I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1729 
To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and 
sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2023 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. OMAR, Ms. MOORE 
of Wisconsin, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. COHEN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. NADLER, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. EVANS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. RUPPERS-
BERGER, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. BUSH, Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida, Ms. BROWN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Mr. CARSON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. OCASIO-COR-
TEZ, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. LEE of 
California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. HIMES, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Ms. STEVENS, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. MENG, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LIEU, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Ms. SEWELL, Mrs. MCCLELLAN, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, and Ms. JACK-
SON LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural 
Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding 
for water and sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
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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) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reli-
ability Act of 2023’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund. 
Sec. 3. Report on affordability, discrimination and civil rights violations, public 
participation in regionalization, and data collection. 
Sec. 4. Household water well systems. 
Sec. 5. State water pollution control revolving funds. 
Sec. 6. Use of State revolving loan funds under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 
Sec. 7. Drinking water grant programs. 
Sec. 8. Labor provisions. 
Sec. 9. Water operator jobs training grants. 
Sec. 10. Drinking water assistance to colonias. 
SEC. 2. WATER AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY, 
AND RELIABILITY TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9512. WATER AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, EQ-
UITY, AND RELIABILITY TRUST FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 
to be known as the ‘Water Affordability, Transparency, 
Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund’ (referred to in this 
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section as the ‘Trust Fund’), consisting of such amounts 
as may be appropriated or credited to such Trust Fund 
as provided in this section or section 9602(b). 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO FUND.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are hereby appro-
priated to the Trust Fund such amounts as the Sec-
retary from time to time estimates are equal to the 
increase in Federal revenues attributable to the 
amendment made by section 2(b) of the Water Af-
fordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability 
Act of 2023. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The sum of the amounts 
appropriated under paragraph (1) during any fiscal 
year shall not exceed the larger of— 
‘‘(A) $35,000,000,000, and 
‘‘(B) one-twentieth of the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the 20-year need identified in the 
most recent assessment conducted by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency in accordance with section 
1452(h) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–2(h)), plus 
‘‘(ii) the 20-year need identified in the 
most recent needs survey submitted by the 
Administrator pursuant to sections 205(a), 
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516, and 609 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1285(a), 
1375, 1389). 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Trust Fund 
are available, without further appropriation and without 
fiscal year limitation, for the purposes described in section 
2(c) of the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, 
and Reliability Act of 2023.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
parts for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 9511 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust 
Fund.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN CORPORATE TAX RATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘21’’ 
and inserting ‘‘24.5’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after December 31, 2022. 
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
and the Secretary of Labor shall allocate, for a fiscal year, 
the funds available, at the beginning of such fiscal year, 
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in the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Re-
liability Trust Fund, established by section 9512 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as follows: 
(1) 
CLEAN
WATER
PROGRAMS.—Of 
such 
amount, the Administrator shall make available— 
(A) 0.5 percent for making grants under 
section 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act; 
(B) 1.5 percent for making grants under 
section 106 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1256); 
(C) 2.5 percent for making grants under 
section 226 of such Act; 
(D) 2.5 percent for making grants under 
section 319 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1329); and 
(E) 42 percent for making capitalization 
grants under section 601 of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 1381). 
(2) SAFE DRINKING WATER FUNDING.—Of such 
amount, the Administrator shall make available— 
(A) 0.5 percent for providing technical as-
sistance under section 1442(e) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–1(e)); 
(B) 42 percent for making capitalization 
grants under section 1452 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12); 
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(C) 3 percent for making grants under sec-
tion 1465 of such Act; and 
(D) 0.5 percent for making grants under 
section 1456 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–16) 
and for making grants under section 307 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 
(33 U.S.C. 1281 note). 
(3) HOUSEHOLD WATER WELL SYSTEMS.—Of 
such amount, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
make available 1 percent for making grants under 
section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e). 
(4) COLONIAS.—Of such amount, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall make available 0.5 percent for 
making grants under section 306C of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926c) described in subsection (c) of such section. 
