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(D) section 221 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301). 
DIVISION I—ASSISTANCE, QUAL-
ITY, 
AND 
AFFORDABILITY 
ACT OF 2021 
SEC. 13001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 
‘‘Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this division is as follows: 
Sec. 13001. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 13101. Drinking water system resilience funding. 
Sec. 13102. Grants for State programs. 
Sec. 13103. American iron and steel products. 
Sec. 13104. Assistance for disadvantaged communities. 
Sec. 13105. Allotments for territories. 
Sec. 13106. Drinking water SRF funding. 
Sec. 13107. Lead service line replacement. 
Sec. 13108. Drinking water assistance to colonias. 
Sec. 13109. PFAS treatment grants. 
Sec. 13110. Voluntary school and child care program lead testing grant pro-
gram. 
Sec. 13111. Grant program for installation of filtration stations at schools and 
child care programs. 
Sec. 13112. Drinking water fountain replacement for schools. 
Sec. 13113. Indian reservation drinking water program. 
Sec. 13114. Assistance for areas affected by natural disasters. 
Sec. 13115. Water main break data clearinghouse. 
TITLE II—SAFETY 
Sec. 13201. Enabling EPA to set standards for new drinking water contami-
nants. 
Sec. 13202. National primary drinking water regulations for PFAS. 
Sec. 13203. National primary drinking water regulations for microcystin toxin. 
Sec. 13204. National primary drinking water regulations for 1,4–dioxane. 
Sec. 13205. National primary drinking water regulation for chromium-6. 
Sec. 13206. Elimination of small system variances. 
TITLE III—AFFORDABILITY 
Sec. 13301. Emergency relief program. 
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Sec. 13302. Low-income drinking water assistance program. 
Sec. 13303. Low-income wastewater assistance program. 
Sec. 13304. Needs assessment for nationwide rural and urban low-income com-
munity water assistance program. 
Sec. 13305. Natural hazard education and response grant program. 
TITLE IV—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 13401. Small urban and rural water system consolidation report. 
Sec. 13402. Study on contamination of Coldwater Creek, Missouri. 
Sec. 13403. Report on affordability, discrimination and civil rights violations, 
and data collection. 
Sec. 13404. Water infrastructure and workforce investment. 
Sec. 13405. Identification of high-risk locations. 
TITLE I—INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 13101. DRINKING WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE FUND-
ING. 
Section 1433(g) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300i–2(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 2031’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘25,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘50,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2020 and 2021’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2022 through 2031’’. 
SEC. 13102. GRANTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS. 
Section 1443(a)(7) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–2(a)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2021’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2031’’. 
SEC. 13103. AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS. 
Section 1452(a)(4)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking 
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‘‘During fiscal years 2019 through 2023, funds’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Funds’’. 
SEC. 13104. ASSISTANCE FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMU-
NITIES. 
Section 1452(d)(2)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘35 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘40 percent’’. 
SEC. 13105. ALLOTMENTS FOR TERRITORIES. 
Section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘0.33 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1.5 percent’’. 
SEC. 13106. DRINKING WATER SRF FUNDING. 
Section 1452(m)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12(m)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘2021.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2021;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) $4,140,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(E) $4,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
and 
‘‘(F) $5,500,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2031.’’. 
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SEC. 13107. LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1452 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(u) LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the capital-
ization grants to eligible States under subsection 
(a)(1), the Administrator shall offer to enter into 
agreements with States, Indian Tribes, and the ter-
ritories described in subsection (j) to make grants, 
including letters of credit, to such States, Indian 
Tribes, and territories under this subsection to fund 
the replacement of lead service lines. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) STATES.—Funds made available to 
carry out this subsection shall be— 
‘‘(i) allotted and reallotted to the ex-
tent practicable to States as if allotted or 
reallotted under subsection (a)(1) as a cap-
italization grant under such subsection; 
and 
‘‘(ii) deposited into the State loan 
fund of a State receiving such funds pur-
suant to an agreement entered into pursu-
ant to this subsection. 
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‘‘(B) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Administrator 
shall set aside 11⁄2 percent of the amounts 
made available each fiscal year to carry out this 
subsection to make grants to Indian Tribes. 
‘‘(C) OTHER AREAS.—Funds made avail-
able to carry out this subsection shall be allot-
ted to territories described in subsection (j) in 
accordance with such subsection. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this section, funds made available under 
this subsection shall be used only for providing 
grants for the replacement of lead service lines. 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—Each State, Indian Tribe, and 
territory that has entered into an agreement pursu-
ant to this subsection shall annually prepare a plan 
that identifies the intended uses of the amounts 
made available to such State, Indian Tribe, or terri-
tory under this subsection, and any such plan 
shall— 
‘‘(A) not be required to comply with sub-
section (b)(3); 
‘‘(B) provide, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that priority for the use of funds be 
given to projects that replace lead service lines 
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serving disadvantaged communities and envi-
ronmental justice communities; and 
‘‘(C) provide, in addition to subparagraph 
(B) and to the maximum extent practicable, 
that priority for the use of funds be given to 
projects that, in carrying out lead service line 
replacements, provide job training, apprentice-
ships, or other employment opportunities for 
low-income persons and very low-income per-
sons that are located in the area in which the 
project is carried out. 
‘‘(5) PLAN FOR REPLACEMENT.—Each State, 
Indian Tribe, and territory that has entered into an 
agreement pursuant to this subsection shall require 
each recipient of funds made available pursuant to 
this subsection to submit to the State, Indian Tribe, 
or territory a plan to replace all lead service lines in 
the applicable public water system within 10 years 
of receiving such funds. 
‘‘(6) AMERICAN MADE IRON AND STEEL AND 
PREVAILING
WAGES.—The requirements of para-
graphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) shall apply to 
any project carried out in whole or in part with 
funds made available under or pursuant to this sub-
section. 
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‘‘(7) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION ON PARTIAL LINE RE-
PLACEMENT.—No funds made available pursu-
ant to this subsection may be used for partial 
lead service line replacement if, at the conclu-
sion of the service line replacement, drinking 
water is delivered through a publicly or pri-
vately owned portion of a lead service line. 
‘‘(B) NO
PRIVATE
OWNER
CONTRIBU-
TION.—Any recipient of funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection for lead service line 
replacement shall offer to replace any privately 
owned portion of any lead service line with re-
spect to which such funds are used at no cost 
to the private owner. 
‘‘(8) 
DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY
ASSIST-
ANCE.—All funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection to fund the replacement of lead service 
lines may be used to replace lead service lines serv-
ing disadvantaged communities. 
‘‘(9) STATE CONTRIBUTION NOT REQUIRED.— 
No agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall require that a State deposit, at any time, 
in the applicable State loan fund from State moneys 
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any contribution in order to receive funds under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(10) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annu-
ally submit to Congress a report that provides— 
‘‘(A) the number of households for which 
lead service lines have been replaced using 
funds made available by this subsection; 
‘‘(B) the total number of lead service lines 
that exist in each State, territory, and area 
under the jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe that 
has entered into an agreement pursuant to this 
subsection; 
‘‘(C) with respect to each project for such 
lead service line replacement, data on job train-
ing, apprenticeships, and other employment op-
portunities for persons described in paragraph 
(4)(C) under such projects, which shall include 
the amount of the funding used to hire such 
persons for such project; and 
‘‘(D) any other data determined by the Ad-
ministrator to be useful for purposes of deter-
mining the effect of this subsection with respect 
to replacing lead service lines. 
