116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1689 

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. 

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

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

3 (1) lead is a toxic chemical that— 

4 (A) is particularly harmful to young chil5 dren; and 

6 (B) can cause reduced intelligence 

7 quotients, attention disorders, and other serious 

8 health problems; 

9 (2) excessive and harmful levels of lead have 

10 been found in water systems across all 50 States 

11 and those water systems serve drinking water to mil12 lions of people in the United States; 

13 (3) hundreds of the water systems described in 

14 paragraph (2) are water systems that provide drink15 ing water to schools or day care centers; 

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

17 drinking water revolving fund of that State to ad18 dress the threat to public health from heightened ex19 posure to lead in drinking water; and 

20 (5) some States have available funds in the 

21 clean water revolving fund of that State that could 

22 be used to provide additional resources to help ad23 dress lead in drinking water. 

24 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

25 (1) CLEAN WATER REVOLVING FUND.—The 

26 term ‘‘clean water revolving fund’’ means a State 
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1 water pollution control revolving fund established 

2 under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con3 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). 

4 (2) DRINKING WATER REVOLVING FUND.—The 

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

6 drinking water treatment revolving loan fund estab7 lished under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

8 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 

9 (c) AUTHORITY.—In addition to the transfer author10 ity in section 302(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

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

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

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

14 during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enact15 ment of this Act, if a State, in consultation with the Ad16 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, de17 termines that available funds in the clean water revolving 

18 fund of the State are necessary to address a threat to pub19 lic health as a result of heightened exposure to lead in 

20 drinking water, the State may transfer an amount equal 

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

22 revolving fund Federal grant dollars to the State to the 

23 drinking water revolving fund of the State. Funds trans24 ferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the 

25 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). 

Passed the Senate September 9, 2019. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1689 

AN ACT 

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