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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5534 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5534

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase assistance for States, 
    water systems, and disadvantaged communities; to encourage good 
financial and environmental management of water systems; to strengthen 
     the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to enforce the 
            requirements of the Act; and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

 Mr. Tonko (for himself and Mr. Waxman) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase assistance for States, 
    water systems, and disadvantaged communities; to encourage good 
financial and environmental management of water systems; to strengthen 
     the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to enforce the 
            requirements of the Act; 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Assistance, 
Quality, and Affordability Act of 2014''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; references.
Sec. 2. Technical assistance for small public water systems.
Sec. 3. Prevailing wages.
Sec. 4. Use of funds.
Sec. 5. Requirements for use of American materials.
Sec. 6. Data on variances, exemptions, and persistent violations.
Sec. 7. Assistance for restructuring.
Sec. 8. Priority and weight of applications.
Sec. 9. Disadvantaged communities.
Sec. 10. Administration of State loan funds.
Sec. 11. State revolving loan funds for American Samoa, Northern 
                            Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin 
                            Islands.
Sec. 12. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 13. Affordability of new standards.
Sec. 14. Focus on lifecycle costs.
Sec. 15. Enforcement.
Sec. 16. Presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in 
                            sources of drinking water.
Sec. 17. Electronic reporting of compliance monitoring data to the 
                            Administrator.
Sec. 18. Best practices for administration of State revolving loan fund 
                            programs.
Sec. 19. Water loss and leak control technology.
    (c) References.--Except as otherwise specified, whenever in this 
Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or 
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f et seq.).

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS.

    Subsection (e) of section 1442 (42 U.S.C. 300j-1(e)) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(e) Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator, directly or through 
        grants or cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, 
        may provide technical assistance to small public water systems 
        to enable such systems to achieve and maintain compliance with 
        applicable national primary drinking water regulations.
            ``(2) Types of assistance.--Technical assistance under 
        paragraph (1) may include onsite technical assistance and 
        compliance assistance; circuit-rider and multi-State regional 
        technical assistance programs; training; assistance with 
        implementing source water protection programs; engineering 
        assistance provided without cost to the system through 
        volunteer programs or educational programs; assistance with 
        increasing water or energy efficiency; assistance with 
        designing, installing, or operating sustainable energy 
        infrastructure to produce or capture sustainable energy on site 
        or through water transport; assistance with developing 
        technical, financial, and managerial capacity; assistance with 
        long-term infrastructure planning; assistance with applying for 
        funds from a State loan fund under section 1452; and assistance 
        with implementation of monitoring plans, rules, regulations, 
        and water security enhancements.
            ``(3) Priority.--In providing assistance under this 
        subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to assistance 
        that will promote compliance with national primary drinking 
        water standards, public health protection, and long-term 
        sustainability of small public water systems. In awarding 
        grants and cooperative assistance under paragraph (1) to 
        nonprofit organizations, the Administrator shall (subject to 
        the preceding sentence) give greater weight to nonprofit 
        organizations that, as determined by the Administrator, are 
        most qualified and most effective and that, as determined by 
        the Administrator using information where available, are 
        providing the types of technical assistance that are preferred 
        by small public water systems.
            ``(4) Competitive procedures.--It is the presumption of 
        Congress that any award of assistance under this subsection 
        will be awarded using competitive procedures based on merit. If 
        assistance is awarded under this subsection using procedures 
        other than competitive procedures, the Administrator shall 
        submit to the Congress, within 90 days of the award decision, a 
        report explaining why competitive procedures were not used.
            ``(5) Funding.--
                    ``(A) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 
                through 2019.
                    ``(B) Prohibition on earmarks.--No funds made 
                available under this subsection may be used to carry 
                out a provision or report language included primarily 
                at the request of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
                Commissioner, or Senator providing, authorizing, or 
                recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget 
                authority, credit authority, or other spending 
                authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, 
                loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an 
                entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality, or 
                congressional district, other than through a statutory 
                or administrative formula-driven or competitive award 
                process.
                    ``(C) Lobbying expenses.--No portion of any State 
                loan fund established under section 1452 and no portion 
                of any funds made available under this subsection may 
                be used for lobbying expenses.
                    ``(D) Indian tribes.--Of the total amount made 
                available under this section for each fiscal year, 3 
                percent shall be used for technical assistance to 
                public water systems owned or operated by Indian 
                Tribes.''.