(5) 
INDIAN
HEALTH
SERVICES.—Of 
such 
amount, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, acting through the Director of the Indian 
Health Service, shall make available 3 percent for 
making grants for the planning, design, construc-
tion, modernization, improvement, and renovation of 
water, sewer, and solid waste sanitation facilities 
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that are funded, in whole or part, by the Indian 
Health Service— 
(A) through, or provided for in, a contract 
or compact with the Indian Health Service 
under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 
(B) pursuant to section 7 of the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674, chapter 658; 73 
Stat. 267; 42 U.S.C. 2004a); or 
(C) pursuant to section 302 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1632). 
(6) 
WATER
OPERATORS
JOB
TRAINING 
GRANTS.—Of such amount, the Secretary of Labor 
shall make available 0.5 percent for providing job 
training grants under section 414(f) of the American 
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 
1988. 
(d) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds allocated pur-
suant to subsection (c) may be used for any activity de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 203(a) 
of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 
of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 433(a)). 
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SEC. 3. REPORT ON AFFORDABILITY, DISCRIMINATION AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, PUBLIC PARTICI-
PATION IN REGIONALIZATION, AND DATA 
COLLECTION. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct a 
study on water and sewer services, in accordance 
with this subsection. 
(2) AFFORDABILITY.—In conducting the study 
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall study 
water affordability nationwide, including— 
(A) rates for water and sewer services, in-
creases in such rates during the ten-year period 
preceding such study, and water service dis-
connections due to unpaid water service 
charges; and 
(B) the effectiveness of funding under sec-
tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act and 
under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act for promoting affordable, equi-
table, transparent, and reliable water and sewer 
service. 
(3) DISCRIMINATION
AND
CIVIL
RIGHTS.—In 
conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator, in collaboration with the Civil Rights 
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Division of the United States Department of Justice, 
shall study— 
(A) discriminatory practices of water and 
sewer service providers; 
(B) discriminatory practices of State pro-
gram administrators in allocating funding; and 
(C) violations by such service providers 
and program administrators that receive Fed-
eral assistance of civil rights under title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with regard to 
equal access to water and sewer services. 
(4) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
IN
REGIONALIZA-
TION.—In conducting the study under paragraph 
(1), the Administrator shall evaluate efforts to re-
gionalize public water systems, as defined in section 
1401(4) of the Safe Water Drinking Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f(4)), and sewer services with respect to public 
participation in— 
(A) the decision to undergo such regional-
ization; and 
(B) decision making by the board of direc-
tors (or other governing body) of the entity that 
provides, or oversees or coordinates the provi-
sion of, water by the public water systems sub-
ject to such regionalization. 
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(5) DATA
COLLECTION.—In conducting the 
study under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
collect information, assess the availability of infor-
mation, and evaluate the methodologies used to col-
lect information, related to— 
(A) people living without water or sewer 
services; 
(B) water service disconnections due to un-
paid water service charges, including disconnec-
tions experienced by households containing chil-
dren, elderly persons, disabled persons, chron-
ically ill persons, or other vulnerable popu-
lations; 
(C) tax liens and foreclosures due to un-
paid water service charges; and 
(D) disparate effects, on the basis of race, 
gender, or socioeconomic status, of water serv-
ice disconnections, tax liens and foreclosures 
due to unpaid water service charges, and the 
lack of public water service. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress 
a report that contains— 
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(1) the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a)(1); and 
(2) recommendations for utility companies, 
Federal agencies, and States relating to such results. 
SEC. 4. HOUSEHOLD WATER WELL SYSTEMS. 
Section 306E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e(d)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘$348,500,000 for each fis-
cal year’’. 
SEC. 5. STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING 
FUNDS. 
(a) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—Section 602(b) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1382(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘will be made 
to the State with funds to be made available’’ and 
inserting ‘‘were made to the State with funds made 
available for fiscal year 2021’’; 
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(15) the State will not provide financial assist-
ance using amounts from the fund for any project 
that will provide substantial direct benefits to new 
communities, lots, or subdivisions, other than a 
project to construct an advanced decentralized 
wastewater system; and’’. 
(b) PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (12)(B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) to any municipality or intermunicipal, 
interstate, or State agency for— 
‘‘(A) purchasing from a willing or unwill-
ing seller a privately owned treatment works; 
and 
‘‘(B) expenses related to canceling a con-
tract for the operation or management of a 
publicly owned treatment works.’’. 
