I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4542 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a low-income 
sewer and water assistance pilot program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2016 
Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to estab-
lish a low-income sewer and water assistance pilot pro-
gram. 
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 ‘‘Low Income Sewer 
and Water Assistance Program Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. LOW-INCOME SEWER AND WATER ASSISTANCE 
PILOT PROGRAM. 
Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 123. LOW-INCOME SEWER AND WATER ASSISTANCE 
PILOT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a pilot program to award grants to not fewer than 
10 eligible entities to assist low-income households in 
maintaining access to sanitation services. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the program 
established under this section. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a municipality, or a public entity that 
owns or operates a public water system, that is af-
fected by a consent decree relating to compliance 
with this Act. 
‘‘(2) 
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘household’ 
means any individual or group of individuals who 
are living together as one economic unit. 
‘‘(3) LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘low-income 
household’ means a household— 
‘‘(i) in which 1 or more individuals 
are receiving— 
‘‘(I) assistance under a State 
program funded under part A of title 
IV of the Social Security Act; 
‘‘(II) supplemental security in-
come payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act; 
‘‘(III) supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program benefits under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; or 
‘‘(IV) payments under section 
1315, 1521, 1541, or 1542 of title 38, 
United States Code, or under section 
306 of the Veterans’ and Survivors’ 
Pension Improvement Act of 1978; or 
‘‘(ii) that has an income determined 
by the State in which the eligible entity is 
located to not exceed the greater of— 
‘‘(I) an amount equal to 150 per-
cent of the poverty level for the State; 
or 
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‘‘(II) an amount equal to 60 per-
cent of the State median income; and 
‘‘(B) LOWER
INCOME
LIMIT.—For pur-
poses of this section, a State may adopt an in-
come limit that is lower than the limit described 
in subparagraph (A)(ii), except that the State 
may not exclude a household from eligibility in 
a fiscal year solely on the basis of household in-
come if such income is less than 110 percent of 
the poverty level for such State. 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.—The term ‘pub-
lic water system’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f). 
‘‘(5) SANITATION SERVICES.—The term ‘sanita-
tion services’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 113(g).’’. 
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