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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1647 

To establish a Water Infrastructure Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2017 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 

Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 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 Infrastructure 

5 Trust Fund Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING OF WATER INFRA7 STRUCTURE TRUST FUND. 

8 (a) WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST FUND.— 


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

2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 

3 establishment of trust funds) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 9512. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST FUND. 

6 ‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab7 lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 

8 to be known as the ‘Water Infrastructure Trust Fund’, 

9 consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or 

10 credited to such fund as provided in this section or section 

11 9602(b). 

12 ‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here13 by appropriated to the Water Infrastructure Trust Fund 

14 amounts equivalent to the fees received in the Treasury 

15 before January 1, 2023, under section 2(b) of the Water 

16 Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017. 

17 ‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Except as provided by sub18 section (d), amounts in the Water Infrastructure Trust 

19 Fund shall be available, without further appropriation, as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(1) 50 percent of the amounts shall be avail22 able to the Administrator of the Environmental Pro23 tection Agency for making capitalization grants 

24 under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution 

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


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1 ‘‘(2) 50 percent of the amounts shall be avail2 able to the Administrator for making capitalization 

3 grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

4 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 

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

6 the Water Infrastructure Trust Fund may not be made 

7 available for a fiscal year unless the funds appropriated 

8 to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund through annual 

9 capitalization grants is not less than the average of the 

10 annual amounts provided in capitalization grants under 

11 section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

12 (33 U.S.C. 1381) for the 5-fiscal-year period immediately 

13 preceding such fiscal year.’’. 

14 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec15 tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 

16 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

17 item: 

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

18 (b) VOLUNTARY LABELING SYSTEM.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas20 ury, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

21 Food and Drug Administration, manufacturers, pro22 ducers, and importers, shall develop and implement 

23 a program under which the Secretary provides a 

24 label designed in consultation with manufacturers, 

25 producers, and importers suitable for placement on 


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1 products to inform consumers that the manufac2 turer, producer, or importer of the product, and 

3 other stakeholders, participates in the Water Infra4 structure Trust Fund and is contributing to Amer5 ica’s clean water. 

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

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

8 by the Secretary shall be deposited in the general 

9 fund of the Treasury. 

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

11 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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