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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3582 

To establish a Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. HANNA, Mr. PETRI, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. MORAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Ms. 

EDWARDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, 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 

A BILL 

To establish a Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund, 

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 ‘‘Water Trust Fund 

5 Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING OF WATER INFRA2 STRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST FUND. 

3 (a) WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST

4 FUND.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 

6 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 

7 establishment of trust funds) is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 9512. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST 

10 FUND. 

11 ‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab12 lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 

13 to be known as the ‘Water Infrastructure Investment 

14 Trust Fund’, consisting of such amounts as may be appro15 priated or credited to such fund as provided in this section 

16 or section 9602(b). 

17 ‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here18 by appropriated to the Water Infrastructure Investment 

19 Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the fees received in the 

20 Treasury before January 1, 2019, under section 2(b) of 

21 the Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013. 

22 ‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Except as provided by sub23 section (d), amounts in the Water Infrastructure Invest24 ment Trust Fund shall be available, without further ap25 propriation, as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) 85 percent of the amounts shall be avail2 able to the Administrator of the Environmental Pro3 tection Agency for making capitalization grants 

4 under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution 

5 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377). 

6 ‘‘(2) 15 percent of the amounts shall be avail7 able to the Secretary of the Treasury for carrying 

8 out the innovative financing program established 

9 under section 3 of the Water Infrastructure Invest10 ment Act of 2013. 

11 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in 

12 the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund may not 

13 be made available for a fiscal year unless the funds appro14 priated to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund through 

15 annual capitalization grants is not less than the average 

16 of the annual amounts provided in capitalization grants 

17 under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

18 Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) for the 5-fiscal-year period imme19 diately preceding such fiscal year.’’. 

20 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec21 tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 

22 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

23 item: 

‘‘Sec. 9512. Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund.’’. 

24 (b) VOLUNTARY LABELING SYSTEM.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas2 ury, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

3 Food and Drug Administration, manufacturers, pro4 ducers, and importers, shall develop and implement 

5 a program under which the Secretary provides a 

6 label designed in consultation with manufacturers, 

7 producers, and importers suitable for placement on 

8 products to inform consumers that the manufac9 turer, producer, or importer of the product, and 

10 other stakeholders, participates in the Water Infra11 structure Investment Trust Fund and is contrib12 uting to America’s clean water. 

13 (2) FEE.—The Secretary shall provide a label 

14 for a fee of three cents per unit. Amounts received 

15 by the Secretary shall be deposited in the general 

16 fund of the Treasury. 

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

18 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF INNOVATIVE FINANCING PRO21 GRAM. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

23 shall establish an innovative financing program to make 

24 financial assistance available for projects eligible under 


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1 section 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

2 (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)). 

3 (b) USE OF TIFIA PROGRAM AS MODEL.—The Sec4 retary shall model the program after the Transportation 

5 Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 

6 (TIFIA) program established in chapter 6 of title 23, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (c) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out this 

9 section using funds made available for that purpose out 

10 of the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund. 

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