‘‘(11) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
$4,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2031. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—To the ex-
tent amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under this subsection in any fiscal year are not 
appropriated in that fiscal year, such amounts 
are authorized to be appropriated in a subse-
quent fiscal year. Such sums shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
‘‘(12) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘disadvantaged community’ has the mean-
ing given such term in subsection (d)(3). 
‘‘(B) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘environmental justice com-
munity’ means any population of color, commu-
nity of color, indigenous community, or low-in-
come community that experiences a dispropor-
tionate burden of the negative human health 
and environmental impacts of pollution or other 
environmental hazards. 
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‘‘(C) LEAD
SERVICE
LINE.—The term 
‘lead service line’ means a pipe and its fittings, 
which are not lead free (as defined in section 
1417(d)), that connect the drinking water main 
to the building inlet. 
‘‘(D) LOW-INCOME PERSON; VERY LOW-IN-
COME PERSON.—The terms ‘low-income person’ 
and ‘very low-income person’ have the same 
meanings given the terms ‘low-income families’ 
and ‘very low-income families’, respectively, in 
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C.14 1437a(b)).’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1452(m)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(m)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(G) and 
(t)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(2)(G), (t), and (u)’’. 
SEC. 13108. 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: 
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‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-
tity’ means each of the following: 
‘‘(A) A border State. 
‘‘(B) A local government with jurisdiction 
over an eligible community.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘border 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘covered entity’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘shall not ex-
ceed 50 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘may not be less 
than 80 percent’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1997 through 1999’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 13109. PFAS TREATMENT GRANTS. 
Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1459E. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY WATER SYS-
TEMS AFFECTED BY PFAS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator shall establish a program to award grants to af-
fected community water systems to pay for capital costs 
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associated with the implementation of eligible treatment 
technologies. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall publish guidance describing the 
form and timing for community water systems to 
apply for grants under this section. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall require a community water system ap-
plying for a grant under this section to submit— 
‘‘(A) information showing the presence of a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance in 
water of the community water system; and 
‘‘(B) a certification that the treatment 
technology in use by the community water sys-
tem at the time of application is not sufficient 
to meet all applicable standards, and all appli-
cable health advisories published pursuant to 
section 1412(b)(1)(F), for perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances. 
‘‘(c) 
LIST
OF
ELIGIBLE
TREATMENT
TECH-
NOLOGIES.—Not later than 150 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the 
Administrator shall publish a list of treatment tech-
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nologies that the Administrator determines are the most 
effective at removing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances from drinking water. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR FUNDING.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Administrator shall prioritize an 
affected community water system that— 
‘‘(1) serves a disadvantaged community; 
‘‘(2) will provide at least a 10-percent cost 
share for the cost of implementing an eligible treat-
ment technology; 
‘‘(3) demonstrates the capacity to maintain the 
eligible treatment technology to be implemented 
using the grant; or 
‘‘(4) is located within an area with respect to 
which the Administrator has published a determina-
tion under the first sentence of section 1424(e) re-
lating to an aquifer that is the sole or principal 
drinking water source for the area. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2031. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Of the amounts author-
ized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
by 
paragraph 
(1), 
$25,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated for 
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each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for grants under 
subsection (a) to pay for capital costs associated 
with the implementation of eligible treatment tech-
nologies during the period beginning on October 1, 
2014, and ending on the date of enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AFFECTED COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘affected community water system’ means 
a community water system that is affected by the 
presence of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stance in the water in the community water system. 
‘‘(2) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘disadvantaged community’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1452. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGY.— 
The term ‘eligible treatment technology’ means a 
treatment technology included on the list published 
under subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 13110. VOLUNTARY SCHOOL AND CHILD CARE PRO-
GRAM LEAD TESTING GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 1464(d)(8) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2021’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2031’’. 
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SEC. 13111. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INSTALLATION OF FIL-
TRATION STATIONS AT SCHOOLS AND CHILD 
CARE PROGRAMS. 
Section 1464 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–24) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) GRANT PROGRAM
FOR INSTALLATION
AND 
MAINTENANCE OF FILTRATION STATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program to make grants to States to assist 
local educational agencies in voluntary installation 
and maintenance of filtration stations at schools and 
child care programs under the jurisdiction of the 
local educational agencies. 
‘‘(2) DIRECT GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES.—The Administrator may make a grant 
described in paragraph (1) directly available to— 
‘‘(A) any local educational agency de-
scribed in clause (i) or (iii) of subsection 
(d)(1)(B) located in a State that does not par-
ticipate in the program established under para-
graph (1); or 
‘‘(B) any local educational agency de-
scribed in clause (ii) of subsection (d)(1)(B). 
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‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants made under the 
program established under this subsection may be 
used to pay the costs of— 
‘‘(A) installation and maintenance of filtra-
tion stations at schools and child care pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(B) annual testing of drinking water at 
such schools and child care programs following 
the installation of filtration stations. 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In making grants 
under the program established under this sub-
section, the Administrator shall give priority to 
States and local educational agencies that will 
assist in voluntary installation and maintenance 
of filtration stations at schools and child care 
programs that are in low-income areas, includ-
ing low-income areas that have a history of 
drinking water lead contamination. 
‘‘(B) 
OTHER
PRIORITIES.—In 
making 
grants under the program established under 
this subsection, the Administrator shall, to the 
greatest extent feasible, also give priority to 
States and local educational agencies that, in 
assisting with the installation and maintenance 
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of filtration stations pursuant to this sub-
section, will provide job training, apprentice-
ships, or other employment opportunities for 
low-income persons and very low-income per-
sons in the area in which the installation and 
maintenance takes place. 
‘‘(5) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Administrator shall establish guidance to carry out 
the program established under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) NO PRIOR TESTING REQUIRED.—The pro-
gram established under this subsection shall not re-
quire testing for lead contamination in drinking 
water at schools and child care programs prior to 
participation in such program. 
‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CHILD CARE PROGRAM AND LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The terms ‘child care 
program’ and ‘local educational agency’ have 
the meaning given such terms in subsection (d). 
‘‘(B) FILTRATION
STATION.—The term 
‘filtration station’ means an apparatus that— 
‘‘(i) is connected to building plumb-
ing; 
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‘‘(ii) is certified to the latest version 
of NSF/ANSI 53 for lead reduction and 
NSF/ANSI 42 for particulate reduction 
(Class I) by a certification body accredited 
by the American National Standards Insti-
tute National Accreditation Board; 
‘‘(iii) has an indicator to show filter 
performance; 
‘‘(iv) can fill bottles or containers for 
water consumption; and 
‘‘(v) allows users to drink directly 
from a stream of flowing water. 
‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2031.’’. 
SEC. 13112. DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT 
FOR SCHOOLS. 
Section 1465(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–25(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
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SEC. 13113. INDIAN RESERVATION DRINKING WATER PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 2001(d) of America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270) is amended by striking 
‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
SEC. 13114. ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS AFFECTED BY NAT-
URAL DISASTERS. 