SEC. 3. PREVAILING WAGES.

    Subsection (e) of section 1450 (42 U.S.C. 300j-9) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(e) Labor Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall take such action 
        as the Administrator determines to be necessary to ensure that 
        each laborer and mechanic employed by a contractor or 
        subcontractor in connection with a construction project 
        financed, in whole or in part, by a grant, loan, loan 
        guarantee, refinancing, or any other form of financial 
        assistance provided under this title (including assistance 
        provided by a State loan fund established under section 1452) 
        is paid wages at a rate of not less than the wages prevailing 
        for the same type of work on similar construction in the 
        immediate locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in 
        accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
        States Code.
            ``(2) Authority of secretary of labor.--With respect to the 
        labor standards specified in this subsection, the Secretary of 
        Labor shall have the authority and functions established in 
        Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App.) and 
        section 3145 of title 40, United States Code.''.

SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS.

    Section 1452(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as otherwise'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise'';
            (2) by striking ``Financial assistance under this section'' 
        and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Permissible expenditures.--Financial 
                assistance under this section'';
            (3) by striking ``The funds may also be used'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(D) Certain loans.--Financial assistance under 
                this section may also be used'';
            (4) by striking ``The funds shall not be used'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(E) Limitation.--Financial assistance under this 
                section shall not be used'';
            (5) by striking ``Of the amount credited'' and inserting 
        the following:
                    ``(F) Set-aside.--Of the amount credited'';
            (6) in subparagraph (B) (as designated by paragraph (2)) by 
        striking ``(not'' and inserting ``(including expenditures for 
        planning, design, siting, and associated preconstruction 
        activities, for replacing or rehabilitating aging treatment, 
        storage, or distribution facilities of public water systems, or 
        for producing or capturing sustainable energy on site or 
        through the transportation of water through the public water 
        system, but not''; and
            (7) by inserting after such subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) Sale of bonds.--If a State issues revenue or 
                general obligation bonds to provide all or part of the 
                State contribution required by subsection (e), and the 
                proceeds of the sale of such bonds will be deposited 
                into the State loan fund--
                            ``(i) financial assistance made available 
                        under this section may be used by the State as 
                        security for payment of the principal and 
                        interest on such bonds; and
                            ``(ii) interest earnings of the State loan 
                        fund may be used by the State as revenue for 
                        payment of the principal and interest on such 
                        bonds.''.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATERIALS.

    Section 1452(a) (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Requirements for use of american materials.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, none of the funds made available by a 
                State loan fund as authorized under this section may be 
                used for a project for the construction, alteration, 
                maintenance, or repair of a public water system unless 
                all of the iron and steel products used in such project 
                are produced in the United States.
                    ``(B) Application.--Subparagraph (A) shall not 
                apply in any case in which the Administrator (in 
                consultation with the Governor of the State) finds 
                that--
                            ``(i) applying subparagraph (A) would be 
                        inconsistent with the public interest;
                            ``(ii) iron and steel products are not 
                        produced in the United States in sufficient and 
                        reasonably available quantities and of a 
                        satisfactory quality; or
                            ``(iii) inclusion of iron and steel 
                        products produced in the United States will 
                        increase the cost of the overall project by 
                        more than 25 percent.
                    ``(C) Waiver.--If the Administrator receives a 
                request for a waiver under this section, the 
                Administrator shall--
                            ``(i) make available to the public, on an 
                        informal basis, a copy of the request and 
                        information available to the Administrator 
                        concerning the request;
                            ``(ii) make the request and accompanying 
                        information available by electronic means, 
                        including on the official public Internet site 
                        of the Environmental Protection Agency; and
                            ``(iii) allow for informal public input on 
                        the request for at least 15 days prior to 
                        making a finding based on the request.
                    ``(D) Consistency with international agreements.--
                This paragraph shall be applied in a manner consistent 
                with United States obligations under international 
                agreements.
                    ``(E) Definition of iron and steel products.--In 
                this paragraph, the term `iron and steel products' 
                means the following products made primarily of iron or 
                steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole 
                covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, 
                flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural 
                steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction 
                materials.''.

