I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3930
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropria-
tions for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 12, 2002
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself and Mr. DEFAZIO) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to au-
thorize appropriations for State water pollution control
revolving funds, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Water Quality Financing Act of 2002’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—FINANCING WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 101. Amendment of Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Subtitle A—Technical and Management Assistance
Sec. 111. Technical assistance.
Sec. 112. State management assistance.
Subtitle B—State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds
Sec. 121. General authority for capitalization grants.
Sec. 122. Capitalization grant agreements.
Sec. 123. Water pollution control revolving loan funds.
Sec. 124. Allotment of funds.
Sec. 125. Intended use plan.
Sec. 126. Annual Federal oversight review.
Sec. 127. Technical assistance.
Sec. 128. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle C—General Provisions
Sec. 151. Definition of treatment works.
Sec. 152. Funding for Indian programs.
TITLE II—PRESERVATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 201. Preservation of reporting requirements.
TITLE III—TAX PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Bonds for water and sewage facilities exempt from volume cap on pri-
vate activity bonds.
Sec. 302. Amounts from certain Federal revolving funds not treated as bond
proceeds or replacement for bond proceeds for purposes of ar-
bitrage bond rules.
TITLE I—FINANCING WATER
QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
Subtitle A—Technical and
Management Assistance
SEC. 111. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL AND SMALL
TREATMENT
WORKS.—Section 
104(b) 
(33 
U.S.C.
1254(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(6);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) make grants to nonprofit organizations to
provide technical assistance to rural and small mu-
nicipalities for the purpose of assisting, in consulta-
tion with the State in which the assistance is pro-
vided, such municipalities to plan, develop, and gain
financing for wastewater infrastructure assistance;
‘‘(9) make grants to nonprofit organizations to
provide technical assistance and training to rural
and small publicly owned treatment works and de-
centralized wastewater treatment systems to enable
such treatment works and systems to protect water
quality and achieve and maintain compliance with
the requirements of this Act; and