Section 2020 of America’s Water Infrastructure Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–270) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(e)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)(1)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE FOR TERRITORIES.—The Adminis-
trator may use funds made available under subsection 
(f)(1) to make grants to Guam, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands for the 
purposes of providing assistance to eligible systems to re-
store or increase compliance with national primary drink-
ing water regulations.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘STATE 
REVOLVING FUND CAPITALIZATION’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and to make 
grants under subsection (c) of this sec-
tion,’’ before ‘‘to be available’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or subsection (c), as applicable’’ after 
‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 13115. WATER MAIN BREAK DATA CLEARINGHOUSE. 
Part B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 1420A. WATER MAIN BREAK DATA CLEARINGHOUSE. 
‘‘(a) ONLINE DATA CLEARINGHOUSE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall establish and maintain a publicly 
accessible website with a national data clearinghouse 
on reported water main breaks and associated repair 
activity. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The website established pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall present— 
‘‘(A) information submitted to the Admin-
istrator by a public water system under this 
section with respect to reported water main 
breaks; 
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‘‘(B) aggregate State and national data on 
reported water main breaks; and 
‘‘(C) trends in such information and data 
over time. 
‘‘(3) UPDATES.—The website established pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall be updated at least twice 
per year. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘re-
ported water main break’ means the unplanned rupture 
or breach of a pipe 6 inches in diameter or more in service 
as part of a public water system resulting in water escap-
ing and being reported to the public water system by an 
employee or other person. 
‘‘(c) RULE.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall issue 
a rule requiring each public water system serving more 
than 10,000 persons to submit to the Administrator infor-
mation on each reported water main break in, and the re-
pair activity for such break to be provided by, the public 
water system with respect to a calendar year. Such rule 
shall— 
‘‘(1) specify the format, content, quality assur-
ance procedure, and method of submission of infor-
mation; 
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‘‘(2) apply to reported water main breaks that 
occur in the second calendar year following the date 
of enactment of this section and each calendar year 
thereafter; 
‘‘(3) allow for the submission, storage, and dis-
play of information in electronic format; 
‘‘(4) allow for the submission of information by 
a public water system serving 10,000 or fewer per-
sons submitted on a voluntary basis; 
‘‘(5) allow for submission of any additional in-
formation that may be required of a public water 
system by a State regarding reported water main 
breaks and repair activity; and 
‘‘(6) require that a summary of the information 
submitted be included in a public water system’s an-
nual consumer confidence report required under sec-
tion 1414(c)(4). 
‘‘(d) REPORTED WATER MAIN BREAK AND REPAIR 
INFORMATION.—The rule issued under subsection (c) 
shall require each public water system serving more than 
10,000 persons to submit to the Administrator the fol-
lowing information with respect to each reported water 
main break in the public water system: 
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‘‘(1) To the extent practicable, the time and 
date the reported water main break was reported to 
the public water system. 
‘‘(2) The specific location of the reported water 
main break. 
‘‘(3) The size, type, age, and bedding material 
of the broken water main. 
‘‘(4) The elapsed time from the initial report of 
the water main break to the public water system to 
the completion of repairs. 
‘‘(5) The amount of water escaping from the 
public water system between the time of the report 
and the repair, estimated in accordance with ‘Water 
Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual—36’ 
(2016) published by the American Water Works As-
sociation or any successor manual. 
‘‘(6) The estimated cost of repairing the re-
ported water main break and associated public infra-
structure, including pavement restoration, and the 
cost of any damage to other public or private prop-
erty. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after 
the date of enactment of this section, and annually there-
after, the Administrator shall prepare and make available 
to the public a report summarizing and evaluating submis-
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sions by public water systems pursuant to this section. 
Such report shall include information and recommenda-
tions concerning the methods and resources needed by 
public water systems to reduce the frequency, duration, 
and cost of water main breaks.’’. 
TITLE II—SAFETY 
SEC. 13201. ENABLING EPA TO SET STANDARDS FOR NEW 
DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1412(b)(6) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(6)) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1412(b) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(C)(i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (5) or (6)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (4), (5), and 
(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (4) and (5)’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (5) and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’. 
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SEC. 13202. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGU-
LATIONS FOR PFAS. 
Section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(16) 
PERFLUOROALKYL
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Administrator shall, after notice and oppor-
tunity for public comment, promulgate a na-
tional primary drinking water regulation for 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 
which shall, at a minimum, include standards 
for— 
‘‘(i) perfluorooctanoic acid (commonly 
referred to as ‘PFOA’); and 
‘‘(ii) perfluorooctane sulfonic acid 
(commonly referred to as ‘PFOS’). 
‘‘(B) ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 
year after the validation by the Adminis-
trator of an equally effective quality con-
trol and testing procedure to ensure com-
pliance with the national primary drinking 
water regulation promulgated under sub-
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paragraph (A) to measure the levels de-
scribed in clause (ii) or other methods to 
detect and monitor perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl 
substances 
in 
drinking 
water, the Administrator shall add the pro-
cedure or method as an alternative to the 
quality control and testing procedure de-
scribed in such national primary drinking 
water regulation by publishing the proce-
dure or method in the Federal Register in 
accordance with section 1401(1)(D). 
‘‘(ii) LEVELS DESCRIBED.—The levels 
referred to in clause (i) are— 
‘‘(I) the level of a perfluoroalkyl 
or polyfluoroalkyl substance; 
‘‘(II) 
the 
total 
levels 
of 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances; and 
‘‘(III) the total levels of organic 
fluorine. 
‘‘(C) 
INCLUSIONS.—The 
Administrator 
may include a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substance 
or 
class 
of 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances on— 
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‘‘(i) the list of contaminants for con-
sideration of regulation under paragraph 
(1)(B)(i), in accordance with such para-
graph; and 
‘‘(ii) the list of unregulated contami-
nants to be monitored under section 
1445(a)(2)(B)(i), in accordance with such 
section. 
‘‘(D) 
MONITORING.—When 
establishing 
monitoring requirements for public water sys-
tems as part of a national primary drinking 
water regulation under subparagraph (A) or 
subparagraph (G)(ii), the Administrator shall 
tailor the monitoring requirements for public 
water systems that do not detect or are reliably 
and consistently below the maximum contami-
nant level (as defined in section 1418(b)(2)(B)) 
for the perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stance 
or 
class 
of 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances subject to the na-
tional primary drinking water regulation. 
‘‘(E) HEALTH PROTECTION.—The national 
primary drinking water regulation promulgated 
under subparagraph (A) shall be protective of 
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the health of subpopulations at greater risk, as 
described in section 1458. 
‘‘(F) HEALTH RISK REDUCTION AND COST 
ANALYSIS.—In meeting the requirements of 
paragraph (3)(C), the Administrator may rely 
on information available to the Administrator 
with 
respect 
to 
one 
or 
more 
specific 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances to 
extrapolate reasoned conclusions regarding the 
health risks and effects of a class of 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances of 
which 
the 
specific 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances are a part. 
‘‘(G) REGULATION
OF
ADDITIONAL
SUB-
STANCES.— 
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall make a determination under 
paragraph (1)(A), using the criteria de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (iii) of that 
paragraph, 
whether 
to 
include 
a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance 
or class of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substances in the national primary drink-
ing water regulation under subparagraph 
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(A) not later than 18 months after the 
later of— 
‘‘(I) the date on which the 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stance or class of perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances is listed on 
the list of contaminants for consider-
ation of regulation under paragraph 
(1)(B)(i); and 
‘‘(II) the date on which— 
‘‘(aa) the Administrator has 
received the results of monitoring 
under section 1445(a)(2)(B) for 
the 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substance or class 
of 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances; or 
‘‘(bb) the Administrator has 
received reliable water data or 
water monitoring surveys for the 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substance 
or 
class 
of 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substances from a Federal or 
State agency that the Adminis-
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trator determines to be of a qual-
ity sufficient to make a deter-
mination 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(A). 
