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Union Calendar No. 279 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3387 
[Report No. 115–380] 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve public water systems 
and enhance compliance with such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2017 
Mr. HARPER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
NOVEMBER 1, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 25, 2017] 
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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 ‘‘Drinking Water System 
Improvement Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS. 
Section 1414(c)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–3(c)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading for subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘ANNUAL
REPORTS’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
PORTS’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or pro-
vide by electronic means,’’ after ‘‘to mail’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘the Admin-
istrator, and’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administrator, 
including corrosion control efforts, and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following 
clause: 
‘‘(vii) Identification of, if any— 
‘‘(I) 
exceedances 
described 
in 
paragraph (1)(D) for which corrective 
action has been required by the Admin-
istrator or the State (in the case of a 
State exercising primary enforcement 
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responsibility for public water systems) 
during the monitoring period covered 
by the consumer confidence report; and 
‘‘(II) violations that occurred dur-
ing the monitoring period covered by 
the consumer confidence report.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) REVISIONS.— 
‘‘(i) UNDERSTANDABILITY
AND
FRE-
QUENCY.—Not later than 24 months after 
the Drinking Water System Improvement 
Act of 2017, the Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the parties identified in subpara-
graph (A), shall issue revisions to the regu-
lations issued under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(I) to increase— 
‘‘(aa) the readability, clarity, 
and understandability of the in-
formation presented in consumer 
confidence reports; and 
‘‘(bb) the accuracy of infor-
mation presented, and risk com-
munication, in consumer con-
fidence reports; and 
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‘‘(II) with respect to community 
water systems that serve 10,000 or 
more persons, to require each such 
community water system to provide, by 
mail, electronic means, or other meth-
ods described in clause (ii), a consumer 
confidence report to each customer of 
the system at least biannually. 
‘‘(ii) ELECTRONIC DELIVERY.—Any re-
vision of regulations pursuant to clause (i) 
shall allow delivery of consumer confidence 
reports by methods consistent with methods 
described in the memorandum ‘Safe Drink-
ing Water Act–Consumer Confidence Report 
Rule Delivery Options’ issued by the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency on January 3, 
2013.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1414(h)(1) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(h)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) entering into a contractual agreement 
for significant management or administrative 
functions of the system to correct violations iden-
tified in the plan.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1414(i)(1) of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(i)(1)) is 
amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘1417’’. 
SEC. 4. CONSOLIDATION. 
(a) MANDATORY ASSESSMENT AND CONSOLIDATION.— 
Subsection (h) of section 1414 of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY FOR MANDATORY ASSESSMENT 
AND MANDATORY CONSOLIDATION.— 
‘‘(A) MANDATORY
ASSESSMENT.—A State 
with primary enforcement responsibility or the 
Administrator (if the State does not have pri-
mary enforcement responsibility) may require 
the owner or operator of a public water system 
to assess options for consolidation, or transfer of 
ownership of the system, as described in para-
graph (1), if— 
‘‘(i) the public water system— 
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‘‘(I) has repeatedly violated one or 
more national primary drinking water 
regulations and such repeated viola-
tions are likely to adversely affect 
human health; and 
‘‘(II)(aa) is unable or unwilling 
to take feasible and affordable actions, 
as identified by the State with pri-
mary enforcement responsibility or the 
Administrator (if the State does not 
have primary enforcement responsi-
bility), that will result in the public 
water system complying with the na-
tional primary drinking water regula-
tions described in subclause (I), includ-
ing accessing technical assistance and 
financial assistance through the State 
loan fund pursuant to section 1452; or 
‘‘(bb) has already undertaken ac-
tions described in item (aa) without 
achieving compliance; 
‘‘(ii) such consolidation or transfer is 
feasible; and 
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‘‘(iii) such consolidation or transfer 
could result in greater compliance with na-
tional primary drinking water regulations. 
