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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6418 

To amend certain provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 1, 2016 

Mr. LATTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend certain provisions of the Safe Drinking Water 

Act, 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 ‘‘Drinking Water Af5 fordability Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT. 

7 (a) NATIONAL DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS.— 

8 Section 1412(b)(9) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(9)) is amended by striking the last sen10 tence and inserting ‘‘Any revision of a national primary 


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1 drinking water regulation shall be promulgated in accord2 ance with this section, including paragraphs (3) through 

3 (6) of this subsection.’’ 

4 (b) ENFORCEMENT OF DRINKING WATER REGULA5 TIONS.—Section 1414(h)(1)(C) of the Safe Drinking 

6 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(h)(1)(C)) is amended by 

7 inserting ‘‘or management’’ after ‘‘the transfer of owner8 ship’’. 

9 (c) STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.— 

10 (1) ASSISTANCE FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMU11 NITIES.—Section 1452(d)(2) of the Safe Drinking 

12 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(2)) is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘35’’. 

14 (2) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 1452(f)(1) 

15 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j– 

16 12(f)(1)) is amended— 

17 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

18 and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respec19 tively; 

20 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

21 the following new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(C) each loan will be fully amortized not 

23 later than 30 years after the completion of the 

24 project, except that in the case of a disadvan25 taged community (as defined in subsection 


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1 (d)(3)) a State may provide an extended term 

2 for a loan, if the extended term— 

3 ‘‘(i) terminates not later than the date 

4 that is 40 years after the date of project 

5 completion; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) does not exceed the expected de7 sign life of the project;’’; and 

8 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘1 

9 year after completion of the project for which 

10 the loan was made’’ and all that follows 

11 through ‘‘design life of the project;’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘18 months after completion of the project 

13 for which the loan was made;’’. 

14 (3) ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOAN

15 FUNDS.—Section 1452(g)(2) of the Safe Drinking 

16 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)) is amended— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

18 comma and inserting a period; and 

19 (B) in the matter following subparagraph 

20 (D), by striking ‘‘if the State matches’’ through 

21 ‘‘fiscal year 1993.’’. 

22 (4) OTHER AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Section 

23 1452(k)(1)(C) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 300j–12(k)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 

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1 lows through the period at the end and inserting 

2 ‘‘for fiscal years 2018 through 2024 to delineate, as3 sess, update assessments, and undertake implemen4 tation activities with respect to source water protec5 tion areas in accordance with the requirements of a 

6 program approved under section 1453, excluding any 

7 activity required to be conducted under the Federal 

8 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 

9 seq.).’’. 

10 (d) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL CROSS-CUTTING

11 REQUIREMENTS.—Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

13 the following new section: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 1459A. EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL CROSS-CUTTING 

15 REQUIREMENTS. 

16 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad17 ministrator shall exempt a public water system that re18 ceives financial assistance pursuant to section 1452 from 

19 a Federal cross-cutting requirement if the Administrator 

20 determines that the State in which the public water system 

21 is located has in effect a requirement which is as stringent 

22 as the Federal cross-cutting requirement.’’. 

23 (e) DEFINITION OF FEDERAL CROSS-CUTTING RE24 QUIREMENT.—Section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water 


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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding at the end 

2 the following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(17) FEDERAL CROSS-CUTTING REQUIRE4 MENT.—The term ‘Federal cross-cutting require5 ment’ means a requirement of a Federal law or reg6 ulation, compliance with which is a condition on re7 ceipt of a loan or grant under this title, that, if ap8 plied to projects and activities receiving such finan9 cial assistance, would be redundant with a require10 ment of an applicable State or local law.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

12 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

14 shall prepare and submit to Congress a report con15 taining— 

16 (1) the results of a study of cost-effective and 

17 economically feasible rehabilitation or replacement of 

18 drinking water infrastructure to meet the goals of 

19 the Safe Drinking Water Act; and 

20 (2) an assessment of barriers that preclude 

21 communities from using materials and technologies 

22 studied pursuant to paragraph (1). 

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