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‘‘(F) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this paragraph $30,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 
‘‘(2) EMERGENCY AND IMMINENT COMMUNITY 
WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide grants in accordance with this para-
graph to assist the residents of rural areas and 
small communities to secure adequate quan-
tities of safe water— 
‘‘(i) after a significant decline in the 
quantity or quality of water available from 
the water supplies of the rural areas and 
small communities, or when such a decline 
is imminent; or 
‘‘(ii) when repairs, partial replace-
ment, or significant maintenance efforts on 
established water systems would remedy— 
‘‘(I) an acute or imminent short-
age of quality water; or 
‘‘(II) a significant or imminent 
decline in the quantity or quality of 
water that is available. 
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‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In carrying out subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) give priority to projects described 
in subparagraph (A)(i); and 
‘‘(ii) provide at least 70 percent of all 
grants under this paragraph to those 
projects. 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to ob-
tain a grant under this paragraph, an applicant 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be a public or private nonprofit 
entity; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant made 
under subparagraph (A)(i), demonstrate to 
the Secretary that the decline referred to 
in that subparagraph occurred, or will 
occur, not later than 2 years after the date 
on which the application was filed for the 
grant. 
‘‘(D) USES.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Grants 
made 
under this paragraph may be used— 
‘‘(I) for waterline extensions from 
existing 
systems, 
laying 
of 
new 
waterlines, repairs, significant mainte-
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nance, digging of new wells, equip-
ment replacement, and hook and tap 
fees; 
‘‘(II) for any other appropriate 
purpose associated with developing 
sources of, treating, storing, or dis-
tributing water; 
‘‘(III) to assist communities in 
complying with the requirements of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f et seq.); and 
‘‘(IV) to provide potable water to 
communities through other means. 
‘‘(ii) JOINT PROPOSALS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
the restrictions in subparagraph (E), 
nothing in this paragraph precludes 
rural communities from submitting 
joint proposals for emergency water 
assistance. 
‘‘(II) CONSIDERATION
OF
RE-
STRICTIONS.—The restrictions in sub-
paragraph (E) shall be considered in 
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the aggregate, depending on the num-
ber of communities involved. 
‘‘(E) RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) MAXIMUM
INCOME.—No grant 
provided under this paragraph shall be 
used to assist any rural area or community 
that has a median household income in ex-
cess of the State nonmetropolitan median 
household income according to the most re-
cent decennial census of the United States. 
‘‘(ii) SET-ASIDE FOR SMALLER COM-
MUNITIES.—Not less than 50 percent of 
the funds allocated under this paragraph 
shall be allocated to rural communities 
with populations that do not exceed 3,000 
inhabitants. 
‘‘(F) MAXIMUM
GRANTS.—Grants made 
under this paragraph may not exceed— 
‘‘(i) in the case of each grant made 
under subparagraph (A)(i), $500,000; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of each grant made 
under subparagraph (A)(ii), $150,000. 
‘‘(G) FULL
FUNDING.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (F), grants under this paragraph 
shall be made in an amount equal to 100 per-
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cent of the costs of the projects conducted 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(H) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(i) NATIONALLY
COMPETITIVE
AP-
PLICATION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Sec-
retary shall develop a nationally com-
petitive application process to award 
grants under this paragraph. 
‘‘(II) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
process shall include criteria for evalu-
ating applications, including popu-
lation, median household income, and 
the severity of the decline, or immi-
nent decline, in the quantity or qual-
ity of water. 
‘‘(ii) TIMING OF REVIEW OF APPLICA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(I) SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION.— 
The application process developed by 
the Secretary under clause (i) shall in-
clude a simplified application form 
that will permit expedited consider-
ation of an application for a grant 
filed under this paragraph. 
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