‘‘(ii) PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REG-
ULATIONS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—For each 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stance or class of perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances that the 
Administrator determines to regulate 
under clause (i), the Administrator— 
‘‘(aa) not later than 18 
months after the date on which 
the Administrator makes the de-
termination, shall propose a na-
tional primary drinking water 
regulation for the perfluoroalkyl 
or polyfluoroalkyl substance or 
class 
of 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances; and 
‘‘(bb) may publish the pro-
posed national primary drinking 
water regulation described in 
item (aa) concurrently with the 
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the perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stance 
or 
class 
of 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances will not occur in 
drinking water with sufficient frequency to 
justify the publication of a health advisory, 
and publishes such determination, includ-
ing the information and analysis used, and 
basis for, such determination, in the Fed-
eral Register.’’. 
SEC. 13203. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGU-
LATIONS FOR MICROCYSTIN TOXIN. 
Section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–1(b)) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(17) MICROCYSTIN TOXIN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other deadline established in this subsection, 
not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Assistance, Quality, and Afford-
ability Act of 2021, the Administrator shall 
publish a maximum contaminant level goal and 
promulgate a national primary drinking water 
regulation for microcystin toxin. 
‘‘(B) HEALTH
PROTECTION.—The max-
imum contaminant level goal and national pri-
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mary drinking water regulation promulgated 
under subparagraph (A) shall be protective of 
the health of subpopulations at greater risk, as 
described in section 1458.’’. 
SEC. 13204. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGU-
LATIONS FOR 1,4–DIOXANE. 
Section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–1(b)) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(18) 1,4–DIOXANE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other deadline established in this subsection, 
not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Assistance, Quality, and Afford-
ability Act of 2021, the Administrator shall 
publish a maximum contaminant level goal and 
promulgate a national primary drinking water 
regulation for 1,4–dioxane. 
‘‘(B) HEALTH
PROTECTION.—The max-
imum contaminant level goal and national pri-
mary drinking water regulation promulgated 
under subparagraph (A) shall be protective of 
the health of subpopulations at greater risk, as 
described in section 1458.’’. 
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SEC. 13205. NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGU-
LATION FOR CHROMIUM-6. 
Section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–1(b)) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(19) CHROMIUM-6.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other deadline established in this subsection, 
not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Assistance, Quality, and Afford-
ability Act of 2021, the Administrator shall 
publish a maximum contaminant level goal and 
promulgate a national primary drinking water 
regulation for chromium-6. 
‘‘(B) HEALTH
PROTECTION.—The max-
imum contaminant level goal and national pri-
mary drinking water regulation promulgated 
under subparagraph (A) shall be protective of 
the health of subpopulations at greater risk, as 
described in section 1458.’’. 
SEC. 13206. ELIMINATION OF SMALL SYSTEM VARIANCES. 
(a) SMALL SYSTEM VARIANCES.—Section 1415 (42 
U.S.C. 300g–4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act is amend-
ed by striking subsection (e). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Section 1412(b)(15) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(15)) is amended by 
striking subparagraph (D). 
(2) Section 1414(c)(1)(B) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)(1)(B)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘, (a)(2), or (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
(a)(2)’’. 
(3) Section 1416(b)(2) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–5(b)(2)) is amended by 
striking subparagraph (D). 
(4) Section 1445(h) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–4(h)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘sections 1412(b)(4)(E) 
and 1415(e) (relating to small system variance 
program)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
1412(b)(4)(E)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘guidance under sections 
1412(b)(4)(E) and 1415(e)’’ and inserting 
‘‘guidance under section 1412(b)(4)(E)’’. 
TITLE III—AFFORDABILITY 
SEC. 13301. EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM. 
Part F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–21 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 1466. EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish and carry out a residential emer-
gency relief program to provide payments to public water 
systems to reimburse such public water systems for pro-
viding forgiveness of arrearages and fees incurred by eligi-
ble residential customers before the date of enactment of 
this section to help such eligible residential customers re-
tain, or reconnect or restore, water service. 
‘‘(b) CONDITIONS.—To receive funds under this sec-
tion, a public water system shall agree to— 
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, use such funds to forgive all arrearages and 
fees relating to nonpayment or arrearages incurred 
by eligible residential customers before the date of 
enactment of this section; 
‘‘(2) if forgiveness of all arrearages and fees de-
scribed in paragraph (1) is not possible given the 
amount of funds received, except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, use such funds to reduce such 
arrearages and fees for each eligible residential cus-
tomer by, to the extent practicable, a consistent per-
centage; 
‘‘(3) take no action that negatively affects the 
credit score of an eligible residential customer, or 
pursue any type of collection action against such eli-
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gible residential customer, during the 5-year period 
that begins on the date on which the public water 
system receives such funds; 
‘‘(4) not disconnect or interrupt, or leave dis-
connected or interrupted, where feasible, the service 
of any eligible residential customer as a result of 
nonpayment or arrearages during such 5-year pe-
riod; and 
‘‘(5) provide to the Administrator such informa-
tion as the Administrator determines appropriate. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS.—To be eligible for for-
giveness or reduction of arrearages and fees pursuant to 
the program established under subsection (a), a residential 
customer of a public water system shall have accrued new 
arrearages on or after March 1, 2020. 
‘‘(d) RECONNECTION
EXPENSES.—The Adminis-
trator, or a State that is, pursuant to subsection (e), im-
plementing the program established under subsection (a), 
may authorize a public water system receiving funds under 
this section to use up to 5 percent of such funds for ex-
penses relating to reconnecting or restoring water service, 
including expenses relating to plumbing repairs and pipe 
flushing, as needed, for eligible residential customers. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Adminis-
trator may authorize— 
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‘‘(C) the amount of arrearages and fees of 
customers described in subparagraph (B) in-
curred before the date of enactment of this sec-
tion that remain outstanding; 
‘‘(D) the number of eligible residential cus-
tomers that did not benefit from forgiveness or 
reduction of arrearages and fees under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(E) the amount of arrearages and fees of 
customers described in subparagraph (D) in-
curred before the date of enactment of this sec-
tion that remain outstanding; and 
‘‘(4) a summary of any other information pro-
vided to the Administrator by public water systems 
that receive a payment pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 13302. LOW-INCOME DRINKING WATER ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘SEC. 1459F. LOW-INCOME DRINKING WATER ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a community water system that is 
owned or operated by a municipality, other than 
a small community-serving water system; or 
‘‘(B) a State, with respect to a small com-
munity-serving water system located in the 
State. 
‘‘(2) 
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘household’ 
means any individual or group of individuals who 
are living together as 1 economic unit. 
‘‘(3) LOCAL
DRINKING
WATER
ACCESS
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘local drinking water access pro-
gram’ means a program developed or implemented 
by an eligible entity using a grant awarded under 
this section. 
