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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 250 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain projects 

and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State water pollution control revolving fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 10, 2023 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make 

certain projects and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State water pollution control revolving 

fund, 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 ‘‘Clean Water SRF Par5 ity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSIST2 ANCE. 

3 Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

4 Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (11)(B) by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (B) in paragraph (12)(B) by striking the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(13) to any qualified nonprofit entity, as de12 termined by the Administrator, to provide assistance 

13 for the construction or acquisition of, or improve14 ments to, a treatment works, or for any other activ15 ity described in paragraphs (1) through (10).’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (i)(3), by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(E) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INELIGIBLE.—A 

19 State may not provide additional subsidization 

20 under this subsection to a qualified nonprofit 

21 entity for assistance described in subsection 

22 (c)(13) or to the owner or operator of a pri23 vately owned treatment works for assistance de24 scribed in subsection (k).’’; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(k) SPECIAL RULE FOR PRIVATELY OWNED TREAT2 MENT WORKS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any fiscal year for which 

4 the total amount appropriated to carry out this title 

5 exceeds $1,638,826,000, any such amounts appro6 priated in excess of $1,638,826,000 for such fiscal 

7 year may be used to provide financial assistance 

8 under this section to the owner or operator of a pri9 vately owned treatment works for— 

10 ‘‘(A) improvements to such privately owned 

11 treatment works; 

12 ‘‘(B) the construction of, or improvements 

13 to, another privately owned treatment works; 

14 ‘‘(C) measures to reduce the demand for 

15 privately owned treatment works capacity 

16 through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse; 

17 ‘‘(D) measures to reduce the energy con18 sumption needs for privately owned treatment 

19 works; 

20 ‘‘(E) measures to increase the security of 

21 privately owned treatment works; and 

22 ‘‘(F) any other activity described in para23 graphs (1) through (10) of subsection (c). 

24 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Financial assistance may 

25 only be provided under this subsection to the owner 


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1 or operator of a privately owned treatment works for 

2 activities described in paragraph (1) that primarily 

3 and directly benefit the individuals or entities served 

4 by the privately owned treatment works, and not the 

5 shareholders or owners of the treatment works, as 

6 determined by the instrumentality of the State re7 sponsible for administering the water pollution con8 trol revolving fund through which such financial as9 sistance is provided.’’. 

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