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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1689 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1689

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen

                                 An Act

 
    To permit States to transfer certain funds from the clean water 
 revolving fund of a State to the drinking water revolving fund of the 
         State in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) lead is a toxic chemical that--
            (A) is particularly harmful to young children; and
            (B) can cause reduced intelligence quotients, attention 
        disorders, and other serious health problems;
        (2) excessive and harmful levels of lead have been found in 
    water systems across all 50 States and those water systems serve 
    drinking water to millions of people in the United States;
        (3) hundreds of the water systems described in paragraph (2) 
    are water systems that provide drinking water to schools or day 
    care centers;
        (4) not all States have sufficient funds in the drinking water 
    revolving fund of that State to address the threat to public health 
    from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water; and
        (5) some States have available funds in the clean water 
    revolving fund of that State that could be used to provide 
    additional resources to help address lead in drinking water.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Clean water revolving fund.--The term ``clean water 
    revolving fund'' means a State water pollution control revolving 
    fund established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
    Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
        (2) Drinking water revolving fund.--The term ``drinking water 
    revolving fund'' means a State drinking water treatment revolving 
    loan fund established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water 
    Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12).
    (c) Authority.--In addition to the transfer authority in section 
302(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
300j-12 note; Public Law 104-182), and notwithstanding section 1452(d) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(d)), during the 1-
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, if a State, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, determines that available funds in the clean water revolving 
fund of the State are necessary to address a threat to public health as 
a result of heightened exposure to lead in drinking water, the State 
may transfer an amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the 
cumulative clean water revolving fund Federal grant dollars to the 
State to the drinking water revolving fund of the State. Funds 
transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the State to 
provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of 
forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any 
combination of these).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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