‘‘(B) MANDATORY
CONSOLIDATION.—After 
review of an assessment under subparagraph (A), 
a State with primary enforcement responsibility 
or the Administrator (if the State does not have 
primary enforcement responsibility) may require 
the owner or operator of a public water system 
that completed such assessment to submit a plan 
for consolidation, or transfer of ownership of the 
system, under paragraph (1), and complete the 
actions required under such plan if— 
‘‘(i) the owner or operator of the public 
water system— 
‘‘(I) has not taken steps to com-
plete consolidation; 
‘‘(II) has not transferred owner-
ship of the system; or 
‘‘(III) was unable to achieve com-
pliance after taking the actions de-
scribed in clause (i)(II)(aa) of sub-
paragraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) since completing such assessment, 
the public water system has violated one or 
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more national primary drinking water reg-
ulations and such violations are likely to 
adversely affect human health; and 
‘‘(iii) such consolidation or transfer is 
feasible. 
‘‘(4) FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding 
section 1452(a)(3), a public water system undertaking 
consolidation or transfer of ownership or alternative 
actions to achieve compliance pursuant to this sub-
section may receive assistance under section 1452 to 
carry out such consolidation, transfer, or alternative 
actions. 
‘‘(5) PROTECTION
OF
NONRESPONSIBLE
SYS-
TEM.— 
‘‘(A) IDENTIFICATION OF LIABILITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An owner or oper-
ator of a public water system submitting a 
plan pursuant to paragraph (3) shall iden-
tify as part of such plan— 
‘‘(I) any potential liability for 
damages arising from each specific vio-
lation identified in the plan of which 
the owner or operator is aware; and 
‘‘(II) any funds or other assets 
that are available to satisfy such liabil-
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ity, as of the date of submission of such 
plan, to the public water system that 
committed such violation. 
‘‘(ii) INCLUSION.—In carrying out 
clause (i), the owner or operator shall take 
reasonable steps to ensure that all potential 
liabilities for damages arising from each 
specific violation identified in the plan sub-
mitted pursuant to paragraph (3) are iden-
tified. 
‘‘(B) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—A public 
water system that has completed the actions re-
quired under a plan submitted and approved 
pursuant to paragraph (3) shall not be liable 
under this title for a violation of this title identi-
fied in the plan, except to the extent to which 
funds or other assets are identified pursuant to 
subparagraph (A)(i)(II) as available to satisfy 
such liability. 
‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of the Drinking Water 
System Improvement Act of 2017, the Administrator 
shall promulgate regulations to implement para-
graphs (3), (4), and (5).’’. 
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(b) RETENTION OF PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1413(a) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–2(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (7); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) has adopted and is implementing proce-
dures for requiring public water systems to assess op-
tions for, and complete, consolidation or transfer of 
ownership, in accordance with the regulations issued 
by the Administrator under section 1414(h)(6); and’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1413(b)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300g–2(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘of paragraphs 
(1), (2), (3), and (4)’’. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVED ACCURACY AND AVAILABILITY OF COM-
PLIANCE MONITORING DATA. 
Section 1414 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–3) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(j) IMPROVED ACCURACY AND AVAILABILITY OF COM-
PLIANCE MONITORING DATA.— 
‘‘(1) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Ad-
ministrator, in coordination with States, public water 
systems, and other interested stakeholders, shall de-
velop and provide to Congress a strategic plan for im-
proving the accuracy and availability of monitoring 
data collected to demonstrate compliance with na-
tional primary drinking water regulations and sub-
mitted— 
‘‘(A) by public water systems to States; or 
‘‘(B) by States to the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—In developing the strategic 
plan under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
evaluate any challenges faced— 
‘‘(A) in ensuring the accuracy and integrity 
of submitted data described in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) by States and public water systems in 
implementing an electronic system for submit-
ting such data, including the technical and eco-
nomic feasibility of implementing such a system; 
and 
‘‘(C) by users of such electronic systems in 
being able to access such data. 
