 sistance in accordance with the re9 quirements of this title in fiscal year

10 1993 in an amount equal to 100 per11 cent of the funds allotted to the State

12 from funds appropriated pursuant to

13 section 607 for fiscal year 1993 (in14 cluding amounts counted with respect

15 to the meeting of the requirement of

16 clause (ii)(I) by the State);

17 ‘‘(II) the State has entered into

18 binding commitments to provide as19 sistance in accordance with the re20 quirements of this title of 40 percent

21 of the funds allotted to the State from

22 funds appropriated pursuant to this

23 section; and

24 ‘‘(III) the State has established

25 to the satisfaction of the Adminis-
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1 trator that it will enter into binding

2 commitments to provide assistance in

3 accordance with the requirements of

4 this title in an amount equal to the

5 remaining 60 percent of the funds al6 lotted to the State from funds appro7 priated pursuant to this section within

8 1 year after the date of such appro9 priation.

10 ‘‘(2) WAIVER OF MATCHING FUND REQUIRE11 MENT.—Notwithstanding section 602(b), a State

12 shall not be required to deposit in its State water

13 pollution control revolving fund an amount equal to

14 at least 20 percent of the total amount of capitaliza15 tion grants made with funds appropriated pursuant

16 to this section.

17 ‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT PERIOD.—Notwithstanding section

18 604(c), sums allotted to a State from funds appropriated

19 pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation

20 by the State in accordance with the time periods set forth

21 in clauses (ii)(II) and (iii)(III) of subsection (c)(1)(B), re22 spectively. The amount of such allotment which is not obli23 gated by the State in accordance with such time periods

24 shall be immediately deposited in the Treasury of the

25 United States.
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1 ‘‘(e) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—In addition to the

2 types of assistance authorized by section 603(d), a State

3 may use not to exceed 50 percent of the funds allotted

4 to it from amounts appropriated pursuant to this section

5 to subsidize not to exceed 90 percent of the principal por6 tion of the amount of debt service required to be paid by

7 an entity referred to in section 603(c) if such principle

8 subsidy will be financed from interest earned on funds al9 lotted to the State from amounts so appropriated, if such

10 debt service is being incurred for a project eligible for as11 sistance under this title, and if the State determines that

12 such entity would be financially unable to carry out such

13 project without such subsidy.

14 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi15 tion to funds authorized to be appropriated by section 607,

16 there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the

17 purposes of this title $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year

18 1993.’’.

19 SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS

20 UNDER SECTION 306(a)(2) OF THE CONSOLI21 DATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

22 ACT.

23 (a) SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION.—In addition

24 to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there

25 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agri-
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1 culture for grants under section 306(a)(2) of the Consoli2 dated Farm and Rural Development Act not to exceed

3 $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1993.

4 (b) WAIVER OF ANNUAL DOLLAR LIMITATION.—The

5 Secretary of Agriculture may use amounts appropriated

6 pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to make grants

7 under section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and

8 Rural Development Act, notwithstanding the dollar limita9 tion specified in such section 306(a)(2).

10 (c) ALLOCATION AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—All

11 amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this

12 section shall be allocated to the States in accordance with

13 section 1940.582 (except subsection (i)) and section

14 1940.587 (except subsection (i)) of title 7, Code of Federal

15 Regulations (January 1, 1992, edition), and all such

16 amounts shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture,

17 upon the enactment of this section, for States to obligate

18 on an annual basis.

19 (d) RESERVED FUNDS TO BE USED FOR TECHNICAL

20 ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING GRANTS.—The Secretary of

21 Agriculture shall use the amounts appropriated pursuant

22 to subsection (a) of this section that are reserved pursuant

23 to section 306(a)(16)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and

24 Rural Development Act, for grants under section

25 306(a)(16)(A) of such Act.
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