I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4560 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropria-
tions for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Resources and Budget, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to au-
thorize appropriations for State water pollution control 
revolving funds, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Clean Water Trust Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purpose. 
Sec. 3. Amendment of Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
TITLE I—TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 101. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 102. National Center for Utility Management. 
Sec. 103. State management assistance. 
Sec. 104. Watershed pilot projects. 
Sec. 105. Critical regional waters. 
TITLE II—CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS 
Sec. 201. Sewage collection systems. 
Sec. 202. Treatment works defined. 
Sec. 203. Policy on cost effectiveness. 
Sec. 204. Pilot program for alternative water source projects. 
Sec. 205. Sewer overflow control grants. 
TITLE III—STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING 
FUNDS 
Sec. 301. General authority for capitalization grants. 
Sec. 302. Capitalization grant agreements. 
Sec. 303. Water pollution control revolving loan funds. 
Sec. 304. Allotment of funds. 
Sec. 305. Intended use plan. 
Sec. 306. Federal oversight. 
Sec. 307. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 308. High priority partnership grants. 
Sec. 309. Authorization of appropriations from the Clean Water Trust Fund. 
TITLE IV—CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND 
Sec. 401. Establishment of Clean Water Trust Fund. 
TITLE V—FISHERIES 
Sec. 501. Fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement grants. 
Sec. 502. State wetlands restoration grants. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 601. Definition of treatment works. 
Sec. 602. Funding for Indian programs. 
Sec. 603. Private property not affected. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to make further progress 
towards the achievement of the Nation’s water quality 
goals by establishing and providing funding for a clean 
water trust fund, which will provide for increased invest-
ment in critical water infrastructure, improvements in 
technology and management, greater funding for critical
regional programs, and increased attention to fishable 
uses. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CON-
TROL ACT. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
TITLE I—TECHNICAL AND 
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL AND SMALL 
TREATMENT
WORKS.—Section 
104(b) 
(33 
U.S.C. 
1254(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(6); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) make grants to nonprofit organizations— 
‘‘(A) to provide technical assistance to 
rural and small municipalities for the purpose 
of assisting, in consultation with the State in
which the assistance is provided, such munici-
palities in the planning, developing, and acquisi-
tion of financing for wastewater infrastructure 
assistance; 
‘‘(B) to capitalize revolving loan funds for 
the purpose of providing loans, in consultation 
with the State in which the assistance is pro-
vided, to rural and small municipalities for 
predevelopment costs associated with waste-
water infrastructure projects or short-term 
costs incurred for equipment replacement that 
is not part of regular operation and mainte-
nance activities for existing wastewater systems, 
subject to the conditions that any loan from the 
fund will be made at a below market interest 
rate, for a term not to exceed 10 years, and in 
an amount not to exceed $100,000 and that all 
loan repayments will be credited to the fund; 
‘‘(C) to provide technical assistance and 
training for rural and small publicly owned 
treatment works and decentralized wastewater 
treatment systems to enable such treatment 
works and systems to protect water quality and 
achieve and maintain compliance with the re-
quirements of this Act; and
‘‘(D) to disseminate information to rural 
and small municipalities and municipalities that 
meet the affordability criteria established under 
section 603(i) by the State in which the munici-
pality is located with respect to planning, de-
sign, construction, and operation of publicly 
owned treatment works and decentralized 
wastewater treatment systems.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
104(u) (33 U.S.C. 1254(u)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6)’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘; (7) not to exceed $50,000,000 from the 
Clean Water Trust Fund established by section 701 
for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 for car-
rying out subsection (b)(8), except that not more 
than one-third of such amount may be used in a fis-
cal year for carrying out subsection (b)(8)(B); and 
(8) not to exceed $295,000,000 from the Clean 
Water Trust Fund for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010 for carrying out subsection (b)(3).’’. 
(c) COMPETITIVE
PROCEDURES
FOR
AWARDING 
GRANTS.—Section 104 (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(w) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES
FOR AWARDING 
GRANTS.—The Administrator shall establish procedures 
that, to the maximum extent practicable, promote com-
petition and openness in the award of grants to nonprofit 
private agencies, institutions, and organizations under this 
section.’’. 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL CENTER FOR UTILITY MANAGEMENT. 
Section 104 (33 U.S.C. 1254) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(x) ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL CENTER FOR 
UTILITY MANAGEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT.—The Administrator may make a 
grant to an appropriate nonprofit organization to es-
tablish a National Center for Utility Management 
for the purpose of promoting improved management 
of public wastewater utilities, including the use of 
best management practices with respect to com-
prehensive asset management, worker training and 
flexibility, information systems, financial planning, 
and financial reporting. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Na-
tional Center for Utility Management shall include, 
at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(A) Developing best practices for utility 
management.