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to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $66,572,000 shall be for carrying out leaking 
underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 
9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for 
carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, 
That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made 
available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to federally 
recognized Indian tribes for the development and implementation 
of programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, 
to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $3,605,041,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,394,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
$864,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 
2019, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applica-
tions and projects are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, 
not less than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, funds made avail-
able under this title to each State for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 
of each State, be used for projects to address green infrastruc-
ture, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollu-
tion control revolving fund that may be used by a State to 
administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included as 
principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2019 and 
prior years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or were
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deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible 
purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the provisions 
of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the commonwealth of 
the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose 
of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activi-
ties, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for 
the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned 
treatment works serving one or more principal residences or 
small commercial establishments: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds reserved 
by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to provide 
assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed project 
for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the construc-
tion, repair, or replacement of privately owned treatment works 
serving one or more principal residences or small commercial 
establishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, 
notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to 
a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator 
for grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 
for grants for training, technical assistance, and educational 
programs relating to the operation and management of the 
treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2019, funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only to Indian 
tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act and former 
Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined in Public 
Law 92–203: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, not-
withstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 
percent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever 
is greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in 
section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total 
of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, which-
ever is greater, for State Revolving Funds under such Acts 
may be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 
518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the amounts specified 
in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act 
less any sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under title 
II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 
and United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That for
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fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts 
specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking 
Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 
Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent of the funds made 
available under this title to each State for Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by 
the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients 
in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, 
or grants (or any combination of these), and shall be so used 
by the State only where such funds are provided as initial 
financing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 
restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where 
such debt was incurred on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence 
from the Administrator, determines that such funds could be 
used to help address a threat to public health from heightened 
exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State 
emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal 
drinking water supply before the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such an emer-
gency declaration has been issued, the State may use more 
than 20 percent of the funds made available under this title 
to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipi-
ents; 
(2) $15,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater 
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after 
consultation with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address 
the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs 
of the colonias in the United States along the United States- 
Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established an enforce-
able local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
that jurisdiction the development or construction of any addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 
colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 
structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 
infrastructure; 
(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be 
used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the 
State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the State-
wide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency 
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer,
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waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 
of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
provided for projects in regional hub communities; 
(4) $87,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount appro-
priated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used 
for site characterization, assessment, and remediation of facili-
ties described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance 
in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 
means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 
population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; 
(5) $87,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $52,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
accordance with the terms and conditions in the joint explana-
tory statement accompanying this Act; 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water quality pro-
gram authorized in section 5004(d) of the Water Infrastructure 
Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322); and 
(8) $1,077,041,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 
interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 
agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, including activi-
ties pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 
103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring 
and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall 
be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 
including associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall 
be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 
under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
shall be for State participation in national- and State-level 
statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to 
State monitoring programs; $11,000,000 shall be for multipur-
pose grants, including interagency agreements.