actment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall establish a wastewater discre-
tionary grant program (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘program’’) to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to 
eligible entities described in subsection (b) for investments 
in wastewater infrastructure projects. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligible to re-
ceive a grant under the program is— 
(1) a Federal, State, interstate, intermunicipal, 
or local governmental entity, agency, or instrumen-
tality; 
(2) a Tribal government or consortium of Trib-
al governments; 
(3) a State infrastructure financing authority; 
and 
(4) a publicly owned treatment works (as de-
fined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292)). 
(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A project eligible to be car-
ried out with funds under the program includes— 
(A) the construction of publicly owned 
treatment works; 
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(B) the construction, repair, or replace-
ment of decentralized wastewater treatment 
systems that treat municipal wastewater or do-
mestic sewage; 
(C) measures to manage, reduce, treat, or 
recapture stormwater of subsurface drainage 
water; 
(D) measures to reduce the demand for 
publicly 
owned 
treatment 
works 
capacity 
through water conservation, efficiency, reuse, 
and green infrastructure; 
(E) measures to reduce energy consump-
tion needs for publicly owned treatment works; 
(F) measures to improve the resiliency of 
publicly owned treatment works to climate 
change, extreme weather, sea-level rise, and 
other hazards; 
(G) measures to reduce the discharge of 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
into the environment through publicly owned 
treatment works; and 
(H) any other wastewater infrastructure 
project the administrator determines is appro-
priate. 
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(2) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, a project otherwise eligi-
ble under paragraph (1) shall not be ineligible for 
funding because the project also received prior as-
sistance— 
(A) from a State drinking water treatment 
revolving loan fund established under section 
1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12); 
(B) from a State water pollution control 
revolving fund established under title VI of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1381 et seq.); or 
(C) under the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.). 
(3) NO
INCREASED
BONDING
AUTHORITY.— 
Amounts made available under the program may not 
be used as a source of payment of, or security for 
(directly or indirectly), in whole or in part, any obli-
gation the interest on which is exempt from the tax 
imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
(d) APPLICATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under the program, an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Administrator an application in such 
manner and containing such information as the Ad-
ministrator may require. 
(2) BUNDLING OF PROJECTS.—An eligible enti-
ty may include more than 1 project in a single appli-
cation. 
(3) DEADLINE.—An application shall be sub-
mitted to the Administrator not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the notice of funding oppor-
tunity and the selection criteria are issued under 
subsection (e)(1)(B). 
(e) SELECTION.— 
(1) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall establish criteria in accordance with this 
subsection to use in selecting projects to receive 
a grant under the program. 
(B) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which funds are made 
available to carry out the program for each fis-
cal year, the Administrator shall— 
(i) issue a notice of funding oppor-
tunity for the program; and 
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(ii) include in the notice the selection 
criteria established under subparagraph 
(A). 
(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting projects to receive 
a grant under the program, the Administrator shall 
give priority to projects— 
(A) for which a Federal grant would assist 
in completing an overall financing package for 
the project; and 
(B) that would help bring publicly owned 
treatment works (as defined in section 212 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292)) into compliance with the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.). 
(3) GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—For each 
fiscal year, in providing grants under the program, 
the Administrator shall ensure that the funds are 
distributed— 
(A) on an equitable geographical basis; and 
(B) in a manner that balances the needs of 
urban, suburban, and rural communities. 
(4) DEADLINE.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date on which funds are made available to 
carry out the program for each fiscal year, the Ad-
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ministrator shall select projects to receive grants 
under the program. 
(f) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) TOTAL STATE LIMIT.—For each fiscal year, 
the total amount provided under the program for 
projects in a single State shall not exceed 20 percent 
of the total amount made available to carry out the 
program. 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Federal share of the cost of a 
project carried out with a grant under the pro-
gram shall not exceed 80 percent. 
(B) WAIVER.—The Administrator may 
waive the requirement of subparagraph (A). 
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator may promul-
gate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. 
(h) LABOR STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Administrator may not provide a 
grant under the program for a project unless the project 
meets the requirements described in section 513 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372). 
(i) REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
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to Congress and make publicly available a report on the 
implementation of the program. 
(j) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2031. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available to 
carry out this section shall be available until ex-
pended. 
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 2 
percent of the amount made available for a fiscal 
year under paragraph (1) may be used by the Ad-
ministrator for the administrative costs of carrying 
out the program. 
(k) DAVIS-BACON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all laborers and mechanics em-
ployed by contractors or subcontractors on projects 
carried out in whole or in part using a grant under 
the program shall be paid wages at rates not less 
than those prevailing on projects of a similar char-
acter in the locality as determined by the Secretary 
of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chap-
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ter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’). 
(2) AUTHORITY.—With respect to the labor 
standards specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
of Labor shall have the authority and functions set 
forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 
(64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of 
title 40, United States Code. 
(l) BUY AMERICA.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator may not provide a grant 
under the program for a project unless the project meets 
the requirements described in section 1452(a)(4) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(4)). 
