I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5661 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to consider the use 
of resource preservation techniques in certain programs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 
Mrs. SYKES (for herself and Mr. BRESNAHAN) 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 con-
sider the use of resource preservation techniques in cer-
tain programs, 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 ‘‘Water Preservation 
and Affordability Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. RESOURCE PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF
RESOURCE
PRESERVATION 
TECHNIQUE.—Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution 
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Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(28) 
RESOURCE
PRESERVATION
TECH-
NIQUE.—The term ‘resource preservation technique’ 
means any process, material, technique, or tech-
nology that— 
‘‘(A) addresses water efficiency, including 
water reuse, recapture, and conservation; 
‘‘(B) addresses energy efficiency; 
‘‘(C) mitigates stormwater runoff; 
‘‘(D) encourages sustainable project plan-
ning, design, and construction; or 
‘‘(E) is environmentally innovative.’’. 
(b) CAPITALIZATION GRANT AGREEMENT.—Section 
602(b)(13)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1382(b)(13)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
potential for efficient water use, reuse, recapture, and con-
servation, and energy conservation’’ and inserting ‘‘the use 
of resource preservation techniques’’. 
(c) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN 
FUNDS.—Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), by striking subpara-
graph (E) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(E) for a treatment works proposed for 
repair, replacement, or expansion, and eligible 
for assistance under subsection (c)(1), the re-
cipient of a loan shall evaluate, and will use, to 
the maximum extent practicable, resource pres-
ervation techniques for purposes of carrying out 
the repair, replacement, or expansion;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) to use resource preservation tech-
niques.’’. 
(d) WASTEWATER EFFICIENCY GRANT PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 222(e) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1302(e)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031, to re-
main available until expended.’’. 
(e) CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY 
AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.—Section 223(g)(1) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1302a(g)(1)) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
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years 2022 through 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2026 through 3031’’. 
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