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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5013 
To provide assistance to communities for the emergency improvement of 
water systems, and other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2016 
Mr. MOOLENAAR (for himself, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. 
HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. TROTT, Mr. UPTON, and Mr. WALBERG) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture 
A BILL 
To provide assistance to communities for the emergency 
improvement of water systems, and 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 ‘‘Safe Water and Nutri-
tion Access Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES. 
(a) LOCALLY OR REGIONALLY PRODUCED AGRICUL-
TURAL FOOD PRODUCTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall guar-
antee 
loans 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
310B(g)(9)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act for projects in underserved com-
munities in an eligible State. 
(2) 
FUNDING.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
use 
$5,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for fiscal year 2016 to carry out para-
graph (1). 
(b) EMERGENCY AND IMMINENT COMMUNITY WATER 
ASSISTANCE GRANTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding subsections 
(e) and (f) of section 306A of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, the Secretary 
shall provide grants in accordance with such section 
to public or private nonprofit entities in an eligible 
State. 
(2) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for fiscal year 2016, the Sec-
retary shall use— 
(A) $30,000,000 to carry out section 306A 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act; and 
(B) $20,000,000 to carry out paragraph 
(1) of this subsection. 
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(c) WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE AND TRAINING GRANTS.—Of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to 
carry out section 306(a)(14)(A) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act— 
(1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 
(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
(d) RURAL WATER
AND WASTEWATER CIRCUIT 
RIDER PROGRAM.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out section 
306(a)(22)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act— 
(1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 
(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
(e) HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE.—Of the 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 
shall use $5,000,000 to provide funds for eligible projects 
or partnerships under section 243(c)(2) of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, with pri-
ority given to eligible projects and partnerships to be car-
ried out in an eligible State. 
(f) AVAILABILITY.—An amount made available by 
this section may be obligated during the 5-year period that 
begins with the date the amount is first so made available. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
STATE.—The term ‘‘eligible 
State’’ means a State in which there is a community 
with respect to which the President has declared an 
emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) relating to public health threats associ-
ated with the presence of lead or other contaminants 
in a public drinking water supply. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(3) UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘underserved community’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 310B(g)(9)(A)(ii) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act. 
SEC. 4. SUNSET. 
Effective at the end of the 5-year period that begins 
with the date any amount is first made available under 
a provision of this Act, that provision is repealed. 
SEC. 5. OFFSET. 
No funds may be used to carry out a provision of 
this Act unless completely offset by a corresponding reduc-
tion in mandatory funds available for another program. 
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