‘‘(4) LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLD.—The term 
‘low-income household’ means a household— 
‘‘(A) in which 1 or more individuals are re-
ceiving— 
‘‘(i) assistance under a State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
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‘‘(ii) supplemental security income 
payments under title XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program benefits under the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.); or 
‘‘(iv) payments under— 
‘‘(I) section 1315, 1521, 1541, or 
1542 of title 38, United States Code; 
or 
‘‘(II) section 306 of the Veterans’ 
and Survivors’ Pension Improvement 
Act of 1978 (38 U.S.C. 1521 note; 
Public Law 95–588); or 
‘‘(B) that has an income that— 
‘‘(i) as determined by the State in 
which the household is located, does not 
exceed the greater of— 
‘‘(I) an amount equal to 150 per-
cent of the poverty level; and 
‘‘(II) an amount equal to 60 per-
cent of the State median income for 
that State; or 
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‘‘(ii) does not exceed an amount, de-
termined by an eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section, that— 
‘‘(I) is lower that the amount de-
scribed in clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) is greater than or equal to 
110 percent of the poverty level. 
‘‘(5) POVERTY
LEVEL.—The term ‘poverty 
level’ means, with respect to a household in a State, 
the income described in the poverty guidelines issued 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
pursuant to section 673 of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902), as applicable to 
the household. 
‘‘(6) SMALL COMMUNITY-SERVING WATER SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘small community-serving water 
system’ means a community water system that pro-
vides drinking water services to a municipality or 
unincorporated area with a population of fewer than 
10,000 residents, at least 20 percent of whom are at 
or below the poverty level. 
‘‘(7) STATE MEDIAN INCOME.—The term ‘State 
median income’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 2603 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8622). 
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‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a Federal low-income drinking water assist-
ance program to award grants to eligible entities to 
develop and implement local drinking water access 
programs to assist low-income households in main-
taining access to affordable drinking water. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL COMMUNITY- 
SERVING WATER SYSTEMS.—In order for a State to 
be eligible to receive a grant under this section for 
a small community-serving water system, the State 
and the small community-serving water system shall 
enter into a memorandum of understanding, under 
which the State shall— 
‘‘(A) submit to the Administrator an appli-
cation under paragraph (6) for the small com-
munity-serving water system; and 
‘‘(B) on receipt of a grant under this sec-
tion, develop and implement a local drinking 
water access program for the small community- 
serving water system. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—A grant awarded under 
this subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall not be used to replace funds for 
any existing similar local program to assist low- 
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income households in maintaining access to af-
fordable drinking water; but 
‘‘(B) may be used to supplement or en-
hance such a local program. 
‘‘(4) TERM.—The term of a grant awarded 
under this subsection shall be one year. 
‘‘(5) MINIMUM
LOCAL
PROGRAM
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall develop, in con-
sultation with relevant stakeholders, the min-
imum requirements for a local drinking water 
access program. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The local drinking 
water access program requirements developed 
under subparagraph (A) may include— 
‘‘(i) direct financial assistance; 
‘‘(ii) a lifeline rate; 
‘‘(iii) bill discounting; 
‘‘(iv) special hardship provisions; 
‘‘(v) a percentage-of-income payment 
plan; 
‘‘(vi) water efficiency assistance, in-
cluding subsidizing the cost of the installa-
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tion of water efficient fixtures or leak re-
pair work that is carried out or contracted 
by a homeowner; or 
‘‘(vii) any other form of assistance 
identified by the Administrator. 
‘‘(6) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To receive a grant 
under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Administrator an application that 
demonstrates that— 
‘‘(i) the proposed local drinking water 
access program meets the requirements de-
veloped under paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(ii) the proposed local drinking water 
access program will treat households that 
live in owner-occupied homes and house-
holds that live in rental housing equitably. 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
the case of an eligible entity described in sub-
section (a)(1)(A), to receive a grant under this 
subsection, the eligible entity shall include in an 
application submitted under subparagraph (A) 
information demonstrating that— 
‘‘(i) the eligible entity has— 
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‘‘(I) a long-term financial plan 
based on an analysis of the rates the 
applicable community water system 
charges for drinking water services; 
‘‘(II) an asset management plan; 
‘‘(III) a capital improvement plan 
with a period of not less than 20 
years; 
‘‘(IV) a fiscal management plan; 
or 
‘‘(V) another plan similar to the 
plans described in subclauses (I) 
through (IV); 
‘‘(ii) a grant awarded under this sub-
section would support the efforts of the eli-
gible entity to generate the necessary funds 
to achieve or maintain compliance with this 
Act while mitigating the cost to low-income 
households; and 
‘‘(iii) the eligible entity has the capac-
ity to create and implement an effective 
community outreach plan to inform low-in-
come households of the local drinking 
water access program and assist with en-
rollment. 
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‘‘(7) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to 
applications for local drinking water access pro-
grams with respect to which— 
‘‘(A) the owner or operator of the applica-
ble community water system— 
‘‘(i) owns or operates a— 
‘‘(I) treatment works (as defined 
in section 212 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1292)) for municipal waste; or 
‘‘(II) a municipal separate storm 
sewer system (as such term is used in 
the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act); and 
‘‘(ii) is subject to a consent decree re-
lating to compliance with the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1251 et seq.) with respect to a treatment 
works or system described in clause (i); 
‘‘(B) the residential customers of the appli-
cable community water system have experienced 
rate or fee increases for drinking water services 
or wastewater services (including stormwater 
services) of 30 percent or more during the 3- 
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year period ending on the date of enactment of 
this section; or 
‘‘(C) the eligible entity will provide match-
ing funds in an amount equal to or greater 
than the amount of the grant. 
‘‘(8) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of re-
ceiving a grant under this subsection, an eligi-
ble entity shall submit to the Administrator, in 
a manner determined by the Administrator, in-
formation regarding the applicable local drink-
ing water access program, including— 
‘‘(i) key features, including— 
‘‘(I) rate structures, rebates, dis-
counts, and related initiatives that as-
sist low-income households; 
‘‘(II) billing methods that aver-
age rates over the course of a year, 
known as ‘budget billing’; 
‘‘(III) bill timing; and 
‘‘(IV) procedures that ensure 
that households receive notice and an 
opportunity to respond before service 
is disconnected or interrupted due to 
nonpayment; 
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‘‘(ii) sources of funding; 
‘‘(iii) eligibility criteria; 
‘‘(iv) participation rates by house-
holds; 
‘‘(v) the average amount of assistance 
provided to low-income households that 
participate in the program; 
‘‘(vi) program costs; 
‘‘(vii) the demonstrable impacts of the 
program on arrearage and service dis-
connection for low-income households that 
participate in the program, based on data 
from before and after the implementation 
of the program, to the maximum extent 
practicable; and 
‘‘(viii) other relevant information re-
quired by the Administrator. 
‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator 
shall annually publish a report that compiles 
and summarizes the information submitted 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(9) ASSISTANCE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assist-
ance provided to a low-income household under a 
local drinking water access program shall not be in-
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cludible in the gross income of the recipient of such 
assistance for purposes of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 
shall provide technical assistance to each eligible entity 
that receives a grant under this section to ensure— 
‘‘(1) full implementation of the applicable local 
drinking water access program; and 
‘‘(2) maximum enrollment of low-income house-
holds in the applicable local drinking water access 
program, including through— 
‘‘(A) community outreach campaigns; or 
‘‘(B) coordination with local health depart-
ments to determine the eligibility of households 
for assistance. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
on which grant funds are first disbursed to an eligible enti-
ty under this section, and annually thereafter, the Admin-
istrator shall submit to Congress a report on the results 
of the Federal program established under this section. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.’’. 
