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Calendar No. 125 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1689 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23 (legislative day, MAY 22), 2019 

Mr. BOOKER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

JUNE 19, 2019 

Reported by Mr. BARRASSO, without amendment 

A BILL 

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

5 (1) lead is a toxic chemical that— 


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1 (A) is particularly harmful to young chil2 dren; and 

3 (B) can cause reduced intelligence 

4 quotients, attention disorders, and other serious 

5 health problems; 

6 (2) excessive and harmful levels of lead have 

7 been found in water systems across all 50 States 

8 and those water systems serve drinking water to mil9 lions of people in the United States; 

10 (3) hundreds of the water systems described in 

11 paragraph (2) are water systems that provide drink12 ing water to schools or day care centers; 

13 (4) not all States have sufficient funds in the 

14 drinking water revolving fund of that State to ad15 dress the threat to public health from heightened ex16 posure to lead in drinking water; and 

17 (5) some States have available funds in the 

18 clean water revolving fund of that State that could 

19 be used to provide additional resources to help ad20 dress lead in drinking water. 

21 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) CLEAN WATER REVOLVING FUND.—The 

23 term ‘‘clean water revolving fund’’ means a State 

24 water pollution control revolving fund established 


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1 under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con2 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). 

3 (2) DRINKING WATER REVOLVING FUND.—The 

4 term ‘‘drinking water revolving fund’’ means a State 

5 drinking water treatment revolving loan fund estab6 lished under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

7 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 

8 (c) AUTHORITY.—In addition to the transfer author9 ity in section 302(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

10 Amendments of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 300j–12 note; Public 

11 Law 104–182), and notwithstanding section 1452(d) of 

12 the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)), 

13 during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enact14 ment of this Act, if a State, in consultation with the Ad15 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, de16 termines that available funds in the clean water revolving 

17 fund of the State are necessary to address a threat to pub18 lic health as a result of heightened exposure to lead in 

19 drinking water, the State may transfer an amount equal 

20 to not more than 5 percent of the cumulative clean water 

21 revolving fund Federal grant dollars to the State to the 

22 drinking water revolving fund of the State. Funds trans23 ferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the 

24 State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients 


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1 in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 

2 loans, or grants (or any combination of these). 


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Calendar No. 125 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1689 

A BILL 

To permit States to transfer certain funds from the 

tain circumstances, and for other purposes. drinking water revolving fund of the State in cerclean water revolving fund of a State to the 

JUNE 19, 2019 

Reported without amendment 


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