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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1233 

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify 

provisions relating to rural decentralized water systems grants. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 20, 2023 

Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act to modify provisions relating to rural decentralized 

water systems grants. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. RURAL DECENTRALIZED WATER SYSTEMS 

4 GRANT PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS. 

5 Section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

6 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking the section designation and 

8 heading and all that follows through the end of sub9 section (b)(1) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 306E. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS MAK2 ING LOANS AND SUBGRANTS FOR CONSTRUC3 TION, REFURBISHING, AND SERVICING OF IN4 DIVIDUALLY OWNED HOUSEHOLD WATER 

5 WELL SYSTEMS AND HOUSEHOLD DECEN6 TRALIZED WASTEWATER SYSTEMS IN RURAL 

7 AREAS. 

8 ‘‘(a) GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—The 

9 Secretary may provide grants to private nonprofit organi10 zations for the purpose of providing subgrants and loans 

11 in accordance with subsection (b) to individuals for the 

12 construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual 

13 household water well systems and individually owned 

14 household decentralized wastewater systems in rural areas 

15 that are or will be owned by the individuals. 

16 ‘‘(b) LOANS AND SUBGRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A nonprofit organization 

18 shall use grant amounts received under subsection 

19 (a) to provide— 

20 ‘‘(A) subgrants for use in accordance with 

21 this section to individuals residing in the service 

22 area of the nonprofit organization who are 

23 members of a household with a combined in24 come (for the most recent 12-month period for 

25 which the information is available) that is less 

26 than 60 percent of the median nonmetropolitan 


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1 household income for the area, according to the 

2 most recent decennial census; and 

3 ‘‘(B) loans for use in accordance with this 

4 section to individuals residing in the service 

5 area of the nonprofit organization who are 

6 members of a household with a combined in7 come (for the most recent 12-month period for 

8 which the information is available) that is not 

9 less than 60 percent and not more than 100 

10 percent of the median nonmetropolitan house11 hold income for the area, according to the most 

12 recent decennial census.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

15 ‘‘$15,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(5) FUNDING TO COVER COST OF PERFORM18 ANCE WARRANTIES.—A subgrant provided to an in19 dividual under this subsection for an individually 

20 owned household decentralized wastewater system 

21 may include sufficient additional funding to cover 

22 the cost of a performance warranty with a duration 

23 of at least 5 years.’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2028’’. 

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