(c) INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL SUB-
SIDIZATION BY THE STATE.—Section 603(i)(3)(B) of the 
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Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1383(i)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
LIMITATION.—A State 
may use not less than 50 percent of the total 
amount received by the State in capitalization 
grants under this title for a fiscal year for pro-
viding additional subsidization under this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 6. USE OF STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS UNDER 
THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT. 
Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘publicly owned, operated, and managed’’ 
before ‘‘community water systems’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘The funds under this section shall not be 
used for the acquisition of real property or 
interests therein, unless the acquisition is 
integral to a project authorized by this 
paragraph and the purchase is from a will-
ing seller.’’ and inserting ‘‘The funds may 
also be used for purchasing from a willing 
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or unwilling seller a privately owned com-
munity water system, or for the expenses 
related to canceling a contract for the op-
eration or management of a community 
water system.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) EXCEPTION TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, OPER-
ATION, AND
MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENT.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (2)(A), public water systems 
that regularly serve fewer than 10,000 persons, and 
which are not owned, operated, or managed by any 
person who owns, operates, or manages any other 
public water system, may receive assistance under 
this section.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (d)(2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUBSIDIES.—To the 
extent that there are sufficient applications for loans 
to communities described in paragraph (1), of the 
amount of the capitalization grant received by a 
State in a fiscal year, the total amount of loan sub-
sidies made by the State in the fiscal year pursuant 
to paragraph (1) may not be less than 50 percent.’’; 
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(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘to be made 
to the State’’ and inserting ‘‘that was made to the 
State in fiscal year 2021’’; 
(4) in subsection (g)(3)— 
(A) in paragraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (C), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) guidance to ensure affordable, equi-
table, transparent and reliable water service 
provision, to provide protections for households 
facing service disconnection due to unpaid 
water service charges, and to promote universal 
equal access to water services.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (k)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(E) Provide assistance in the form of a 
grant to owners of private property on which a 
lead service line (as defined in section 1459B) 
is or may be located, for the purpose of replac-
ing the lead service line with a service line that 
is lead-free (as defined in section 1417(d)). 
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‘‘(F) Provide assistance to a publicly 
owned, operated, and managed community 
water system for the purpose of updating treat-
ment plants or switching water sources due to 
contamination 
from 
a 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substance (as defined by the 
State in which the community water system is 
located). 
‘‘(G) Provide assistance in the form of a 
grant to owners of a household water well that 
has been contaminated by a perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substance (as defined by the 
State in which the household well is located), 
for the purpose of purchasing and installing a 
household filtration system.’’. 
SEC. 7. DRINKING WATER GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) SCHOOL DRINKING WATER IMPROVEMENT.— 
Section 1465 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–25) is amended— 
(1) in the section header, by striking ‘‘FOUN-
TAIN’’ and inserting ‘‘INFRASTRUCTURE’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fountains 
manufactured prior to 1988’’ and inserting ‘‘infra-
structure’’; 
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(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under the 
grant program may be used to pay costs associated with— 
‘‘(1) installing, repairing, or replacing the infra-
structure necessary to ensure that drinking water 
fountains, drinking water coolers, and bottle filling 
stations at schools are lead free; and 
‘‘(2) monitoring and reporting of lead levels in 
the drinking water of schools, as determined appro-
priate by the Administrator.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,050,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘2025’’. 
(b) TRIBAL DRINKING WATER.—Section 1452(i)(1) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(i)(1)) 
is amended, in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1 1/2’’ and inserting ‘‘Three’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
SEC. 8. LABOR PROVISIONS. 
(a) PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE.—Nothing in this 
Act shall affect the applicability of the requirements relat-
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ing to labor standards of sections 513 and 602(b)(6) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372, 
1382(b)(6)) and section 1450(e) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–9(e)) to projects carried out 
under those Acts. 
(b) PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) CLEAN
WATER
REVOLVING
FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)), as amended by section 7, 
is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(16) the State will— 
‘‘(A) permit recipients of assistance under 
this title to enter into agreements authorized 
under section 8(f) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act (commonly known as ‘project labor 
agreements’) with respect to projects for build-
ing or construction carried out with such assist-
ance; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that, to the maximum extent 
practicable, recipients of assistance under this 
title carry out such projects through the use of 
such agreements.’’. 