SEC. 6. DATA ON VARIANCES, EXEMPTIONS, AND PERSISTENT VIOLATIONS.

    Section 1452(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) a list of all water systems within the State 
                that have in effect an exemption or variance for any 
                national primary drinking water regulation or that are 
                in persistent violation of the requirements for any 
                maximum contaminant level or treatment technique under 
                a national primary drinking water regulation, including 
                identification of--
                            ``(i) the national primary drinking water 
                        regulation in question for each such exemption, 
                        variance, or violation; and
                            ``(ii) the date on which the exemption or 
                        variance came into effect or the violation 
                        began.''.

SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE FOR RESTRUCTURING.

    (a) Definition.--Section 1401 (42 U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``(17) Restructuring.--The term `restructuring' means 
        changes in operations (including ownership, management, 
        cooperative partnerships, joint purchasing arrangements, 
        consolidation, and alternative water supply).''.
    (b) Restructuring.--Clause (ii) of section 1452(a)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
300j-12(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``changes in operations 
(including ownership, management, accounting, rates, maintenance, 
consolidation, alternative water supply, or other procedures)'' and 
inserting ``restructuring''.

SEC. 8. PRIORITY AND WEIGHT OF APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Priority.--Section 1452(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(b)(3)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) improve the ability of systems to 
                        protect human health and comply with the 
                        requirements of this title affordably in the 
                        future.'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D);
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
                    ``(B) Affordability of new standards.--For any year 
                in which enforcement begins for a new national primary 
                drinking water standard, each State that has entered 
                into a capitalization agreement pursuant to this 
                section shall evaluate whether capital improvements 
                required to meet the standard are affordable for 
                disadvantaged communities in the State. If the State 
                finds that such capital improvements do not meet 
                affordability criteria for disadvantaged communities in 
                the State, the State's intended use plan shall provide 
                that priority for the use of funds for such year be 
                given to public water systems affected by the standard 
                and serving disadvantaged communities.
                    ``(C) Weight given to applications.--After 
                determining priority under subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
                an intended use plan shall provide that the State will 
                give greater weight to an application for assistance if 
                the application contains--
                            ``(i) a description of measures undertaken 
                        by the system to improve the management and 
                        financial stability of the system, which may 
                        include--
                                    ``(I) an inventory of assets, 
                                including a description of the 
                                condition of the assets;
                                    ``(II) a schedule for replacement 
                                of assets;
                                    ``(III) an audit of water losses;
                                    ``(IV) a financing plan that 
                                factors in all lifecycle costs 
                                indicating sources of revenue from 
                                ratepayers, grants, bonds, other loans, 
                                and other sources to meet the costs; 
                                and
                                    ``(V) a review of options for 
                                restructuring;
                            ``(ii) a demonstration of consistency with 
                        State, regional, and municipal watershed plans;
                            ``(iii) a water conservation plan 
                        consistent with guidelines developed for such 
                        plans by the Administrator under section 
                        1455(a); and
                            ``(iv) a description of measures undertaken 
                        by the system to improve the efficiency of the 
                        system or reduce the system's environmental 
                        impact, which may include--
                                    ``(I) water efficiency or 
                                conservation, including the 
                                rehabilitation or replacement of 
                                existing leaking pipes;
                                    ``(II) use of reclaimed water;
                                    ``(III) actions to increase energy 
                                efficiency;
                                    ``(IV) actions to generate or 
                                capture sustainable energy on site or 
                                through the transportation of water 
                                through the system;
                                    ``(V) actions to protect source 
                                water;
                                    ``(VI) actions to mitigate or 
                                prevent corrosion, including design, 
                                selection of materials, selection of 
                                coating, and cathodic protection; and
                                    ``(VII) actions to reduce 
                                disinfection byproducts.''; and
            (4) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) 
        by striking ``periodically'' and inserting ``at least 
        biennially''.
    (b) Guidance.--Section 1452 (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (r) as subsection (t); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (q) the following:
    ``(r) Small System Guidance.--The Administrator may provide 
guidance and, as appropriate, tools, methodologies, or computer 
software, to assist small systems in undertaking measures to improve 
the management, financial stability, and efficiency of the system or 
reduce the system's environmental impact.''.

