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Union Calendar No. 48 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1915 
[Report No. 117–69] 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 
water pollution control programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2021 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. 
LYNCH, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. 
CARSON, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. NEWMAN, 
Mr. BROWN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illi-
nois, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. ESHOO, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. TONKO, Ms. CHU, 
Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LARSEN
of Washington, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, 
Ms. 
WILLIAMS
of 
Georgia, 
Mr. 
STANTON, 
Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LAMB, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. 
ALLRED, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILMER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
CARTER of Louisiana, and Ms. SCANLON 
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JUNE 22, 2021 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 16, 2021] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reau-
thorize certain water pollution control programs, 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 Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Wastewater infrastructure workforce investment. 
Sec. 3. Technical assistance to rural, small, and Tribal municipalities. 
Sec. 4. State management assistance. 
Sec. 5. Watershed, wet weather, and resiliency projects. 
Sec. 6. Waiver of matching requirement for grants to District of Columbia. 
Sec. 7. Pilot program for alternative water source projects. 
Sec. 8. Sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants. 
Sec. 9. Grants for the treatment of emerging contaminants. 
Sec. 10. Household wastewater grant program. 
Sec. 11. Smart wastewater infrastructure technology grant program. 
Sec. 12. Reports to Congress. 
Sec. 13. Indian Tribes. 
Sec. 14. Capitalization grants. 
Sec. 15. Water pollution control revolving loan funds. 
Sec. 16. Allotment of funds. 
Sec. 17. Reservation of funds for territories of the United States. 
Sec. 18. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 19. Technical assistance by Municipal Ombudsman. 
Sec. 20. Report on wastewater infrastructure funding for rural, economically dis-
advantaged, and Tribal communities. 
Sec. 21. Water Reuse Interagency Working Group. 
SEC. 2. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE IN-
VESTMENT. 
Section 104(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘manpower’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘workforce’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PUBLICLY OWNED 
TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 
2021, the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a report containing— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the current and fu-
ture workforce needs for publicly owned treat-
ment works, including an estimate of the number 
of future positions needed for such treatment 
works and the technical skills and education 
needed for such positions; 
‘‘(B) a summary of actions taken by the 
Administrator, including Federal investments 
under this chapter, that promote workforce devel-
opment to address such needs; and 
‘‘(C) any recommendations of the Adminis-
trator to address such needs.’’. 
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SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO RURAL, SMALL, AND 
TRIBAL MUNICIPALITIES. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 104(u) of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(u)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(7)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 
and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘; and (8) not to exceed 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026 for carrying out subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and 
(g), except that not less than half of the amounts so 
appropriated to carry out such subsections in each 
such fiscal year shall be used for carrying out sub-
section (b)(8)’’ before the period at the end. 
(b) COMMUNICATION.—A nonprofit organization re-
ceiving a grant under section 104(b)(8) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)) shall, 
prior to carrying out an activity using such grant funds, 
consult with the State in which such activity is to be carried 
out. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report 
that describes the implementation of the grants made under 
subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g) of section 104 of the Fed-
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eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254) during 
the 2 fiscal years preceding the date of the report, including 
a description of the recipients and amounts of such grants. 
SEC. 4. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
106(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 1991 through 2021; and 
‘‘(4) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026;’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 106(e) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Beginning in fiscal year 1974 the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 5. WATERSHED, WET WEATHER, AND RESILIENCY 
PROJECTS. 
(a) 
INCREASED
RESILIENCE
OF
TREATMENT 
WORKS.—Section 122(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274(a)(6)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(6) INCREASED
RESILIENCE
OF
TREATMENT 
WORKS.—Efforts— 
‘‘(A) 
to 
assess 
future 
risks 
and 
vulnerabilities of publicly owned treatment 
works to manmade or natural disasters, includ-
ing extreme weather events, drought, and sea 
level rise; and 
‘‘(B) to carry out the planning, design, or 
construction of projects, on a systemwide or 
areawide basis, to increase the resilience of pub-
licly owned treatment works through— 
‘‘(i) the conservation of water or the 
enhancement of water use efficiency; 
‘‘(ii) the enhancement of wastewater 
(including stormwater) management by in-
creasing watershed preservation and protec-
tion, including through— 
‘‘(I) the use of green infrastruc-
ture; or 
‘‘(II) the reclamation and reuse of 
wastewater 
(including 
stormwater), 
such as through aquifer recharge zones; 
‘‘(iii) the modification or relocation of 
an existing publicly owned treatment works 
at risk of being significantly impaired or 
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damaged by a manmade or natural dis-
aster; 
‘‘(iv) the enhancement of energy effi-
ciency, or the use or generation of recovered 
or renewable energy, in the management, 
treatment, or conveyance of wastewater (in-
cluding stormwater); or 
‘‘(v) other activities that the Adminis-
trator determines will address identified 
vulnerabilities to manmade or natural dis-
asters, including activities to address cyber-
security vulnerabilities of publicly owned 
treatment works.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Section 122 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1274) is amended by striking subsection (c) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 
608 shall apply to any construction, alteration, mainte-
nance, or repair of treatment works carried out using a 
grant under this section. 
