I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3582 
To establish a Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. HANNA, Mr. PETRI, Mr. DUNCAN of Ten-
nessee, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. MORAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Ms. 
EDWARDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund, 
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 ‘‘Water Trust Fund 
Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING OF WATER INFRA-
STRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST FUND. 
(a) WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST 
FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
establishment of trust funds) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9512. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUST 
FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 
to be known as the ‘Water Infrastructure Investment 
Trust Fund’, consisting of such amounts as may be appro-
priated or credited to such fund as provided in this section 
or section 9602(b). 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here-
by appropriated to the Water Infrastructure Investment 
Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the fees received in the 
Treasury before January 1, 2019, under section 2(b) of 
the Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013. 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Except as provided by sub-
section (d), amounts in the Water Infrastructure Invest-
ment Trust Fund shall be available, without further ap-
propriation, as follows: 
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‘‘(1) 85 percent of the amounts shall be avail-
able to the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency for making capitalization grants 
under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377). 
‘‘(2) 15 percent of the amounts shall be avail-
able to the Secretary of the Treasury for carrying 
out the innovative financing program established 
under section 3 of the Water Infrastructure Invest-
ment Act of 2013. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in 
the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund may not 
be made available for a fiscal year unless the funds appro-
priated to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund through 
annual capitalization grants is not less than the average 
of the annual amounts provided in capitalization grants 
under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) for the 5-fiscal-year period imme-
diately preceding such fiscal year.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund.’’. 
(b) VOLUNTARY LABELING SYSTEM.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Food and Drug Administration, manufacturers, pro-
ducers, and importers, shall develop and implement 
a program under which the Secretary provides a 
label designed in consultation with manufacturers, 
producers, and importers suitable for placement on 
products to inform consumers that the manufac-
turer, producer, or importer of the product, and 
other stakeholders, participates in the Water Infra-
structure Investment Trust Fund and is contrib-
uting to America’s clean water. 
(2) FEE.—The Secretary shall provide a label 
for a fee of three cents per unit. Amounts received 
by the Secretary shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF INNOVATIVE FINANCING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall establish an innovative financing program to make 
financial assistance available for projects eligible under 
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