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‘‘(3) 
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘household’ 
means any individual or group of individuals who 
are living together as 1 economic unit. 
‘‘(4) LOCAL
WASTEWATER
SERVICES
ACCESS 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘local wastewater services ac-
cess program’ means a program developed or imple-
mented by an eligible entity using a grant awarded 
under this section. 
‘‘(5) LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLD.—The term 
‘low-income household’ means a household— 
‘‘(A) in which 1 or more individuals are re-
ceiving— 
‘‘(i) assistance under a State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) supplemental security income 
payments under title XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program benefits under the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.); or 
‘‘(iv) payments under— 
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‘‘(I) section 1315, 1521, 1541, or 
1542 of title 38, United States Code; 
or 
‘‘(II) section 306 of the Veterans’ 
and Survivors’ Pension Improvement 
Act of 1978 (38 U.S.C. 1521 note; 
Public Law 95–588); or 
‘‘(B) that has an income that— 
‘‘(i) as determined by the State in 
which the household is located, does not 
exceed the greater of— 
‘‘(I) an amount equal to 150 per-
cent of the poverty level; and 
‘‘(II) an amount equal to 60 per-
cent of the State median income for 
that State; or 
‘‘(ii) does not exceed an amount, de-
termined by an eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section, that— 
‘‘(I) is lower that the amount de-
scribed in clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) is greater than or equal to 
110 percent of the poverty level. 
‘‘(6) POVERTY
LEVEL.—The term ‘poverty 
level’ means, with respect to a household in a State, 
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the income described in the poverty guidelines issued 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
pursuant to section 673 of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902), as applicable to 
the household. 
‘‘(7) 
SMALL
COMMUNITY-SERVING
WASTE-
WATER FACILITY.—The term ‘small community-serv-
ing wastewater facility’ means a covered facility that 
provides services to municipality with a population 
of fewer than 10,000 residents, at least 20 percent 
of whom are at or below the poverty level. 
‘‘(8) STATE MEDIAN INCOME.—The term ‘State 
median income’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 2603 of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8622). 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a Federal low-income wastewater assistance 
program to award grants to eligible entities to de-
velop and implement local wastewater access pro-
grams to assist low-income households in maintain-
ing access to affordable wastewater services, includ-
ing municipal stormwater services. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL COMMUNITY- 
SERVING WASTEWATER FACILITIES.—In order for a 
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State to be eligible to receive a grant under this sec-
tion for a small community-serving wastewater facil-
ity, the State and the small community-serving 
wastewater facility shall enter into a memorandum 
of understanding, under which the State shall— 
‘‘(A) submit to the Administrator an appli-
cation under paragraph (6) for the small com-
munity-serving wastewater facility; and 
‘‘(B) on receipt of a grant under this sec-
tion, develop and implement a local wastewater 
access program for the small community-serv-
ing wastewater facility. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—A grant awarded under 
this subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall not be used to replace funds for 
any existing similar local program to assist low- 
income households in maintaining access to af-
fordable wastewater services, including munic-
ipal stormwater services; but 
‘‘(B) may be used to supplement or en-
hance such a local program. 
‘‘(4) TERM.—The term of a grant awarded 
under this subsection shall be one year. 
‘‘(5) MINIMUM
LOCAL
PROGRAM
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall develop, in con-
sultation with relevant stakeholders, the min-
imum requirements for a local wastewater ac-
cess program. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The local wastewater 
access program requirements developed under 
subparagraph (A) may include— 
‘‘(i) direct financial assistance; 
‘‘(ii) a lifeline rate; 
‘‘(iii) bill discounting; 
‘‘(iv) special hardship provisions; 
‘‘(v) a percentage-of-income payment 
plan; 
‘‘(vi) water efficiency assistance, in-
cluding subsidizing the cost of the installa-
tion of water efficient fixtures or leak re-
pair work that is carried out or contracted 
by a homeowner; or 
‘‘(vii) any other form of assistance 
identified by the Administrator. 
‘‘(6) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To receive a grant 
under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
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submit to the Administrator an application that 
demonstrates that— 
‘‘(i) the proposed local wastewater ac-
cess program meets the requirements de-
veloped under paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(ii) the proposed local wastewater ac-
cess program will treat households that live 
in owner-occupied homes and households 
that live in rental housing equitably. 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
the case of an eligible entity described in sub-
section (a)(1)(A), to receive a grant under this 
subsection, the eligible entity shall include in an 
application submitted under subparagraph (A) 
information demonstrating that— 
‘‘(i) the eligible entity has— 
‘‘(I) a long-term financial plan 
based on an analysis of the rates the 
applicable covered facility charges for 
services; 
‘‘(II) an asset management plan; 
‘‘(III) a capital improvement plan 
with a period of not less than 20 
years; 
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‘‘(IV) a fiscal management plan; 
or 
‘‘(V) another plan similar to the 
plans described in subclauses (I) 
through (IV); 
‘‘(ii) a grant awarded under this sub-
section would support the efforts of the eli-
gible entity to generate the necessary funds 
to achieve or maintain compliance with this 
Act while mitigating the cost to low-income 
households; and 
‘‘(iii) the eligible entity has the capac-
ity to create and implement an effective 
community outreach plan to inform low-in-
come households of the local wastewater 
access program and assist with enrollment. 
‘‘(7) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to 
applications for local wastewater access programs 
with respect to which— 
‘‘(A) the applicable covered facility is sub-
ject to a consent decree relating to compliance 
with this Act; 
‘‘(B) the residential customers of the appli-
cable covered facility have experienced rate or 
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fee increases for drinking water services or 
wastewater services (including stormwater serv-
ices) of 30 percent or more during the 3-year 
period ending on the date of enactment of this 
section; 
‘‘(C) the eligible entity develops an equiva-
lent program, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, that is administered separately by the el-
igible entity; 
‘‘(D) matching funds will be provided in an 
amount equal to or greater than the amount of 
the grant; or 
‘‘(E) the eligible entity is described in sub-
section (a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(8) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of re-
ceiving a grant under this subsection, an eligi-
ble entity shall submit to the Administrator, in 
a manner determined by the Administrator, in-
formation regarding the applicable local waste-
water access program, including— 
‘‘(i) key features, including— 
‘‘(I) rate structures, rebates, dis-
counts, and related initiatives that as-
sist low-income households; 
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‘‘(II) billing methods that aver-
age rates over the course of a year, 
known as ‘budget billing’; and 
‘‘(III) bill timing; 
‘‘(ii) sources of funding; 
‘‘(iii) eligibility criteria; 
‘‘(iv) participation rates by house-
holds; 
‘‘(v) the average amount of assistance 
provided to low-income households that 
participate in the program; 
‘‘(vi) program costs; 
‘‘(vii) the demonstrable impacts of the 
program on arrearage and service dis-
connection for low-income households that 
participate in the program, based on data 
from before and after the implementation 
of the program, to the maximum extent 
practicable; and 
‘‘(viii) other relevant information re-
quired by the Administrator. 
‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator 
shall annually publish a report that compiles 
and summarizes the information submitted 
under subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(9) ASSISTANCE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assist-
ance provided to a low-income household under a 
local wastewater access program shall not be includ-
ible in the gross income of the recipient of such as-
sistance for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 
shall provide technical assistance to each eligible entity 
that receives a grant under this section to ensure— 
‘‘(1) full implementation of the applicable local 
wastewater access program; and 
‘‘(2) maximum enrollment of low-income house-
holds in the applicable local wastewater access pro-
gram, including through— 
‘‘(A) community outreach campaigns; or 
‘‘(B) coordination with local health depart-
ments to determine the eligibility of households 
for assistance. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
on which grant funds are first disbursed to an eligible enti-
ty under this section, and annually thereafter, the Admin-
istrator shall submit to Congress a report on the results 
of the Federal program established under this section. 
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‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated carry out this section 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 13304. NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR NATIONWIDE RURAL 
AND 
URBAN 
LOW-INCOME 
COMMUNITY 
WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) 
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘‘household’’ 
means any individual or group of individuals who 
are living together as 1 economic unit. 
(3) 
LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘‘low-income household’’ means a household— 
(A) in which 1 or more individuals are re-
ceiving— 
(i) assistance under a State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
(ii) supplemental security income pay-
ments under title XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 
(iii) supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits under the Food and Nu-
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trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.); 
(iv) payments under— 
(I) section 1315, 1521, 1541, or 
of title 38, United States Code; or 
(II) section 306 of the Veterans’ 
and Survivors’ Pension Improvement 
Act of 1978 (38 U.S.C. 1521 note; 
Public Law 95–588); 
(v) assistance under the Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program (42 
U.S.C. 8621); or 
(vi) assistance under the Women In-
fants and Children program (42 U.S.C. 
1786); or 
(B) that has an income that as determined 
by the State in which the household is located 
that is receiving a grant under paragraph 
(7)(b), or an eligible wastewater or stormwater 
system receiving a grant under paragraph 
(7)(b), does not exceed the greater of— 
(i) an amount equal to 200 per-cent 
of the poverty level; and 
(ii) an amount equal to 80 percent of 
the area median income. 
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(4) POVERTY
LEVEL.—The term ‘‘poverty 
level’’ means, with respect to a household in a State, 
the income described in the poverty guidelines issued 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
pursuant to section 673 of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902), as applicable to 
the household. 
(5) AREA MEDIAN INCOME.—The term ‘‘area 
median income’’ means the unadjusted median in-
come levels by geographic area as determined annu-
ally by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
(b) STUDY; REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Administrator shall conduct, and sub-
mit to Congress a report describing the results of, 
a study regarding the prevalence throughout the 
United States of low-income households that do not 
have access to— 
(A) affordable and functional centralized 
or onsite wastewater services that protect the 
health of individuals in the households; 
(B) affordable municipal stormwater serv-
ices; or 
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(C) affordable public drinking water serv-
ices to meet household needs. 
(2) DATA
COLLECTION.—The Administrator 
shall collect regularly from community water sys-
tems, treatment works for municipal waste, munic-
ipal separate storm sewer systems, and such other 
sources as may be appropriate, for use in the reports 
under paragraph (1)— 
(A) data, provided by zip code, concerning 
arrearages, service disconnections, and other 
debt collection activities for low-income house-
holds, including, at minimum, number of dis-
connections for nonpayment, length of dis-
connections, amount of debt at time of dis-
connection, number of households and amount 
of debt subject to sale or enforcement of prop-
erty liens, number of households enrolled in an 
assistance program, number of eligible house-
holds, benefit levels, and amount of debt reduc-
tion for enrolled households, and number of en-
rolled households reconnected to water service; 
(B) revenue collection information from 
each community water system, treatment works 
for municipal waste, and municipal separate 
storm sewer systems, including, at minimum, 
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rate design for residential customers, billing fre-
quency, fees and charges included on the bill, 
and projected rate increases over the next 5 
years; 
(C) information regarding customer assist-
ance programs, including any rate structures, 
rebates, discounts, billing methods that average 
rates over the course of a year, known as 
‘‘budget billing’’, and procedures that ensure 
that households receive notice and an oppor-
tunity to dispute charges before service is dis-
connected or interrupted due to nonpayment; 
and 
(D) other relevant information as deter-
mined by the Administrator. 
(3) INCLUSIONS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
(A) recommendations of the Administrator 
regarding the best methods to increase access 
to the services described in paragraph (1); 
(B) a description of the cost of each meth-
od described in subparagraph (A); 
(C) a description of all consultation with 
relevant stakeholders carried out in developing 
the report; and 
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(D) a description of the results of the 
study with respect to low-income households 
that live in rental housing and do not receive 
bills for such services, but pay for the services 
indirectly through rent payments. 
(4) AGREEMENTS.—The Administrator may 
enter into an agreement with another Federal agen-
cy to carry out the study under paragraph (1). 
(5) FUNDS
TO
WATER, WASTEWATER, AND 
STORMWATER
SYSTEMS.—The Administrator may 
provide reasonable, one-time grants to owners and 
operators of community water systems, treatment 
works for municipal waste, and municipal separate 
storm sewer systems to modify their billing and data 
management systems in order to reliably and regu-
larly generate the data required in this needs assess-
ment. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$150,000,000 to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 13305. NATURAL HAZARD EDUCATION AND RESPONSE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300i–2) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(i) EDUCATION
AND
RESPONSE
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator 
shall establish and implement a program under 
which the Administrator may award grants to com-
munity water systems to carry out activities to edu-
cate and assist persons served by the community 
water system in adapting and responding to malevo-
lent acts and natural hazards, including sub-zero 
temperatures, that disrupt the provision of safe 
drinking water or significantly affect the public 
health or the safety or supply of drinking water pro-
vided to communities and individuals. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to 
community water systems that will use funds to as-
sist senior citizens and low-income homeowners in 
adapting and responding to malevolent acts and nat-
ural hazards, including sub-zero temperatures, that 
disrupt the provision of safe drinking water or sig-
nificantly affect the public health or the safety or 
supply of drinking water provided to communities 
and individuals, including by providing funds to 
cover the costs of repairing ruptured pipes. 
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‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026.’’. 
TITLE IV—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 13401. SMALL URBAN AND RURAL WATER SYSTEM 
CONSOLIDATION REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a report on issues relating to 
the potential for consolidation of distressed small 
water systems. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) information on— 
(i) the amount of debt of covered 
small water systems; 
(ii) whether the budgets of covered 
small water systems are balanced; 
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(iii) the degree to which covered small 
water systems defer infrastructure im-
provements; 
(iv) the degree to which covered small 
water systems are not in compliance with 
applicable Federal and State water quality 
standards; 
(v) how rates charged by covered 
small water systems for service relate to 
the costs for maintenance of, and improve-
ments to, such systems; and 
(vi) how the management, financial, 
and technical capacity of covered small 
water systems affects the ability of such 
systems to provide service at affordable 
rates; 
(B) an evaluation of— 
(i) whether covered small water sys-
tem infrastructure is failing, resulting in a 
temporary or permanent loss of essential 
functions or services; and 
(ii) how to prevent covered small 
water systems from becoming distressed 
small water systems; 
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(C) policy recommendations for how Con-
gress may support the consolidation of dis-
tressed small water systems or alternative com-
pliance strategies; and 
(D) best practices and guidelines the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may use to assist State and local gov-
ernments with— 
(i) facilitating the consolidation of dis-
tressed small water systems; and 
(ii) including the public in the process 
of such consolidation. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONSOLIDATION.—The term ‘‘consolida-
tion’’ means, with respect to a public water system, 
any of the actions described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of section 1414(h)(1) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(h)(1)). 