SEC. 9. DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

    (a) Assistance To Increase Compliance.--Section 1452(b)(3) (42 
U.S.C. 300j-12(b)(3)), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following:
                    ``(E) Assistance to increase compliance.--A State's 
                intended use plan shall provide that, of the funds 
                received by the State through a capitalization grant 
                under this section for a fiscal year, the State will, 
                to the extent that there are sufficient eligible 
                project applications, reserve not less than 6 percent 
                to be spent on assistance under subsection (d) to 
                public water systems included in the State's most 
                recent list under paragraph (2)(D).''.
    (b) Assistance for Disadvantaged Communities.--Section 1452(d) (42 
U.S.C. 300j-12(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: 
        ``Such additional subsidization shall directly and primarily 
        benefit the disadvantaged community.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, or portion of a 
        service area,'' after ``service area''.
    (c) Affordability Criteria.--Section 1452(d)(3) is amended by 
adding at the end: ``Each State that has entered into a capitalization 
agreement pursuant to this section shall, in establishing affordability 
criteria, consider, solicit public comment on, and include as 
appropriate--
                    ``(A) the methods or criteria that the State will 
                use to identify disadvantaged communities;
                    ``(B) a description of the institutional, 
                regulatory, financial, tax, or legal factors at the 
                Federal, State, or local level that affect identified 
                affordability criteria; and
                    ``(C) a description of how the State will use the 
                authorities and resources under this subsection to 
                assist communities meeting the identified criteria.''.

SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOAN FUNDS.

    Section 1452(g) (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``up to 4 
                percent of the funds allotted to the State under this 
                section'' and inserting ``, for each fiscal year, an 
                amount that does not exceed the sum of the amount of 
                any fees collected by the State for use in covering 
                reasonable costs of administration of programs under 
                this section, regardless of the source, and an amount 
                equal to the greatest of $400,000, \1/5\ of one percent 
                of the current valuation of the State loan fund, or 6 
                percent of all grant awards to the State loan fund 
                under this section for the fiscal year,'';
                    (B) by striking ``1419,'' and all that follows 
                through ``1993.'' and inserting ``1419.''; and
                    (C) in the matter following subparagraph (D), by 
                striking ``2 percent'' and inserting ``4 percent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Transfer of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Governor of a State may--
                            ``(i) reserve for any fiscal year not more 
                        than the lesser of--
                                    ``(I) 33 percent of a 
                                capitalization grant made under this 
                                section; or
                                    ``(II) 33 percent of a 
                                capitalization grant made under section 
                                601 of the Federal Water Pollution 
                                Control Act; and
                            ``(ii) add the funds so reserved to any 
                        funds provided to the State under this section 
                        or section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution 
                        Control Act.
                    ``(B) State matching funds.--Funds reserved under 
                this paragraph shall not be considered for purposes of 
                calculating the amount of a State contribution required 
                by subsection (e) of this section or section 602(b) of 
                the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.''.

SEC. 11. STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS FOR AMERICAN SAMOA, NORTHERN 
              MARIANA ISLANDS, GUAM, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

    Section 1452(j) (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(j)) is amended by striking 
``0.33 percent'' and inserting ``1 percent''.

SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Subsection (m) of section 1452 (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section--
                    ``(A) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;
                    ``(B) $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                    ``(C) $1,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.
            ``(2) Availability.--Amounts made available pursuant to 
        this subsection shall remain available until expended.
            ``(3) Reservation for needs surveys.--Of the amount made 
        available under paragraph (1) to carry out this section for a 
        fiscal year, the Administrator may reserve not more than 
        $1,000,000 per year to pay the costs of conducting needs 
        surveys under subsection (h).''.