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‘‘(3) FINDINGS
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
Administrator shall include in the strategic plan pro-
vided to Congress under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the findings of the eval-
uation under paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) recommendations on practicable, cost- 
effective methods and means that can be em-
ployed to improve the accuracy and availability 
of submitted data described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—In developing the stra-
tegic plan under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
may, as appropriate, consult with States or other 
Federal agencies that have experience using prac-
ticable methods and means to improve the accuracy 
and availability of submitted data described in such 
paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 6. ASSET MANAGEMENT. 
Section 1420 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–9) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) a description of how the State will, as 
appropriate— 
‘‘(i) encourage development by public 
water systems of asset management plans 
that include best practices for asset manage-
ment; and 
‘‘(ii) assist, including through the pro-
vision of technical assistance, public water 
systems in training operators or other rel-
evant and appropriate persons in imple-
menting such asset management plans.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ‘‘, including 
efforts of the State to encourage development by public 
water systems of asset management plans and to as-
sist public water systems in training relevant and ap-
propriate persons in implementing such asset man-
agement plans’’ after ‘‘public water systems in the 
State’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) INFORMATION
ON
ASSET
MANAGEMENT 
PRACTICES.—Not later than 5 years after the date of 
enactment of this paragraph, and not less often than 
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every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall re-
view and, if appropriate, update educational mate-
rials, including handbooks, training materials, and 
technical information, made available by the Admin-
istrator to owners, managers, and operators of public 
water systems, local officials, technical assistance pro-
viders (including nonprofit water associations), and 
State personnel concerning best practices for asset 
management strategies that may be used by public 
water systems.’’. 
SEC. 7. COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM RISK AND RESILIENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1433 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i–2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1433. COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM RISK AND RESIL-
IENCE. 
‘‘(a) RISK AND RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each community water sys-
tem serving a population of greater than 3,300 per-
sons shall conduct an assessment of the risks to, and 
resilience of, its system. Such an assessment— 
‘‘(A) shall include an assessment of— 
‘‘(i) the risk to the system from malev-
olent acts and natural hazards; 
‘‘(ii) the resilience of the pipes and 
constructed conveyances, physical barriers, 
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source water, water collection and intake, 
pretreatment, treatment, storage and dis-
tribution facilities, electronic, computer, or 
other automated systems (including the se-
curity of such systems) which are utilized 
by the system; 
‘‘(iii) the monitoring practices of the 
system; 
‘‘(iv) the financial infrastructure of the 
system; 
‘‘(v) the use, storage, or handling of 
various chemicals by the system; and 
‘‘(vi) the operation and maintenance of 
the system; and 
‘‘(B) may include an evaluation of capital 
and operational needs for risk and resilience 
management for the system. 
‘‘(2) BASELINE
INFORMATION.—The Adminis-
trator, not later than August 1, 2019, after consulta-
tion with appropriate departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government and with State and local 
governments, shall provide baseline information on 
malevolent acts of relevance to community water sys-
tems, which shall include consideration of acts that 
may— 
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‘‘(A) substantially disrupt the ability of the 
system to provide a safe and reliable supply of 
drinking water; or 
‘‘(B) otherwise present significant public 
health or economic concerns to the community 
served by the system. 
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) 
CERTIFICATION.—Each 
community 
water system described in paragraph (1) shall 
submit to the Administrator a certification that 
the system has conducted an assessment com-
plying with paragraph (1). Such certification 
shall be made prior to— 
‘‘(i) March 31, 2020, in the case of sys-
tems serving a population of 100,000 or 
more; 
‘‘(ii) December 31, 2020, in the case of 
systems serving a population of 50,000 or 
more but less than 100,000; and 
‘‘(iii) June 30, 2021, in the case of sys-
tems serving a population greater than 
3,300 but less than 50,000. 
‘‘(B) REVIEW AND REVISION.—Each com-
munity water system described in paragraph (1) 
shall review the assessment of such system con-
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ducted under such paragraph at least once every 
5 years after the applicable deadline for submis-
sion of its certification under subparagraph (A) 
to determine whether such assessment should be 
revised. Upon completion of such a review, the 
community water system shall submit to the Ad-
ministrator a certification that the system has 
reviewed its assessment and, if applicable, re-
vised such assessment. 
