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Calendar No. 51 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 421 

[Report No. 117–17] 

To amend the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the 

Indian reservation drinking water program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 24, 2021 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

APRIL 28, 2021 

Reported by Mr. SCHATZ, without amendment 

A BILL 

To amend the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 

to expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, 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 ‘‘Western Tribal Water 

5 Infrastructure Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INDIAN RESERVATION DRINKING WATER PROGRAM. 

2 Section 2001 of the America’s Water Infrastructure 

3 Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 300j–3c note; Public Law 115– 

4 270) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

7 by striking ‘‘Subject to the availability of appro8 priations, the Administrator’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘The Administrator’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) 10 eligible projects described in subsection 

16 (b) that are within— 

17 ‘‘(A) the Columbia River Basin; or 

18 ‘‘(B) a coastal basin adjacent to the Co19 lumbia River.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘is on a reservation’’ and 

22 inserting the following: ‘‘is on— 

23 ‘‘(A) a reservation’’; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (A) (as so des25 ignated), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end and in26 serting ‘‘or’’; and 


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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(B) an off-reservation site that serves an 

3 Indian Tribe described in subsection (c)(2)(B); 

4 and’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) by striking the subsection designation 

7 and heading and all that follows through ‘‘In 

8 carrying out’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) UPPER MISSOURI RIVER BASIN.—In car11 rying out’’; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN.—In carrying out 

14 the program under subsection (a)(3), the Adminis15 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

16 shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) give priority to projects that respond 

18 to emergency situations where a lack of access 

19 to clean drinking water threatens the health of 

20 Tribal populations; 

21 ‘‘(B) select not fewer than 1 eligible 

22 project that serves 1 or more Tribal commu23 nities of federally recognized Indian Tribes the 

24 Federal recognition of which has been termi25 nated and subsequently restored; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) ensure that not fewer than 1 eligible 

2 project under that subsection is carried out 

3 in— 

4 ‘‘(i) the area described in subpara5 graph (A) of that subsection; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) an area described in subpara7 graph (B) of that subsection.’’; 

8 (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub9 section (e); 

10 (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a 

13 project carried out under this section shall be 100 per14 cent.’’; and 

15 (6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by 

16 striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

17 through 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each 

18 of fiscal years 2021 through 2024’’. 


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Calendar No. 51 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 421 

[Report No. 117–17] 

A BILL 

To amend the America’s Water Infrastructure Act 

ing water program, and for other purposes. of 2018 to expand the Indian reservation drinkAPRIL 28, 2021 

Reported without amendment 


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