SEC. 13. AFFORDABILITY OF NEW STANDARDS.

    (a) Treatment Technologies for Small Public Water Systems.--Clause 
(ii) of section 1412(b)(4)(E) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(4)(E)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``If no technology, treatment 
technique, or other means is included in a list under this subparagraph 
for a category of small public water systems, the Administrator shall 
periodically review the list and supplement it when new technology 
becomes available.''.
    (b) Assistance for Disadvantaged Communities.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (E) of section 1452(a)(1) (42 
        U.S.C. 300j-12(a)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``except that the Administrator may 
                reserve'' and inserting ``except that--
                            ``(i) in any year in which enforcement of a 
                        new national primary drinking water standard 
                        begins, the Administrator may use the remaining 
                        amount to make grants to States whose public 
                        water systems are disproportionately affected 
                        by the new standard for the provision of 
                        assistance under subsection (d) to such public 
                        water systems;
                            ``(ii) the Administrator may reserve''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and none of the funds 
                reallotted'' and inserting ``; and
                            ``(iii) none of the funds reallotted''.
            (2) Elimination of certain provisions.--
                    (A) Section 1412(b) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)) is 
                amended by striking paragraph (15).
                    (B) Section 1415 (42 U.S.C. 300g-4) is amended by 
                striking subsection (e).
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of section 
        1414(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 300g-3(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking 
        ``(a)(2), or (e)'' and inserting ``or (a)(2)''.

SEC. 14. FOCUS ON LIFECYCLE COSTS.

    Section 1412(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``taking cost into 
        consideration'' and inserting ``taking lifecycle costs, 
        including maintenance, replacement, and avoided costs, into 
        consideration''; and
            (2) in the matter preceding subclause (I) in subparagraph 
        (E)(ii), by inserting ``taking lifecycle costs, including 
        maintenance, replacement, and avoided costs, into 
        consideration,'' after ``as determined by the Administrator in 
        consultation with the States,''.

SEC. 15. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Advice and Technical Assistance.--Section 1414 (42 U.S.C. 300g-
3) is amended--
            (1) in the matter following clause (ii) in subsection 
        (a)(1)(A), by striking ``and provide such advice and technical 
        assistance to such State and public water system as may be 
        appropriate to bring the system into compliance with the 
        requirement by the earliest feasible time''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following:
    ``(C) At any time after providing notice of a violation to a State 
and public water system under subparagraph (A), the Administrator may 
provide such advice and technical assistance to such State and public 
water system as may be appropriate to bring the system into compliance 
with the requirement by the earliest feasible time. In deciding whether 
the provision of advice or technical assistance is appropriate, the 
Administrator may consider the potential for the violation to result in 
serious adverse effects to human health, whether the violation has 
occurred continuously or frequently, and the effectiveness of past 
technical assistance efforts.''.
    (b) Additional Inspections.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1414 (42 U.S.C. 300g-3) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as 
                subsections (e) through (j), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
                following:
    ``(d) Additional Inspections Following Violations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall, by regulation, 
        and after consultation with the States, prescribe the number, 
        frequency, and type of additional inspections to follow any 
        violation requiring notice under subsection (c). Regulations 
        under this subsection shall--
                    ``(A) take into account--
                            ``(i) differences between violations that 
                        are intermittent or infrequent and violations 
                        that are continuous or frequent;
                            ``(ii) the seriousness of any potential 
                        adverse health effects that may be involved; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) the number and severity of past 
                        violations by the public water system; and
                    ``(B) specify procedures for inspections following 
                a violation by a public water system that has the 
                potential to have serious adverse effects on human 
                health as a result of short-term exposure.
            ``(2) State primary enforcement responsibility.--Nothing in 
        this subsection shall be construed or applied to modify the 
        requirements of section 1413.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Subsections (a)(1)(B), (a)(2)(A), and (b) of 
                section 1414 (42 U.S.C. 300g-3) are amended by striking 
                ``subsection (g)'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``subsection (h)''.
                    (B) Section 1448(a) is amended by striking 
                ``1414(g)(3)(B)'' and inserting ``1414(h)(3)(B)''.