SEC. 3. DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE DISCRE-
TIONARY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall establish a drinking 
water discretionary grant program (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘program’’) to provide grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible entities described in subsection (b) for 
investments in drinking water infrastructure projects. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity eligible to re-
ceive a grant under the program is— 
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(1) a State, interstate, intermunicipal, or local 
governmental entity, agency, or instrumentality; 
(2) a Tribal government or consortium of Trib-
al governments; 
(3) a State infrastructure financing authority; 
and 
(4) a community water system or nonprofit 
noncommunity water system (as those terms are de-
fined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300f)). 
(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A project eligible to be car-
ried out with funds under the program includes— 
(A) 
planning, 
design, 
siting, 
preconstruction and construction activities re-
lated to replacing or rehabilitating aging treat-
ment, storage, or distribution facilities of public 
water systems; 
(B) for public water systems for which one 
or more sources of drinking water is contami-
nated with perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances that meet or exceed federal or state 
drinking water health advisory levels or stand-
ards— 
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(i) treatment measures to reduce the 
detectible 
levels 
of 
perfluoroalkyl 
or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances; and 
(ii) measures to connect the public 
water system to a new drinking water 
source; 
(C) connecting households using well water 
to a public water system; 
(D) replacing lead pipes or service lines; 
(E) measures that would bring public 
water systems into compliance with the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 
and 
(F) any other drinking water infrastruc-
ture project that the Administrator determines 
to appropriate. 
(2) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, a project otherwise eligi-
ble under paragraph (1) shall not be ineligible for 
funding because the project also received prior as-
sistance— 
(A) from a State drinking water treatment 
revolving loan fund established under section 
1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12); 
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(B) from a State water pollution control 
revolving fund established under title VI of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1381 et seq.); or 
(C) under the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.). 
(3) NO
INCREASED
BONDING
AUTHORITY.— 
Amounts made available under the program may not 
be used as a source of payment of, or security for 
(directly or indirectly), in whole or in part, any obli-
gation the interest on which is exempt from the tax 
imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
(d) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under the program, an eligible entity shall 
submit to the Administrator an application in such 
manner and containing such information as the Ad-
ministrator may require. 
(2) BUNDLING OF PROJECTS.—An eligible enti-
ty may include more than 1 project in a single appli-
cation. 
(3) DEADLINE.—An application shall be sub-
mitted to the Administrator not later than 180 days 
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after the date on which the notice of funding oppor-
tunity and the selection criteria are issued under 
subsection (e)(1)(B). 
(e) SELECTION.— 
(1) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall establish criteria in accordance with this 
subsection to use in selecting projects to receive 
a grant under the program. 
(B) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which funds are made 
available to carry out the program for each fis-
cal year, the Administrator shall— 
(i) issue a notice of funding oppor-
tunity for the program; and 
(ii) include in the notice the selection 
criteria established under subparagraph 
(A). 
(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting projects to receive 
a grant under the program, the Administrator shall 
give priority to projects— 
(A) for which a Federal grant would assist 
in completing an overall financing package for 
the project; and 
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(B) that would help bring public water sys-
tems (as defined in section 1401 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f)) into 
compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). 
(3) GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—For each 
fiscal year, in providing grants under the program, 
the Administrator shall ensure that the funds are 
distributed— 
(A) on an equitable geographical basis; and 
(B) in a manner that balances the needs of 
urban, suburban, and rural communities. 
(4) DEADLINE.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date on which funds are made available to 
carry out the program for each fiscal year, the Ad-
ministrator shall select projects to receive grants 
under the program. 
(f) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) TOTAL STATE LIMIT.—For each fiscal year, 
the total amount provided under the program for 
projects in a single State shall not exceed 20 percent 
of the total amount made available to carry out the 
program. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost of a project carried out with a grant 
under the program shall be not less than 20 
percent. 
(B) OTHER FEDERAL SOURCES.—An eligi-
ble entity receiving a grant under the program 
may use funds provided from other Federal 
sources to meet the non-Federal share require-
ment under subparagraph (A). 
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator may promul-
gate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. 
(h) LABOR STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Administrator may not provide a 
grant under the program for a project unless the project 
meets the requirements described in section 1450(e) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–9(e)). 
(i) REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress and make publicly available a report on the 
implementation of the program. 
(j) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
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this section $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2031. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available to 
carry out this section shall be available until ex-
pended. 
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 2 
percent of the amount made available for a fiscal 
year under paragraph (1) may be used by the Ad-
ministrator for the administrative costs of carrying 
out the program. 
(k) DAVIS-BACON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all laborers and mechanics em-
ployed by contractors or subcontractors on projects 
carried out in whole or in part using a grant under 
the program shall be paid wages at rates not less 
than those prevailing on projects of a similar char-
acter in the locality as determined by the Secretary 
of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chap-
ter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’). 
(2) AUTHORITY.—With respect to the labor 
standards specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
of Labor shall have the authority and functions set 
forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 
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(64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of 
title 40, United States Code. 
(l) BUY AMERICA.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator may not provide a grant 
under the program for a project unless the project meets 
the requirements described in section 1452(a)(4) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(4)). 
Æ 
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