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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5513 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking 
Water Act to modify the payment periods of loans from State revolving 
funds under those Acts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2019 
Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. NEAL, Ms. PRESSLEY, and 
Mr. KEATING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 
the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify the payment 
periods of loans from State revolving funds under those 
Acts, 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 ‘‘Affordable Safe Drink-
ing Water Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE REVOLVING FUNDS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND.—The term 
‘‘State revolving loan fund’’ means— 
(A) a State water pollution control revolv-
ing fund established under title VI of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1381 et seq.); and 
(B) a State drinking water treatment re-
volving loan fund established under section 
1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12). 
(b) LOAN TERMS.— 
(1) FEDERAL
WATER
POLLUTION
CONTROL 
ACT.—Section 603(d)(1)(A) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the lesser of 30 years and’’. 
(2) SAFE
DRINKING
WATER
ACT.—Section 
1452(f)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12(f)(1)) is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) each loan has a term that does not 
exceed the projected useful life (as determined 
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by the State) of the project for which the loan 
was made;’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY TO EXISTING LOANS.—The term 
of a loan made from a State revolving loan fund before 
the date of enactment of this Act may, on agreement of 
the parties to the loan, be extended in accordance with 
the amendments made by subsection (b), as applicable. 
(d) LEADED PUBLIC DRINKING WATER INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—Section 1452(g)(2)(B) of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)(B)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) to replace pipes, plumbing fit-
tings, and fixtures that carry water that is 
not free of lead or perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances at— 
‘‘(I) a public school; 
‘‘(II) a public park; 
‘‘(III) a fire station; 
‘‘(IV) a police station; 
‘‘(V) a senior center; 
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‘‘(VI) a community center; or 
‘‘(VII) 
any 
other 
municipal-, 
Tribal-, or State-owned facility that 
provides the public or employees with 
drinking water.’’. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) STATE REVOLVING LOANS.—Not later than 
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and each year thereafter, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress a report describing— 
(A) the terms of assistance from, recipients 
of assistance from, and amounts within each 
State revolving fund loan; and 
(B) whether a State revolving fund loan 
has been refinanced. 
(2) LEAD AND PFAS REMEDIATION.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and each year thereafter, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report describing each 
project carried out under clause (v) of section 
1452(g)(2)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)(B)) during the previous year, 
including— 
(A) a description of the project; 
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(B) the level of lead contamination or con-
tamination by perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substances, as applicable, of the drinking water 
at the facility at which the project was carried 
out before the project was carried out; 
(C) the cost of the project; and 
(D) an estimate of the number of people 
that used the drinking water source that is the 
subject of the project during the 1-year period 
ending on the date on which the project began. 
Æ 
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