SEC. 16. PRESENCE OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS IN 
              SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER.

    Subsection (a) of section 1442 (42 U.S.C. 300j-1) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(11) Presence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in 
Sources of Drinking Water.--
            ``(A) Study.--The Administrator shall carry out a study on 
        the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in 
        sources of drinking water, which shall--
                    ``(i) identify pharmaceuticals and personal care 
                products that have been detected in sources of drinking 
                water and the levels at which such pharmaceuticals and 
                personal care products have been detected;
                    ``(ii) identify the sources of pharmaceuticals and 
                personal care products in sources of drinking water, 
                including point sources and nonpoint sources of 
                pharmaceutical and personal care products;
                    ``(iii) identify the effects of such products on 
                humans, the environment, and the safety of drinking 
                water; and
                    ``(iv) identify methods to control, limit, treat, 
                or prevent the presence of such products.
            ``(B) Consultation.--The Administrator shall conduct the 
        study described in subparagraph (A) in consultation with the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the 
        Commissioner of Food and Drugs), the Director of the United 
        States Geological Survey, the heads of other appropriate 
        Federal agencies (including the National Institute of 
        Environmental Health Sciences), and other interested 
        stakeholders (including manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and 
        personal care products and consumer groups and advocates).
            ``(C) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall submit to 
        the Congress a report on the results of the study carried out 
        under this paragraph.
            ``(D) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                    ``(i) The term `personal care product' has the 
                meaning given the term `cosmetic' in section 201 of the 
                Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
                    ``(ii) The term `pharmaceutical' has the meaning 
                given the term `drug' in section 201 of the Federal 
                Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.''.

SEC. 17. ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF COMPLIANCE MONITORING DATA TO THE 
              ADMINISTRATOR.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 1414 (42 U.S.C. 300g-3), as amended, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Electronic Reporting of Compliance Monitoring Data to the 
Administrator.--The Administrator shall by rule establish requirements 
for--
            ``(1) electronic submission by public water systems of all 
        compliance monitoring data--
                    ``(A) to the Administrator; or
                    ``(B) with respect to public water systems in a 
                State which has primary enforcement responsibility 
                under section 1413, to such State; and
            ``(2) electronic submission to the Administrator by each 
        State which has primary enforcement responsibility under 
        section 1413 of all compliance monitoring data submitted to 
        such State by public water systems pursuant to paragraph 
        (1)(B).''.
    (b) Final Rule.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall issue a final rule to carry out section 1414(k) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as added by subsection (a).

SEC. 18. BEST PRACTICES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is 
amended by inserting after subsection (r), as added by section 8(b), 
the following:
    ``(s) Best Practices for Program Administration.--The Administrator 
shall--
            ``(1) collect information from States on administration of 
        State programs with respect to State loan funds, including--
                    ``(A) efforts to streamline the process for 
                applying for assistance through such programs;
                    ``(B) programs in place to assist with the 
                completion of application forms;
                    ``(C) incentives provided to systems that partner 
                with small public water systems for the application 
                process; and
                    ``(D) techniques to ensure that obligated balances 
                are liquidated in a timely fashion;
            ``(2) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
        the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2014, 
        disseminate to the States best practices for administration of 
        such programs, based on the information collected pursuant to 
        this subsection; and
            ``(3) periodically update such best practices, as 
        appropriate.''.

SEC. 19. WATER LOSS AND LEAK CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.

    Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1459. WATER LOSS AND LEAK CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.

    ``The Administrator shall--
            ``(1) not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 
        the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2014, develop 
        criteria for effective water loss and leak control technology 
        to be used by water systems; and
            ``(2) implement a program through which a manufacturer of 
        such technology may apply, on a voluntary basis, for 
        certification of compliance with such criteria.''.
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