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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2533 

To assist community water systems affected by PFAS contamination, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2019 

Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To assist community water systems affected by PFAS 

contamination, 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 ‘‘Providing Financial 

5 Assistance for Safe Drinking Water Act’’ or the ‘‘PFAS 

6 Drinking Water Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PFAS INFRASTRUCTURE 

2 GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 300j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 1459E. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY WATER SYS7 TEMS AFFECTED BY PFAS. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis10 trator shall establish a program to award grants to af11 fected community water systems to pay for capital costs 

12 associated with the implementation of eligible treatment 

13 technologies. 

14 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 12 months 

16 after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad17 ministrator shall publish guidance describing the 

18 form and timing for community water systems to 

19 apply for grants under this section. 

20 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The Adminis21 trator shall require a community water system ap22 plying for a grant under this section to submit— 

23 ‘‘(A) information showing the presence of 

24 PFAS in water of the community water system; 

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1 ‘‘(B) a certification that the treatment 

2 technology in use by the community water sys3 tem at the time of application is not sufficient 

4 to remove all detectable amounts of PFAS. 

5 ‘‘(c) LIST OF ELIGIBLE TREATMENT TECH6 NOLOGIES.—Not later than 150 days after the date of en7 actment of this section, and every two years thereafter, 

8 the Administrator shall publish a list of treatment tech9 nologies that the Administrator determines are effective 

10 at removing all detectable amounts of PFAS from drink11 ing water. 

12 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR FUNDING.—In awarding grants 

13 under this section, the Administrator shall prioritize af14 fected community water systems that— 

15 ‘‘(1) serve a disadvantaged community; 

16 ‘‘(2) will provide at least a 10-percent cost 

17 share for the cost of implementing an eligible treat18 ment technology; or 

19 ‘‘(3) demonstrate the capacity to maintain the 

20 eligible treatment technology to be implemented 

21 using the grant. 

22 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

23 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

24 not more than $500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

25 2021 through 2025. 


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1 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) AFFECTED COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM.— 

3 The term ‘affected community water system’ means 

4 a community water system that is affected by the 

5 presence of PFAS in the water in the community 

6 water system. 

7 ‘‘(2) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term 

8 ‘disadvantaged community’ has the meaning given 

9 that term in section 1452. 

10 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY.— 

11 The term ‘eligible treatment technology’ means a 

12 treatment technology included on the list published 

13 under subsection (c).’’. 

14 SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 

15 Section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(17) PFAS.—The term ‘PFAS’ means a 

19 perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with at 

20 least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.’’. 

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