I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4961 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program 
to provide grants to owners and operators of publicly owned treatment 
works for use complying with requirements regarding the treatment of 
emerging contaminants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 12, 2025 
Ms. SCHOLTEN (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. STEVENS, 
Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. LAWLER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy to establish a program to provide grants to owners 
and operators of publicly owned treatment works for 
use complying with requirements regarding the treatment 
of emerging contaminants, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Utility Remedi-
ation and Enhancement for Water Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR TREATMENT OF EMERGING CONTAMI-
NANTS. 
Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 228. EMERGING CONTAMINANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 
shall establish a program under which the Administrator 
may award grants to an owner or operator of a publicly 
owned treatment works for use— 
‘‘(1) in the planning, design, and construction 
of treatment works to prevent, limit, or treat the 
discharge 
of 
a 
perfluoroalkyl 
substance, 
a 
polyfluoroalkyl substance, or any other emerging 
contaminant, as identified by the Administrator; or 
‘‘(2) complying with the requirements of a 
pretreatment standard or an effluent limitation 
under this Act that relates to the introduction or 
discharge 
of 
a 
perfluoroalkyl 
substance, 
a 
polyfluoroalkyl substance, or any other emerging 
contaminant, as identified by the Administrator. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of activities carried out using grant funds 
awarded under subsection (a) shall be not less than 
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75 percent of the total estimated cost of such activi-
ties. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The applicable 
non-Federal share of the total estimated cost of such 
activities may include, in any amount, public and 
private funds and in-kind services, and may include, 
notwithstanding section 603(h), financial assistance, 
including loans, from a State water pollution control 
revolving fund. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An activity carried out 
using grant funds awarded under subsection (a) 
shall be carried out subject to the same require-
ments as a project that receives assistance from a 
State water pollution control revolving fund under 
title VI, except to the extent that the Administrator 
determines that a requirement of title VI is incon-
sistent with the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—For the purposes of this 
subsection, the Administrator may not determine 
that a requirement of title VI relating to the applica-
tion of section 513 or 608 are inconsistent with the 
purposes of this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
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carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2028.’’. 
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