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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5013 

To provide assistance to communities for the emergency improvement of 

water systems, and other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 20, 2016 

Mr. MOOLENAAR (for himself, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. 

HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. TROTT, Mr. UPTON, and Mr. WALBERG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To provide assistance to communities for the emergency 

improvement of water systems, and 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 ‘‘Safe Water and Nutri5 tion Access Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES. 

7 (a) LOCALLY OR REGIONALLY PRODUCED AGRICUL8 TURAL FOOD PRODUCTS.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall guar2 antee loans in accordance with section 

3 310B(g)(9)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

4 Development Act for projects in underserved com5 munities in an eligible State. 

6 (2) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use 

7 $5,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit 

8 Corporation for fiscal year 2016 to carry out para9 graph (1). 

10 (b) EMERGENCY AND IMMINENT COMMUNITY WATER

11 ASSISTANCE GRANTS.— 

12 (1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding subsections 

13 (e) and (f) of section 306A of the Consolidated 

14 Farm and Rural Development Act, the Secretary 

15 shall provide grants in accordance with such section 

16 to public or private nonprofit entities in an eligible 

17 State. 

18 (2) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity 

19 Credit Corporation for fiscal year 2016, the Sec20 retary shall use— 

21 (A) $30,000,000 to carry out section 306A 

22 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop23 ment Act; and 

24 (B) $20,000,000 to carry out paragraph 

25 (1) of this subsection. 

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1 (c) WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNICAL AS2 SISTANCE AND TRAINING GRANTS.—Of the funds of the 

3 Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to 

4 carry out section 306(a)(14)(A) of the Consolidated Farm 

5 and Rural Development Act— 

6 (1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 

7 (2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 

8 (d) RURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CIRCUIT

9 RIDER PROGRAM.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 

10 Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out section 

11 306(a)(22)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel12 opment Act— 

13 (1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 

14 (2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 

15 (e) HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE.—Of the 

16 funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 

17 shall use $5,000,000 to provide funds for eligible projects 

18 or partnerships under section 243(c)(2) of the Depart19 ment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, with pri20 ority given to eligible projects and partnerships to be car21 ried out in an eligible State. 

22 (f) AVAILABILITY.—An amount made available by 

23 this section may be obligated during the 5-year period that 

24 begins with the date the amount is first so made available. 

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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term ‘‘eligible 

4 State’’ means a State in which there is a community 

5 with respect to which the President has declared an 

6 emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

7 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 5121 et seq.) relating to public health threats associ9 ated with the presence of lead or other contaminants 

10 in a public drinking water supply. 

11 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

13 (3) UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY.—The term 

14 ‘‘underserved community’’ has the meaning given 

15 the term in section 310B(g)(9)(A)(ii) of the Consoli16 dated Farm and Rural Development Act. 

17 SEC. 4. SUNSET. 

18 Effective at the end of the 5-year period that begins 

19 with the date any amount is first made available under 

20 a provision of this Act, that provision is repealed. 

21 SEC. 5. OFFSET. 

22 No funds may be used to carry out a provision of 

23 this Act unless completely offset by a corresponding reduc24 tion in mandatory funds available for another program. 

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