‘‘(4) CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATIONS.—A certifi-
cation required under paragraph (3) shall contain 
only— 
‘‘(A) information that identifies the commu-
nity water system submitting the certification; 
‘‘(B) the date of the certification; and 
‘‘(C) a statement that the community water 
system has conducted, reviewed, or revised the 
assessment, as applicable. 
‘‘(5) PROVISION TO OTHER ENTITIES.—No com-
munity water system shall be required under State or 
local law to provide an assessment described in this 
section (or revision thereof) to any State, regional, or 
local governmental entity solely by reason of the re-
quirement set forth in paragraph (3) that the system 
submit a certification to the Administrator. 
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‘‘(b) EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.—Each community 
water system serving a population greater than 3,300 shall 
prepare or revise, where necessary, an emergency response 
plan that incorporates findings of the assessment conducted 
under subsection (a) for such system (and any revisions 
thereto). Each community water system shall certify to the 
Administrator, as soon as reasonably possible after the date 
of enactment of the Drinking Water System Improvement 
Act of 2017, but not later than 6 months after completion 
of the assessment under subsection (a), that the system has 
completed such plan. The emergency response plan shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) strategies and resources to improve the resil-
ience of the system, including the physical security 
and cybersecurity of the system; 
‘‘(2) plans and procedures that can be imple-
mented, and identification of equipment that can be 
utilized, in the event of a malevolent act or natural 
hazard that threatens the ability of the community 
water system to deliver safe drinking water; 
‘‘(3) actions, procedures, and equipment which 
can obviate or significantly lessen the impact of a 
malevolent act or natural hazard on the public health 
and the safety and supply of drinking water provided 
to communities and individuals, including the devel-
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opment of alternative source water options, relocation 
of water intakes, and construction of flood protection 
barriers; and 
‘‘(4) strategies that can be used to aid in the de-
tection of malevolent acts or natural hazards that 
threaten the security or resilience of the system. 
‘‘(c) 
COORDINATION.—Community 
water 
systems 
shall, to the extent possible, coordinate with existing local 
emergency planning committees established pursuant to the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act 
of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.) when preparing or revis-
ing an assessment or emergency response plan under this 
section. 
‘‘(d) RECORD MAINTENANCE.—Each community water 
system shall maintain a copy of the assessment conducted 
under subsection (a) and the emergency response plan pre-
pared under subsection (b) (including any revised assess-
ment or plan) for 5 years after the date on which a certifi-
cation of such assessment or plan is submitted to the Ad-
ministrator under this section. 
‘‘(e) GUIDANCE
TO SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYS-
TEMS.—The Administrator shall provide guidance and 
technical assistance to community water systems serving a 
population of less than 3,300 persons on how to conduct 
resilience assessments, prepare emergency response plans, 
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and address threats from malevolent acts and natural haz-
ards that threaten to disrupt the provision of safe drinking 
water or significantly affect the public health or signifi-
cantly affect the safety or supply of drinking water provided 
to communities and individuals. 
‘‘(f) ALTERNATIVE PREPAREDNESS AND OPERATIONAL 
RESILIENCE PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) SATISFACTION OF REQUIREMENT.—A com-
munity water system that is required to comply with 
the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) may sat-
isfy such requirements by— 
‘‘(A) using and complying with technical 
standards that the Administrator has recognized 
under paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) submitting to the Administrator a cer-
tification that the community water system is 
complying with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
TO
RECOGNIZE.—Consistent 
with section 12(d) of the National Technology Trans-
fer and Advancement Act of 1995, the Administrator 
shall recognize technical standards that are developed 
or adopted by third-party organizations or voluntary 
consensus standards bodies that carry out the objec-
tives or activities required by this section as a means 
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of satisfying the requirements under subsection (a) or 
(b). 
‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish and implement a program, to be known as the 
Drinking Water Infrastructure Risk and Resilience 
Program, under which the Administrator may award 
grants in each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 to 
owners or operators of community water systems for 
the purpose of increasing the resilience of such com-
munity water systems. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—As a condition on receipt 
of a grant under this section, an owner or operator 
of a community water system shall agree to use the 
grant funds exclusively to assist in the planning, de-
sign, construction, or implementation of a program or 
project consistent with an emergency response plan 
prepared pursuant to subsection (b), which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) the purchase and installation of equip-
ment for detection of drinking water contami-
nants or malevolent acts; 
‘‘(B) the purchase and installation of fenc-
ing, gating, lighting, or security cameras; 
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‘‘(C) the tamper-proofing of manhole covers, 
fire hydrants, and valve boxes; 
‘‘(D) the purchase and installation of im-
proved treatment technologies and equipment to 
improve the resilience of the system; 
‘‘(E) improvements to electronic, computer, 
financial, or other automated systems and re-
mote systems; 
‘‘(F) participation in training programs, 
and the purchase of training manuals and guid-
ance materials, relating to security and resil-
ience; 
‘‘(G) improvements in the use, storage, or 
handling of chemicals by the community water 
system; 
‘‘(H) security screening of employees or con-
tractor support services; 
‘‘(I) equipment necessary to support emer-
gency power or water supply, including standby 
and mobile sources; and 
‘‘(J) the development of alternative source 
water options, relocation of water intakes, and 
construction of flood protection barriers. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIONS.—A grant under this sub-
section may not be used for personnel costs, or for 
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monitoring, operation, or maintenance of facilities, 
equipment, or systems. 
‘‘(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For each fiscal 
year, the Administrator may use not more than 
$5,000,000 from the funds made available to carry 
out this subsection to provide technical assistance to 
community water systems to assist in responding to 
and alleviating a vulnerability that would substan-
tially disrupt the ability of the system to provide a 
safe and reliable supply of drinking water (including 
sources of water for such systems) which the Adminis-
trator determines to present an immediate and urgent 
need. 
‘‘(5) GRANTS FOR SMALL SYSTEMS.—For each 
fiscal year, the Administrator may use not more than 
$10,000,000 from the funds made available to carry 
out this subsection to make grants to community 
water systems serving a population of less than 3,300 
persons, or nonprofit organizations receiving assist-
ance under section 1442(e), for activities and projects 
undertaken in accordance with the guidance provided 
to such systems under subsection (e) of this section. 
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection, there are authorized to be 
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appropriated $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2022. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘resilience’ means the ability of a 
community water system or an asset of a community 
water system to adapt to or withstand the effects of 
a malevolent act or natural hazard without interrup-
tion to the asset’s or system’s function, or if the func-
tion is interrupted, to rapidly return to a normal op-
erating condition; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘natural hazard’ means a natural 
event that threatens the functioning of a community 
water system, including an earthquake, tornado, 
flood, hurricane, wildfire, and hydrologic changes.’’. 
(b) SENSITIVE INFORMATION.— 
(1) PROTECTION FROM DISCLOSURE.—Informa-
tion submitted to the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency pursuant to section 1433 of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act, as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Drinking Water 
System Improvement Act of 2017, shall be protected 
from disclosure in accordance with the provisions of 
such section as in effect on such day. 
(2) DISPOSAL.—The Administrator, in partner-
ship with community water systems (as defined in 
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section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act), shall 
develop a strategy to, in a timeframe determined ap-
propriate by the Administrator, securely and perma-
nently dispose of, or return to the applicable commu-
nity water system, any information described in 
paragraph (1). 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS FOR STATE PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 1443(a)(7) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–2(a)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 
SEC. 9. MONITORING FOR UNREGULATED CONTAMINANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1445 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–4) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(j) MONITORING BY CERTAIN SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a)(2)(A), the Administrator shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations for such purpose— 
‘‘(A) require public water systems serving 
between 3,300 and 10,000 persons to monitor for 
unregulated contaminants in accordance with 
this section; and 
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‘‘(B) ensure that only a representative sam-
ple of public water systems serving less than 
3,300 persons are required to monitor. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 
take effect 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Paragraph (1) shall take ef-
fect unless the Administrator determines that there is 
not sufficient laboratory capacity to accommodate the 
analysis necessary to carry out monitoring required 
under such paragraph. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 
in each fiscal year for which monitoring is required 
to be carried out under this subsection for the Admin-
istrator to pay the reasonable cost of such testing and 
laboratory analysis as are necessary to carry out 
monitoring required under this subsection.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1445(a)(2)(H) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–4(a)(2)(H)) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’. 
