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grants shall be used by the State for projects to address green 
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or 
other environmentally innovative activities: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2026, funds made available under this 
title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants may, at the discretion of each State, be 
used for projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally 
innovative activities: Provided further, That the Administrator 
is authorized to use up to $1,500,000 of funds made available 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under this heading 
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the 
amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that 
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not 
apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by such 
fund in fiscal year 2026 and prior years where such amounts 
represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that 
such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Adminis-
trator, accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, 
and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwith-
standing the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of 
section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants 
made under title II of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may also 
be made for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) solely 
for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and 
estimates for any proposed project for the construction of treat-
ment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement 
of privately owned treatment works serving one or more prin-
cipal residences or small commercial establishments: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 
and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also 
be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design 
activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any pro-
posed project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately 
owned treatment works serving one or more principal resi-
dences or small commercial establishments: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding any provision of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds 
reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) 
of such Act may also be used for grants for training, technical 
assistance, and educational programs relating to the operation 
and management of the treatment works specified in section 
518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, 
funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall be avail-
able for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 
518(h) of such Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma
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(as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native 
Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 
or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the 
limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 
or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds 
under such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding 
the amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds 
appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund pro-
gram under the Act less any sums reserved under section 
518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding 
the limitations on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appro-
priated for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants 
and 14 percent of the funds made available under this title 
to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State to provide additional 
subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin-
cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination 
of these), and shall be so used by the State only where such 
funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient 
or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of 
eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt 
was incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act if 
the State, with concurrence from the Administrator, determines 
that such funds could be used to help address a threat to 
public health from heightened exposure to lead in drinking 
water or if a Federal or State emergency declaration has been 
issued due to a threat to public health from heightened expo-
sure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply before the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That in a 
State in which such an emergency declaration has been issued, 
the State may use more than 14 percent of the funds made 
available under this title to the State for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide additional sub-
sidy to eligible recipients: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall reserve up to 
$12,000,000 of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2026 
for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State 
Revolving Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregulated
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contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending grants in this or prior appropriations Acts are not 
subject to compliance with Federal procurement requirements 
for competition and methods of procurement applicable to Fed-
eral financial assistance, if a Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending recipient has procured serv-
ices or products through contracts entered into prior to the 
date of enactment of this legislation that complied with state 
and/or local laws governing competition; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater 
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after 
consultation with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address 
the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs 
of the colonias in the United States along the United States-
Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established an enforce-
able local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
that jurisdiction the development or construction of any addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 
colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 
structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 
infrastructure; 
(3) $39,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be 
used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the 
State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the State-
wide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency 
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, 
waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 
of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
provided for projects in regional hub communities; 
(4) $98,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance 
in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 
means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 
population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 
2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area Income 
and Poverty Estimates, or any territory or possession of the 
United States; 
(5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
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(6) $67,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act); 
(7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a) 
through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–19a): Provided, That for fiscal year 2026, funds 
provided under subsections (a) through (j) of such section of 
such Act may be used—
(A) by a State to provide assistance to benefit one 
or more owners of drinking water wells that are not public 
water systems or connected to a public water system for 
necessary and appropriate activities related to a contami-
nant pursuant to subsection (j) of such section of such 
Act; and 
(B) to support a community described in subsection 
(c)(2) of such section of such Act; 
(8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 
(9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b); 
(10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
(11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under section 104(b)(8) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1254(b)(8)); 
(12) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301); 
(13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b) 
of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–270); 
(14) $3,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) 
of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4282(a)), of which 
not more than 2 percent shall be for administrative costs to 
carry out such section: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
302(a) of such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants 
pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia consistent 
with the requirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former Indian 
reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Public 
Law 92–203; 
(15) $8,500,000 shall be for grants under section 103(b)(3) 
of the Clean Air Act for wildfire smoke preparedness grants 
in accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That not more than 
3 percent shall be for administrative costs to carry out such 
section; 
(16) $20,364,000 shall be for State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants to be allocated in the amounts specified for those 
projects and for the purposes delineated in the table titled 
‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ 
included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act) for remediation, construction, and related 
environmental management activities in accordance with the