I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2533 
To assist community water systems affected by PFAS contamination, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To assist community water systems affected by PFAS 
contamination, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Providing Financial 
Assistance for Safe Drinking Water Act’’ or the ‘‘PFAS 
Drinking Water Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
PFAS 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1459E. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY WATER SYS-
TEMS AFFECTED BY PFAS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator shall establish a program to award grants to af-
fected community water systems to pay for capital costs 
associated with the implementation of eligible treatment 
technologies. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall publish guidance describing the 
form and timing for community water systems to 
apply for grants under this section. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall require a community water system ap-
plying for a grant under this section to submit— 
‘‘(A) information showing the presence of 
PFAS in water of the community water system; 
and 
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‘‘(B) a certification that the treatment 
technology in use by the community water sys-
tem at the time of application is not sufficient 
to remove all detectable amounts of PFAS. 
‘‘(c) 
LIST
OF
ELIGIBLE
TREATMENT
TECH-
NOLOGIES.—Not later than 150 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, and every two years thereafter, 
the Administrator shall publish a list of treatment tech-
nologies that the Administrator determines are effective 
at removing all detectable amounts of PFAS from drink-
ing water. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR FUNDING.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Administrator shall prioritize af-
fected community water systems that— 
‘‘(1) serve a disadvantaged community; 
‘‘(2) will provide at least a 10-percent cost 
share for the cost of implementing an eligible treat-
ment technology; or 
‘‘(3) demonstrate the capacity to maintain the 
eligible treatment technology to be implemented 
using the grant. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
not more than $500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2021 through 2025. 
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‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AFFECTED COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘affected community water system’ means 
a community water system that is affected by the 
presence of PFAS in the water in the community 
water system. 
‘‘(2) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘disadvantaged community’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1452. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGY.— 
The term ‘eligible treatment technology’ means a 
treatment technology included on the list published 
under subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
Section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(17) PFAS.—The term ‘PFAS’ means a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with at 
least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.’’. 
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