(c) INCLUSION IN DATA BASE.—Section 1445(g)(7) of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–4(g)(7)) is 
amended by— 
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(1) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(2) redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (D); and 
(3) inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) if applicable, monitoring information 
collected by public water systems pursuant to 
subsection (j) that is not duplicative of moni-
toring information included in the data base 
under subparagraph (B) or (D); and’’. 
SEC. 10. STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 1452(a)(2)(B) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(2)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘(including expenditures for planning, 
design, and associated preconstruction activities, including 
activities relating to the siting of the facility, but not’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(including expenditures for planning, design, 
siting, and associated preconstruction activities, or for re-
placing or rehabilitating aging treatment, storage, or dis-
tribution facilities of public water systems, but not’’. 
(b) AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS.—Section 
1452(a)(4)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 
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(c) EVALUATION.—Section 1452(a) of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION.—During fiscal years 2018 
through 2022, a State may provide financial assist-
ance under this section to a public water system serv-
ing a population of more than 10,000 for an expendi-
ture described in paragraph (2) only if the public 
water system— 
‘‘(A) considers the cost and effectiveness of 
relevant processes, materials, techniques, and 
technologies for carrying out the project or activ-
ity that is the subject of the expenditure; and 
‘‘(B) certifies to the State, in a form and 
manner determined by the State, that the public 
water system has made such consideration.’’. 
(d) PREVAILING WAGES.—Section 1452(a) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) PREVAILING WAGES.—The requirements of 
section 1450(e) shall apply to any construction 
project carried out in whole or in part with assist-
ance made available by a drinking water treatment 
revolving loan fund.’’. 
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(e) 
ASSISTANCE
FOR
DISADVANTAGED
COMMU-
NITIES.—Section 1452(d)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(2)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUBSIDIES.—For each 
fiscal year, of the amount of the capitalization grant 
received by the State for the year, the total amount 
of loan subsidies made by a State pursuant to para-
graph (1)— 
‘‘(A) may not exceed 35 percent; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent that there are sufficient 
applications for loans to communities described 
in paragraph (1), may not be less than 6 per-
cent.’’. 
(f) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 1452(f)(1) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(f)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) 
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) each loan will be fully amortized not 
later than 30 years after the completion of the 
project, except that in the case of a disadvan-
taged community (as defined in subsection 
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(d)(3)) a State may provide an extended term 
for a loan, if the extended term— 
‘‘(i) terminates not later than the date 
that is 40 years after the date of project 
completion; and 
‘‘(ii) does not exceed the expected de-
sign life of the project;’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘1 year 
after completion of the project for which the loan was 
made’’ and all that follows through ‘‘design life of the 
project;’’ and inserting ‘‘18 months after completion 
of the project for which the loan was made;’’. 
(g) NEEDS SURVEY.—Section 1452(h) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(h)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) The Administrator’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) Any assessment conducted under paragraph (1) 
after the date of enactment of the Drinking Water System 
Improvement Act of 2017 shall include an assessment of 
costs to replace all lead service lines (as defined in section 
1459B(a)(4)) of all eligible public water systems in the 
United States, and such assessment shall describe separately 
the costs associated with replacing the portions of such lead 
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service lines that are owned by an eligible public water sys-
tem and the costs associated with replacing any remaining 
portions of such lead service lines, to the extent prac-
ticable.’’. 
