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deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible 
purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the provisions 
of sections 201(g)(1), (h), and (l) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, grants under title II of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, 
and the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose 
of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activi-
ties, or plans, specification, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for 
the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned 
treatment works serving one or more principal residences or 
small commercial establishments: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the provisions of 201(g)(1), 
(h), and (l) and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for facility 
plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates 
for any proposed project for the construction of treatment works; 
and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately 
owned treatment works serving one or more principal resi-
dences or small commercial establishments; Funds reserved 
under section 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants 
only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as defined 
by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages (as defined 
in Public Law 92–203): Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2017, notwithstanding any provision of the Clean Water Act 
and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a total of 
$2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator for 
grants under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used for grants for training, technical 
assistance, and educational programs relating to the operation 
and management of the treatment works specified in section 
518(c) of such Act; Funds reserved under section 518(c) of 
such Act shall be available for grants only to Indian tribes, 
as defined in section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian 
reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior) and Native Villages (as defined in Public Law 
92–203): Provided further, That for fiscal year 2017, notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent 
of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, 
and notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 
percent of the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever 
is greater, for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) 
and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the amounts specified in sec-
tion 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up 
to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act 
less any sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may
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be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under title 
II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 
and United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts 
specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking 
Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 
Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent of the funds made 
available under this title to each State for Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by 
the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients 
in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, 
or grants (or any combination of these), and shall be so used 
by the State only where such funds are provided as initial 
financing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 
restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients where 
such debt was incurred on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence 
from the Administrator, determines that such funds could be 
used to help address a threat to public health from heightened 
exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State 
emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal 
drinking water supply before the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such an emer-
gency declaration has been issued, the State may use more 
than 20 percent of the funds made available under this title 
to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipi-
ents; 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater 
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after 
consultation with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address 
the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs 
of the colonias in the United States along the United States- 
Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established an enforce-
able local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
that jurisdiction the development or construction of any addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 
colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 
structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 
infrastructure; 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be
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used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the 
State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the State-
wide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency 
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, 
waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 
of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
provided for projects in regional hub communities; 
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount appro-
priated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used 
for site characterization, assessment, and remediation of facili-
ties described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance 
in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 
means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 
population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; 
(5) $60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $30,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act); 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water quality pro-
gram authorized in section 5004(d) of the Water Infrastructure 
Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322); and 
(8) $1,066,041,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 
interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 
agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, including activi-
ties pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 
103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring 
and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall 
be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 
including associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall 
be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 
under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
shall be for State participation in national- and State-level
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statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to 
State monitoring programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act of 2014, $8,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, 
including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $976,000,000: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act are in addition to amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the Water Infrastruc-
ture Finance and Innovation Program for fiscal year 2017. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this account to remain available 
until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of 
the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the 
absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative 
agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal con-
sortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Adminis-
trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 
tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative 
agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State finan-
cial assistance agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 112–177, the 
Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal 
year 2017. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 
of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’