I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3862 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain projects 
and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State water pollu-
tion control revolving fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2025 
Mr. BOST (for himself and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make 
certain projects and activities eligible for financial assist-
ance under a State water pollution control revolving 
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 ‘‘Clean Water SRF Par-
ity Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (11)(B) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (12)(B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) to any qualified nonprofit entity, as de-
termined by the Administrator, to provide assistance 
for the construction or acquisition of, or improve-
ments to, a treatment works, or for any other activ-
ity described in paragraphs (1) through (10).’’; 
(2) in subsection (i)(3), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(E) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INELIGIBLE.—A 
State may not provide additional subsidization 
under this subsection to a qualified nonprofit 
entity for assistance described in subsection 
(c)(13) or to the owner or operator of a pri-
vately owned treatment works for assistance de-
scribed in subsection (l).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(l) SPECIAL RULE FOR PRIVATELY OWNED TREAT-
MENT WORKS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any fiscal year funds 
may be used to provide financial assistance under 
this section to the owner or operator of a privately 
owned treatment works for— 
‘‘(A) improvements to such privately owned 
treatment works; 
‘‘(B) the construction of, or improvements 
to, another privately owned treatment works; 
‘‘(C) measures to reduce the demand for 
privately owned treatment works capacity 
through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse; 
‘‘(D) measures to reduce the energy con-
sumption needs for privately owned treatment 
works; 
‘‘(E) measures to increase the security of 
privately owned treatment works; and 
‘‘(F) any other activity described in para-
graphs (1) through (10) of subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Financial assistance may 
only be provided under this subsection to the owner 
or operator of a privately owned treatment works for 
activities described in paragraph (1) that primarily 
and directly benefit the individuals or entities served 
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by the privately owned treatment works, and not the 
shareholders or owners of the treatment works, as 
determined by the instrumentality of the State re-
sponsible for administering the water pollution con-
trol revolving fund through which such financial as-
sistance is provided.’’. 
Æ 
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