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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4597 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain projects 
and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State water pollu-
tion control revolving fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2021 
Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. BOST) 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 make 
certain projects and activities eligible for financial assist-
ance under a State water pollution control revolving 
fund, 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 ‘‘Clean Water SRF Par-
ity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (11)(B) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (12)(B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) to any qualified nonprofit entity, as de-
termined by the Administrator, to provide assistance 
for the construction or acquisition of, or improve-
ments to, a treatment works, or for any other activ-
ity described in paragraphs (1) through (10).’’; 
(2) in subsection (i)(3), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(E) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INELIGIBLE.—A 
State may not provide additional subsidization 
under this subsection to a qualified nonprofit 
entity for assistance described in subsection 
(c)(13) or to the owner or operator of a pri-
vately owned treatment works for assistance de-
scribed in subsection (k).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(k) SPECIAL RULE FOR PRIVATELY OWNED TREAT-
MENT WORKS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any fiscal year for which 
the total amount appropriated to carry out this title 
exceeds $1,638,826,000, any such amounts appro-
priated in excess of $1,638,826,000 for such fiscal 
year may be used to provide financial assistance 
under this section to the owner or operator of a pri-
vately owned treatment works for— 
‘‘(A) improvements to such privately owned 
treatment works; 
‘‘(B) the construction of, or improvements 
to, another privately owned treatment works; 
‘‘(C) measures to reduce the demand for 
privately owned treatment works capacity 
through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse; 
‘‘(D) measures to reduce the energy con-
sumption needs for privately owned treatment 
works; 
‘‘(E) measures to increase the security of 
privately owned treatment works; and 
‘‘(F) any other activity described in para-
graphs (1) through (10) of subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Financial assistance may 
only be provided under this subsection to the owner 
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or operator of a privately owned treatment works for 
activities described in paragraph (1) that primarily 
and directly benefit the individuals or entities served 
by the privately owned treatment works, and not the 
shareholders or owners of the treatment works, as 
determined by the instrumentality of the State re-
sponsible for administering the water pollution con-
trol revolving fund through which such financial as-
sistance is provided.’’. 
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