I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5030 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for technical 
assistance for small treatment works. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Mr. HARPER 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 
provide for technical assistance for small treatment works. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small and Rural Com-
munity Clean Water Technical Assistance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREATMENT 
WORKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 222. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL TREAT-
MENT WORKS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
NONPROFIT
SMALL
TREAT-
MENT WORKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER.— 
The term ‘qualified nonprofit small treatment works 
technical assistance provider’ means a nonprofit or-
ganization that, as determined by the Adminis-
trator— 
‘‘(A) is qualified and experienced in pro-
viding training and technical assistance to small 
treatment works; and 
‘‘(B) the small treatment works in the 
State finds to be the most beneficial and effec-
tive. 
‘‘(2) SMALL
TREATMENT
WORKS.—The term 
‘small treatment works’ means a publicly owned 
treatment works serving not more than 10,000 indi-
viduals. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 
may use amounts made available to carry out this section 
to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified 
nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance pro-
viders to provide to owners and operators of small treat-
ment works onsite technical assistance, circuit rider tech-
nical assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical 
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assistance programs, and onsite and regional training, to 
assist the small treatment works in achieving compliance 
with this Act or obtaining financing under this Act for 
eligible projects. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
for grants for small treatment works technical assistance, 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 
‘‘SEC. 223. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDIUM TREAT-
MENT WORKS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) MEDIUM TREATMENT WORKS.—The term 
‘medium treatment works’ means a publicly owned 
treatment works serving not fewer than 10,001 and 
not more than 75,000 individuals. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT MEDIUM TREAT-
MENT WORKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER.— 
The term ‘qualified nonprofit medium treatment 
works technical assistance provider’ means a quali-
fied nonprofit technical assistance provider of water 
and wastewater services to medium-sized commu-
nities that provides technical assistance (including 
circuit rider technical assistance programs, multi- 
State, regional assistance programs, and training 
and preliminary engineering evaluations) to owners 
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and operators of medium treatment works, which 
may include a State agency. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 
may use amounts made available to carry out this section 
to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified 
nonprofit medium treatment works technical assistance 
providers to provide to owners and operators of medium 
treatment works onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider 
technical assistance programs, multi-State, regional tech-
nical assistance programs, and onsite and regional train-
ing to assist medium treatment works that are facing dif-
ficulty in achieving compliance with this Act or obtaining 
financing under this Act for eligible projects. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 
(b) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 603 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘and as provided in sub-
section (e)’’ after ‘‘State law’’; 
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(ii) by redesignating subsections (e) 
through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), 
respectively; and 
(iii) by inserting after subsection (d) 
the following: 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS.—A State may use 
an additional 2 percent of the funds annually allotted to 
the State under this section for qualified nonprofit small 
treatment works technical assistance providers (as the 
term is defined in section 222) and qualified nonprofit me-
dium treatment works technical assistance providers (as 
the term is defined in section 223) to provide technical 
assistance to small treatment works (as the term is de-
fined in section 222) and medium treatment works (as the 
term is defined in section 223) in the State.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
221(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1301(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
603(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 603(i)’’. 
Æ 
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