‘‘(d) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 
less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to mu-
nicipalities with a population of less than 10,000, or for 
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economically disadvantaged communities (as defined in sec-
tion 20 of the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation 
Act of 2021), to the extent there are sufficient eligible appli-
cations. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.—Section 122 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1274) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘WA-
TERSHED
PILOT
PROJECTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘WATERSHED, WET WEATHER, AND RESIL-
IENCY PROJECTS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(2) WATER
POLLUTION
CONTROL
REVOLVING 
LOAN FUNDS.—Section 603(c)(7) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)(7)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘watershed’’. 
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SEC. 6. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR GRANTS 
TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
Section 202(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1282(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, in the case of a project for a treatment works in 
the District of Columbia, such a project shall be eligible for 
grants at 100 percent of the cost of construction thereof.’’. 
SEC. 
7. 
PILOT 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
ALTERNATIVE 
WATER 
SOURCE PROJECTS. 
(a) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—Section 220(d) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION
ON
ELIGIBILITY.—A project 
that has received construction funds under the Rec-
lamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 
of 1992 shall not be eligible for grant assistance under 
this section.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(b) COMMITTEE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE; ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
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Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended by striking subsection (e) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 
less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to eligi-
ble entities for projects designed to serve fewer than 10,000 
individuals, to the extent there are sufficient eligible appli-
cations.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 220 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended 
by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) 
and (k), respectively, and inserting after subsection (h) the 
following: 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 
608 shall apply to any construction of an alternative water 
source project carried out using assistance made available 
under this section.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 220(j)(1) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (as redesignated by subsection 
(c) of this section) is amended by striking ‘‘or by treating 
wastewater’’ and inserting ‘‘(including stormwater), or by 
treating wastewater (including stormwater) for ground-
water recharge, potable reuse, or other purposes’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
220(k) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as redes-
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ignated by subsection (c) of this section) is amended by 
striking ‘‘a total of $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 
through 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2022 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 8. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MU-
NICIPAL GRANTS. 
Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b),’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘this sec-
tion,’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Federal share’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Federal share’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘The non-Federal share’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) FINANCIALLY
DISTRESSED
COMMU-
NITIES.—The Federal share of the cost of activi-
ties carried out using amounts from a grant 
made to a financially distressed community 
under subsection (a) shall be not less than 75 
percent of the cost. 
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‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘section 513’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 513, or the requirements of sec-
tion 608,’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and 
$400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026’’ before the period at the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Administrator shall ensure that, of the 
amounts granted to municipalities in a State, not less 
than 20 percent is granted to municipalities with a 
population of less than 20,000, to the extent there are 
sufficient eligible applications.’’. 
SEC. 9. GRANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EMERGING CON-
TAMINANTS. 
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: 
‘‘SEC. 222. EMERGING CONTAMINANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall award 
grants to owners of publicly owned treatment works to be 
used for the implementation of a pretreatment standard or 
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effluent limitation developed pursuant to this Act for the 
introduction into a treatment works, or the discharge of, 
any pollutant that is a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substance or any pollutant identified by the Administrator 
as a contaminant of emerging concern. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 
SEC. 10. HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER GRANT PROGRAM. 
Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 223. HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program to provide grants to municipalities or 
qualified nonprofit entities to provide assistance to eligible 
individuals— 
‘‘(1) for the construction, repair, or replacement 
of an individual household decentralized wastewater 
treatment system; 
‘‘(2) for the construction of a decentralized 
wastewater treatment system designed to provide 
wastewater treatment for 2 or more households in 
which eligible individuals reside, if— 
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‘‘(A) such a decentralized wastewater treat-
ment system could be cost-effectively constructed; 
and 
‘‘(B) site conditions at such households are 
unsuitable for the construction of an individual 
household decentralized wastewater treatment 
system; or 
‘‘(3) in a case in which an eligible individual re-
sides in a household that could be cost-effectively con-
nected to an available publicly owned treatment 
works, for the connection of the applicable household 
to such treatment works. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this subsection, a municipality or qualified nonprofit 
entity shall submit to the Administrator an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Administrator determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, prioritize applications for activities that will assist 
eligible individuals residing in households that are not con-
nected to a system or technology designed to treat domestic 
sewage, including eligible individuals using household cess-
pools. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (h), the Administrator may use 
not more than 2 percent for administrative costs. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUAL
GRANTS.—A municipality or 
qualified nonprofit entity may use grant funds pro-
vided under this section to pay the administrative ex-
penses associated with the provision of the assistance 
to eligible individuals under this section, as the Ad-
ministrator determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives a report describing 
the recipients of grants and assistance under this section 
and the results of the program established under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The 
requirements of sections 513 and 608 shall apply to any 
project for the construction, repair, or replacement of a de-
centralized wastewater treatment system, or for the connec-
tion of a household to a treatment works, for which assist-
ance is received under this section. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 603(j). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT ENTITY.—The term 
‘qualified nonprofit entity’ means an entity deter-
mined by the Administrator to be a qualified non-
profit entity for purposes of section 603(c)(12). 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry 
out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026.’’. 
SEC. 11. SMART WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TECH-
NOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. 
Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 224. SMART WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TECH-
NOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall establish a 
program to provide grants to municipalities for projects for 
the planning, design, and construction, at publicly owned 
treatment works, of— 
‘‘(1) intelligent sewage or stormwater collection 
systems, including such collection systems that incor-
porate technologies that rely on— 
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‘‘(A) 
real-time 
monitoring 
(including 
through sensors), embedded intelligence, and pre-
dictive maintenance capabilities that improve 
the energy efficiency, reliability, and resiliency 
of treatment works; and 
‘‘(B) the use of artificial intelligence and 
other intelligent optimization tools that reduce 
operational costs, including operational costs re-
lating to energy consumption and chemical 
treatment; or 
‘‘(2) innovative and alternative combined storm 
and sanitary sewer projects, including groundwater 
recharge, that rely on real-time data acquisition to 
support predictive aquifer recharge through water 
reuse and stormwater management capabilities. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 
less than 20 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to mu-
nicipalities with a population of less than 10,000, to the 
extent there are sufficient eligible applications. 
‘‘(c) COST SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of the 
costs of an activity carried out using a grant under 
this section shall be 25 percent. 
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‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTION.—The 
Administrator 
may 
waive the cost-sharing requirement of paragraph (1) 
if the Administrator determines that the municipality 
meets the affordability criteria established under sec-
tion 603(i)(2) by the State in which the municipality 
is located. 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator shall issue guidance to municipalities on how 
to apply for a grant under this section. 
‘‘(2) DECISION
ON
APPLICATIONS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Adminis-
trator receives an application for a grant under this 
section, the Administrator shall determine whether to 
provide such grant. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION DEFICIENCY.—If the Adminis-
trator determines that an application for a grant 
under this section is incomplete, the Administrator 
shall notify the applicant and provide the applicant 
the opportunity to resubmit the application. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—In determining whether 
to provide a grant under this section, the Adminis-
trator shall consider the potential positive effects of 
the project on water quality. 
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‘‘(e) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICA.—The require-
ments of section 608 shall apply to any project for construc-
tion for which assistance is received under this section. 
‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, and annually 
thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a re-
port describing projects funded under this section, any re-
lated improvement of the resiliency of publicly owned treat-
ment works, and recommendations to improve the grant 
program established under this section. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 to carry out 
this section, to remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 12. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) BIENNIAL ESTIMATES.—Section 516(b)(1) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375(b)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(B) a detailed estimate, biennially 
revised, of the cost of construction of all needed publicly 
owned treatment works in all of the States and of the cost 
of construction of all needed publicly owned treatment 
works in each of the States;’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) a detailed 
estimate, biennially revised, of the cost of construction of 
all planned publicly owned treatment works in all of the 
States and all needed publicly owned treatment works in 
all of the States, and the cost of construction of all planned 
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publicly owned treatment works in each of the States and 
all needed publicly owned treatment works in each of the 
States, which estimates shall include (i) the cost of construc-
tion to rehabilitate or upgrade all existing publicly owned 
treatment works (excluding any pipe or other device or sys-
tem for the conveyance of wastewater), every 20 years, in-
cluding the costs to implement measures necessary to ad-
dress the resilience and sustainability of publicly owned 
treatment works to manmade or natural disasters, and (ii) 
the cost of construction to replace 10 percent of existing 
publicly owned pipes and other devices and systems for the 
conveyance of wastewater to such treatment works over the 
20-year period following the date of the estimate;’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS.—Section 516 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1375) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report 
that— 
‘‘(1) identifies projects that are— 
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‘‘(A) described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 
602(b)(15)(A); and 
‘‘(B) carried out using funds made avail-
able under or pursuant to section 221 or title VI; 
and 
‘‘(2) identifies, to the extent practicable, the costs 
and benefits of such projects, including any potential 
short- and long-term cost savings to publicly owned 
treatment works and any environmental and commu-
nity benefits of implementing such projects.’’. 
