I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2470 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to estab-
lish a program to make grants to eligible entities to increase the resilience 
of publicly owned treatment works to natural disasters. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2019 
Mr. CARBAJAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to establish a program to make grants to eligible 
entities to increase the resilience of publicly owned treat-
ment works to natural disasters. 
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 ‘‘Clean Water Infra-
structure Resilience and Sustainability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY AND 
SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. 
Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 222. CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY 
AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall estab-
lish a clean water infrastructure resilience and sustain-
ability program, under which the Administrator shall 
award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of increas-
ing the resilience of publicly owned treatment works to a 
natural disaster. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section shall use such grant funds for 
planning, designing, or constructing projects (on a system- 
wide or area-wide basis) that increase the resilience of a 
publicly owned treatment works to a natural disaster 
through— 
‘‘(1) the conservation of water; 
‘‘(2) the enhancement of water use efficiency; 
‘‘(3) the enhancement of wastewater and 
stormwater management by increasing watershed 
preservation and protection, including through the 
use of natural and engineered green infrastructure, 
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and reclamation and reuse of wastewater and 
stormwater, such as aquifer recharge zones; 
‘‘(4) the modification or relocation of an exist-
ing publicly owned treatment works at risk of being 
significantly impaired or damaged by a natural dis-
aster; 
‘‘(5) the development and implementation of 
projects to increase the resilience of publicly owned 
treatment works to a natural disaster; or 
‘‘(6) the enhancement of energy efficiency or 
the use and generation of recovered or renewable en-
ergy in management, treatment, or conveyance of 
wastewater or stormwater. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Administrator an application that— 
‘‘(1) includes a proposal of the project to be 
planned, designed, or constructed using funds under 
this section; 
‘‘(2) identifies the natural disaster risk to be 
addressed by the proposed project; 
‘‘(3) provides documentation prepared by a 
Federal, State, regional, or local government agency 
of the natural disaster risk to the area where the 
proposed project is to be located; 
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‘‘(4) includes a description of any recent nat-
ural disaster events that have affected the publicly 
owned treatment works; 
‘‘(5) includes a description of how the proposed 
project would improve the performance of the pub-
licly owned treatment works under an anticipated 
natural disaster; and 
‘‘(6) explains how the proposed project is ex-
pected to enhance the resilience of the publicly 
owned treatment works to an anticipated natural 
disaster. 
‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNT AND OTHER FEDERAL RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of 
the proposed project. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of 
section 608 of this Act shall apply to any project 
funded under this section. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) NATURAL DISASTER.—The term ‘natural 
disaster’ means a disaster caused by natural forces, 
including extreme weather events, sea-level rise, or 
extreme drought conditions. 
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a municipality; or 
‘‘(B) an intermunicipal, interstate, or State 
agency. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.’’. 
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