(h) 
OTHER
AUTHORIZED
ACTIVITIES.—Section 
1452(k)(1)(C) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(k)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 
1996 and 1997 to delineate and assess source water protec-
tion areas in accordance with section 1453’’ and inserting 
‘‘to delineate, assess, and update assessments for source 
water protection areas in accordance with section 1453’’. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION FOR CAPITALIZATION GRANTS TO 
STATES FOR STATE DRINKING WATER TREATMENT RE-
VOLVING LOAN FUNDS.—Section 1452(m) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(m)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out the purposes of this section— 
‘‘(A) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(B) $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(C) $1,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(D) $1,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
and 
‘‘(E) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘To the extent amounts author-
ized to be’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) To the extent amounts authorized to be’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘(prior to the fiscal year 2004)’’. 
(j) BEST PRACTICES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF STATE 
REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.—Section 1452 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended by adding 
after subsection (r) the following: 
‘‘(s) BEST PRACTICES FOR STATE LOAN FUND ADMIN-
ISTRATION.—The Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) collect information from States on adminis-
tration of State loan funds established pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1), including— 
‘‘(A) efforts to streamline the process for ap-
plying for assistance through such State loan 
funds; 
‘‘(B) programs in place to assist with the 
completion of applications for assistance through 
such State loan funds; 
‘‘(C) incentives provided to public water 
systems that partner with small public water 
systems to assist with the application process for 
assistance through such State loan funds; 
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‘‘(D) practices to ensure that amounts in 
such State loan funds are used to provide loans, 
loan guarantees, or other authorized assistance 
in a timely fashion; 
‘‘(E) practices that support effective man-
agement of such State loan funds; 
‘‘(F) practices and tools to enhance finan-
cial management of such State loan funds; and 
‘‘(G) key financial measures for use in eval-
uating State loan fund operations, including— 
‘‘(i) measures of lending capacity, such 
as current assets and current liabilities or 
undisbursed loan assistance liability; and 
‘‘(ii) measures of growth or sustain-
ability, such as return on net interest; 
‘‘(2) not later than 3 years after the date of en-
actment of the Drinking Water System Improvement 
Act of 2017, disseminate to the States best practices 
for administration of such State loan funds, based on 
the information collected pursuant to this subsection; 
and 
‘‘(3) periodically update such best practices, as 
appropriate.’’. 
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SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION FOR SOURCE WATER PETITION 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 1454(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–14(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 through 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’. 
SEC. 12. REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGIES. 
Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 1459C. REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGIES. 
‘‘(a) REVIEW.—The Administrator, after consultation 
with appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government and with State and local governments, shall 
review (or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
to provide for a review of) existing and potential methods, 
means, equipment, and technologies (including review of 
cost, availability, and efficacy of such methods, means, 
equipment, and technologies) that— 
‘‘(1) ensure the physical integrity of community 
water systems; 
‘‘(2) prevent, detect, and respond to any con-
taminant for which a national primary drinking 
water regulation has been promulgated in community 
water systems and source water for community water 
systems; 
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‘‘(3) allow for use of alternate drinking water 
supplies from nontraditional sources; and 
‘‘(4) facilitate source water assessment and pro-
tection. 
‘‘(b) INCLUSIONS.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall include review of methods, means, equipment, and 
technologies— 
‘‘(1) that are used for corrosion protection, me-
tering, leak detection, or protection against water loss; 
‘‘(2) that are intelligent systems, including hard-
ware, software, or other technology, used to assist in 
protection and detection described in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) that are point-of-use devices or point-of- 
entry devices; 
‘‘(4) that are physical or electronic systems that 
monitor, or assist in monitoring, contaminants in 
drinking water in real-time; and 
‘‘(5) that allow for the use of nontraditional 
sources for drinking water, including physical separa-
tion and chemical and biological transformation tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—The Administrator shall make 
the results of the review under subsection (a) available to 
the public. 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2018, 
which shall remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 13. DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT FOR 
SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part F of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1465. DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT 
FOR SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
establish a grant program to provide assistance to local edu-
cational agencies for the replacement of drinking water 
fountains manufactured prior to 1988. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under the grant 
program— 
‘‘(1) shall be used to pay the costs of replacement 
of drinking water fountains in schools; and 
‘‘(2) may be used to pay the costs of monitoring 
and reporting of lead levels in the drinking water of 
schools of a local educational agency receiving such 
funds, as determined appropriate by the Adminis-
trator. 