(2) COVERED
SMALL
WATER
SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘covered small water system’’ means a public 
water system that serves— 
(A) fewer than 50,000 individuals; and 
(B) a disadvantaged community or an en-
vironmental justice community. 
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(3) DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘disadvantaged community’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1452(d)(3) of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(3)). 
(4) DISTRESSED SMALL WATER SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘distressed small water system’’ means a cov-
ered small water system— 
(A) that is unable to carry out necessary 
maintenance of, and improvements to, such sys-
tem in order to— 
(i) comply with applicable Federal and 
State water quality standards; or 
(ii) provide reliable and affordable 
service to customers while complying with 
such water quality standards; and 
(B) with respect to which consolidation 
may be necessary to address the issues de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(5) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 1452(u)(11) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act. 
(6) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘public 
water system’’ has the meaning given such term in 
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section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f). 
SEC. 13402. STUDY ON CONTAMINATION OF COLDWATER 
CREEK, MISSOURI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the 
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Energy, the Ad-
ministrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry, and other appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall— 
(1) undertake a review of prior and ongoing ef-
forts to remediate radiological contamination in the 
vicinity of Coldwater Creek in North St. Louis 
County, Missouri, associated with historic radio-
logical waste storage near the St. Louis Airport; 
(2) consult with State and local agencies, and 
representatives of the Coldwater Creek community; 
(3) take into consideration the Public Health 
Assessment for the Evaluation of Community Expo-
sure Related to Coldwater Creek, dated April 30, 
2019, and prepared by the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry; and 
(4) within 180 days of the date of enactment of 
this section, issue a report to Congress on the status 
of efforts to reduce or eliminate the potential human 
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health impacts from potential exposure to such con-
tamination, including any recommendations for fur-
ther action. 
(b) INSTALLATION OF SIGNAGE TO PREVENT POTEN-
TIAL EXPOSURE RISKS.—In accordance with the rec-
ommendations of the Public Health Assessment for the 
Evaluation of Community Exposure Related to Coldwater 
Creek, the Administrator, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Army, shall install signage to inform resi-
dents and visitors of potential exposure risks in areas 
around Coldwater Creek where remediation efforts have 
not been undertaken or completed. 
SEC. 13403. REPORT ON AFFORDABILITY, DISCRIMINATION 
AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND DATA 
COLLECTION. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 
shall conduct a study on water and sewer services, 
in accordance with this section. 
(2) AFFORDABILITY.—In conducting the study 
under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 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-
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connections and interruptions due to unpaid 
water service charges; and 
(B) the effectiveness of funding under sec-
tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12) and under title VI of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1381 et seq.) 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 
Comptroller General, in collaboration with the Civil 
Rights Division of the Department of Justice, shall 
study— 
(A) discriminatory practices of water and 
sewer service providers; and 
(B) violations by such service providers 
that receive Federal assistance of civil rights 
under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) with regard to equal 
access to water and sewer services. 
(4) DATA
COLLECTION.—In conducting the 
study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 
shall collect information, assess the availability of in-
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formation, and evaluate the methodologies used to 
collect information, related to— 
(A) people living without water or sewer 
services; 
(B) water service disconnections or inter-
ruptions due to unpaid water service charges, 
including disconnections experienced by house-
holds containing children, elderly persons, dis-
abled persons, or chronically ill persons, or 
other vulnerable populations; and 
(C) disparate effects, on the basis of race, 
gender, or socioeconomic status, of water serv-
ice disconnections or interruptions and the lack 
of public water and sewer service. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller shall submit 
to Congress a report that contains— 
(1) the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) recommendations for water and sewer serv-
ice providers, Federal agencies, and States relating 
to such results. 
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SEC. 13404. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE IN-
VESTMENT. 
Section 4304 of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 300j–19e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘Tribal,’’ after ‘‘State,’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) institutions of higher education, ap-
prentice programs, high schools, and other com-
munity based organizations, and public works 
departments and agencies, to align water and 
wastewater utility workforce recruitment ef-
forts, training programs, retention efforts, and 
community resources with water and waste-
water utilities to— 
‘‘(i) accelerate career pipelines; 
‘‘(ii) ensure the sustainability of the 
water and wastewater utility workforce; 
and 
‘‘(iii) provide access to workforce op-
portunities, including for diverse popu-
lations or populations that are underrep-
resented in the water and wastewater util-
ity workforce.’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and the Secretary 
of Labor’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Agri-
culture’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, which may in-
clude—’’; and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(i) expanding the use and availability 
of activities and resources that relate to 
the recruitment, including promotion of di-
versity within that recruitment, of individ-
uals to careers in the water and waste-
water utility sector; 
‘‘(ii) expanding the availability of 
training opportunities for— 
‘‘(I) 
individuals 
entering 
the 
water and wastewater utility sector; 
and 
‘‘(II) individuals seeking to ad-
vance careers within the water and 
wastewater utility sector; and 
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‘‘(iii) expanding the use and avail-
ability of activities and strategies, includ-
ing the development of innovative activities 
and strategies, that relate to the mainte-
nance and retention of a sustainable work-
force in the water and wastewater utility 
sector; and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘public works de-
partments or agencies,’’ after ‘‘institutions 
of higher education,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) in the development of edu-
cational or recruitment materials and ac-
tivities, including those materials and ac-
tivities that specifically promote diversity 
within recruitment, for the water and 
wastewater utility workforce; and’’; 
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(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and 
inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients 
under paragraph (2), the Administrator shall give 
priority to entities that focus on assisting low-income 
and very low-income individuals, as well as those in-
dividuals with the most barriers to entry, such as 
the recently incarcerated, to enter into careers in the 
water and wastewater utility sector.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
‘‘, or with high poverty levels,’’ after ‘‘high 
unemployment’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘or certification’’ before ‘‘programs’’; 
and 
(E) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 13405. IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH-RISK LOCATIONS. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the dead-
line established in subsection (b), the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall de-
velop guidance to help public water systems identify 
high-risk locations for purposes of focusing efforts 
to— 
(A) test drinking water for the concentra-
tion of lead in such drinking water; and 
(B) replace lead service lines. 
(2) USE
OF
DATA.—The guidance developed 
under paragraph (1) shall include information on 
how a public water system may use data from the 
American Community Survey conducted by the De-
partment of Commerce and, where available, 
geospatial data to identify high-risk locations for the 
purposes described in subsection (a). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF GUIDANCE.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall— 
(1) publish the guidance developed under sub-
section (a) in the Federal Register; and 
(2) make such guidance available on a publicly 
accessible website. 
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retary’’), an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(B) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives an application under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall determine whether the nomi-
nated Tribal Wildlife Corridor described in the 
application meets the criteria established under 
paragraph (2). 
(C) PUBLICATION.—On approval of an ap-
plication under subparagraph (B), the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register a 
notice of the establishment of the Tribal Wild-
life Corridor, which shall include a map and 
legal description of the land designated as a 
Tribal Wildlife Corridor. 
(2) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall establish criteria for deter-
mining whether a corridor nominated by an In-
dian Tribe under paragraph (1)(A) qualifies as 
a Tribal Wildlife Corridor. 
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