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(2) DRINKING
WATER
REVOLVING
FUNDS.— 
Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(7) PROJECT
LABOR
AGREEMENTS.—Each 
agreement under this subsection shall require that 
the State permit recipients of assistance under this 
section to enter into agreements authorized under 
section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(commonly known as ‘project labor agreements’) 
with respect to projects for building or construction 
carried out with such assistance.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(3)(A)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) with respect to projects for 
building or construction, will be carried out 
through the use of agreements authorized 
under section 8(f) of the National Labor 
Relations Act.’’. 
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SEC. 9. WATER OPERATOR JOBS TRAINING GRANTS. 
Section 414 of the American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) WATER OPERATOR JOBS TRAINING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than the date 
that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Secretary of Labor shall award grants, 
on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to provide 
job training (including pre-apprenticeships and ap-
prenticeships) and related activities, which are co-
ordinated with the public workforce investment sys-
tem, for workers to assist such workers in obtaining 
or upgrading employment in the drinking water, 
wastewater (including stormwater), and related sec-
tors. 
‘‘(2) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds under this sec-
tion may be used to provide jobs training services 
(including pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships) 
and related activities that are designed to assist 
workers (including unemployed and employed work-
ers) in gaining the skills and competencies needed to 
obtain or upgrade career ladder employment posi-
tions in the drinking water, wastewater (including 
stormwater), and related sectors. 
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‘‘(3) PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law and to the ex-
tent that there are sufficient applications for this 
purpose, at least 50 percent of the funds awarded to 
eligible entities under this subsection shall be used 
to carry out the job training services (including pre- 
apprenticeships and apprenticeships) and related ac-
tivities described in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) for low- and very low-income persons 
residing within the geographical boundaries of 
the geographical area to be served by such serv-
ices and activities, which shall include high-pov-
erty, high-unemployment ZIP Codes; 
‘‘(B) for low- and very low-income persons 
residing within the metropolitan area or non-
metropolitan county to be served by such serv-
ices and activities; 
‘‘(C) for low- and very low-income persons 
residing in a metropolitan area or nonmetropoli-
tan county with significant representation of 
communities of color, low-income communities, 
or Tribal and indigenous communities, that ex-
periences, or is at risk of experiencing, higher 
or more adverse human health or environmental 
effects than another such area or county; or 
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‘‘(D) for members of labor unions or work-
er organizations representing the individuals de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
‘‘(4) NO MATCH REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Labor may not require the provision of specified lev-
els of a matching share of cash or noncash resources 
from resources other than the funds provided under 
this section for projects funded under this section. 
‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 
Secretary of Labor shall require grantees to report 
on the employment outcomes obtained by workers 
receiving training under this section using indicators 
of performance that are consistent with other indica-
tors used for employment and training programs ad-
ministered by the Secretary, such as entry into em-
ployment, retention in employment, and increases in 
earnings. The Secretary of Labor may also require 
grantees to participate in evaluations of projects car-
ried out under this section. 
‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘eligible entity’ may include 
any of the following: 
‘‘(i) One or more local governments. 
‘‘(ii) One or more State governments. 
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‘‘(iii) One or more nonprofit organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(iv) One or more community-based 
organizations. 
‘‘(v) One or more labor unions. 
‘‘(vi) One or more labor-management 
organizations. 
‘‘(vii) One or more worker organiza-
tions representing the individuals described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(viii) One or more education and 
training providers, including community 
colleges, Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities, a Hispanic-serving institution, 
a Tribal College or University, and other 
minority-serving institutions listed in sec-
tion 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
‘‘(ix) One or more local boards or 
State boards (as such terms are defined in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
‘‘(x) One or more Native American 
Tribal governments to provide job training 
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programs for publicly owned community 
water systems (as defined in section 
1401(15) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300f(15))) and publicly owned 
treatment works (as defined in section 212 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1292)). 
‘‘(B) The terms ‘low-income person’ and 
‘very low-income person’ have the same mean-
ings given the terms ‘low-income families’ and 
‘very low-income families’, respectively, in sec-
tion 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).’’. 
SEC. 10. DRINKING WATER ASSISTANCE TO COLONIAS. 
Section 1456 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–16) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-
tity’ means each of the following: 
‘‘(A) A border State. 
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‘‘(B) A local government with jurisdiction 
over an eligible community.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘border 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘covered entity’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (d); 
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d); and 
(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1997 through 1999’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’. 
Æ 
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