SEC. 13. INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 518(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the Ad-
ministrator shall reserve, of the funds made available 
to carry out title VI (before allotments to the States 
under section 604(a)), the greater of— 
‘‘(A) 2 percent of such funds; or 
‘‘(B) $30,000,000. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) GRANTS.—Funds reserved under this 
subsection shall be available only for grants to 
entities described in paragraph (3) for— 
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‘‘(i) projects and activities eligible for 
assistance under section 603(c); and 
‘‘(ii) training, technical assistance, 
and educational programs relating to the 
operation and management of treatment 
works eligible for assistance pursuant to sec-
tion 603(c). 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATION.—Not 
more 
than 
$2,000,000 of such reserved funds may be used 
for grants under subparagraph (A)(ii).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘USE
OF 
FUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for projects and activities 
eligible for assistance under section 603(c) to 
serve’’ and inserting ‘‘to’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to amounts otherwise made available under 
title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), there is authorized to be ap-
propriated $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026 to make grants, in cooperation with the 
Director of the Indian Health Service, to entities de-
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scribed in section 518(c)(3) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377) for— 
(A) projects and activities eligible for assist-
ance under section 603(c) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
1383); and 
(B) training, technical assistance, and edu-
cational programs related to the operation and 
management of treatment works eligible for as-
sistance pursuant to such section 603(c). 
(2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Admin-
istrator may not require an entity receiving a grant 
under paragraph (1) to provide, as a condition of re-
ceiving such grant, a share of the cost of the project 
or activity for which such grant was made. 
(3) LIMITATION.—Not more than $2,000,000 of 
amounts made available in a fiscal year to carry out 
this subsection may be used for grants under para-
graph (1)(B). 
(4) APPLICATION OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
The requirements of sections 513 and 608 of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372, 
1388) shall apply to any project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works 
for which a grant is received under paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 14. CAPITALIZATION GRANTS. 
(a) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—Section 602(b) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13)(B)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘and energy conservation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and efficient energy use (including through 
the implementation of technologies to recover and 
reuse energy produced in the treatment of waste-
water)’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) to the extent there are sufficient projects or 
activities eligible for assistance from the fund, with 
respect to funds for capitalization grants received by 
the State under this title and section 205(m)— 
‘‘(A) the State will use— 
‘‘(i) not less than 15 percent of such 
funds for green infrastructure, water or en-
ergy efficiency improvements, or other envi-
ronmentally innovative activities; and 
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‘‘(ii) not less than 5 percent of such 
funds for projects to increase the resiliency 
of treatment works to extreme weather 
events, drought, sea level rise, or other im-
pacts of climate change; and 
‘‘(B) the State will use not less than a total 
of 20 percent of such funds for projects described 
in subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) CORROSION CONTROL.—Section 602 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) CORROSION CONTROL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the greatest extent prac-
ticable, the Administrator shall encourage the incor-
poration of corrosion prevention activities in projects 
and activities carried out using financial assistance 
provided under or pursuant to this title. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Administrator, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, shall ensure that any recipient of financial 
assistance under or pursuant to this title— 
‘‘(A) carries out any project or activity 
using such assistance using, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) best practices to carry out corro-
sion prevention activities in the field; 
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‘‘(ii) 
industry-recognized 
standards 
and corrosion mitigation and prevention 
methods when— 
‘‘(I) determining protective coat-
ings; 
‘‘(II) selecting materials; and 
‘‘(III) determining methods of ca-
thodic protection, design, and engineer-
ing for corrosion prevention; 
‘‘(iii) certified coating application spe-
cialists and cathodic protection technicians 
and engineers; and 
‘‘(iv) best practices in environmental 
protection to prevent environmental deg-
radation and to ensure proper handling of 
all hazardous materials; and 
‘‘(B) demonstrates, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) a history of employing industry- 
certified inspectors to ensure adherence to 
best practices and standards; and 
‘‘(ii) a history of compliance with ap-
plicable requirements of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration. 
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