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‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding funds under the grant 
program, the Administrator shall give priority to local edu-
cational agencies based on economic need. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
not more than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1461(5) of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21(5)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘or drinking water fountain’’ after ‘‘water cooler’’ each 
place it appears. 
SEC. 14. SOURCE WATER. 
(a) ADDRESSING SOURCE WATER USED FOR DRINK-
ING WATER.—Section 304 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11004) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘State emer-
gency planning commission’’ and inserting ‘‘State 
emergency response commission’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) ADDRESSING SOURCE WATER USED FOR DRINK-
ING WATER.— 
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‘‘(1) APPLICABLE
STATE
AGENCY
NOTIFICA-
TION.—A State emergency response commission 
shall— 
‘‘(A) promptly notify the applicable State 
agency of any release that requires notice under 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(B) provide to the applicable State agency 
the information identified in subsection (b)(2); 
and 
‘‘(C) provide to the applicable State agency 
a written followup emergency notice in accord-
ance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY
WATER
SYSTEM
NOTIFICA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An applicable State 
agency receiving notice of a release under para-
graph (1) shall— 
‘‘(i) promptly forward such notice to 
any community water system the source 
waters of which are affected by the release; 
‘‘(ii) forward to the community water 
system the information provided under 
paragraph (1)(B); and 
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‘‘(iii) forward to the community water 
system the written followup emergency no-
tice provided under paragraph (1)(C). 
‘‘(B) DIRECT NOTIFICATION.—In the case of 
a State that does not have an applicable State 
agency, the State emergency response commission 
shall provide the notices and information de-
scribed in paragraph (1) directly to any commu-
nity water system the source waters of which are 
affected by a release that requires notice under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COMMUNITY
WATER
SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘community water system’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 1401(15) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABLE
STATE
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘applicable State agency’ means the State 
agency that has primary responsibility to enforce 
the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
in the State.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY TO COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS.— 
Section 312(e) of the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11022(e)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘State emer-
gency planning commission’’ and inserting ‘‘State 
emergency response commission’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY TO COMMUNITY WATER SYS-
TEMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An affected community 
water system may have access to tier II informa-
tion by submitting a request to the State emer-
gency response commission or the local emer-
gency planning committee. Upon receipt of a re-
quest for tier II information, the State commis-
sion or local committee shall, pursuant to para-
graph (1), request the facility owner or operator 
for the tier II information and make available 
such information to the affected community 
water system. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘affected community water system’ means a 
community water system (as defined in section 
1401(15) of the Safe Drinking Water Act) that 
receives supplies of drinking water from a source 
water area, delineated under section 1453 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, in which a facility 
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that is required to prepare and submit an inven-
tory form under subsection (a)(1) is located.’’. 
SEC. 15. REPORT ON FEDERAL CROSS-CUTTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to Congress a report containing the results of a study, 
to be conducted in consultation with the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, any State agency 
that has primary responsibility to enforce the requirements 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) 
in a State, and public water systems, to identify demonstra-
tions of compliance with a State or local environmental law 
that may be substantially equivalent to any demonstration 
required by the Administrator for compliance with a Fed-
eral cross-cutting requirement. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(1) FEDERAL CROSS-CUTTING REQUIREMENT.— 
The term ‘‘Federal cross-cutting requirement’’ means 
a requirement of a Federal law or regulation, compli-
ance with which is a condition on receipt of a loan 
or loan guarantee pursuant to section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12), that, 
if applied with respect to projects and activities for 
which a public water system receives such a loan or 
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loan guarantee, would be substantially equivalent to 
a requirement of an applicable State or local law. 
(2) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘public 
water system’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f). 
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Union Calendar No. 279 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3387 
[Report No. 115–380] 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve 
public water systems and enhance compliance 
with such Act, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 1, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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