I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3751 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a program 
to make grants to eligible entities to increase the resilience of publicly 
owned treatment works to natural disasters, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2021 
Mr. CARBAJAL 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 estab-
lish a program to make grants to eligible entities to 
increase the resilience of publicly owned treatment works 
to natural disasters, 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 ‘‘Clean Water Infra-
structure Resilience and Sustainability Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY AND 
SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. 
Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 222. CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY 
AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a municipality; or 
‘‘(B) an intermunicipal, interstate, or State 
agency. 
‘‘(2) NATURAL
HAZARD.—The term ‘natural 
hazard’ means a natural event that threatens the 
functioning of a publicly owned treatment works, in-
cluding extreme weather events and hydrological 
changes. 
‘‘(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 
the clean water infrastructure resilience and sustain-
ability program established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(4) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘resilience’ means 
the ability of a publicly owned treatment works or 
an asset of a publicly owned treatment works— 
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‘‘(A) to adapt to, or withstand the effects 
of, a natural hazard, without interruption to the 
function of the plant or asset; or 
‘‘(B) if the function is interrupted due to 
a natural hazard, to rapidly return to a normal 
operating condition. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a clean water infrastructure resilience and sustain-
ability program under which the Administrator shall 
award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of increas-
ing the resilience of publicly owned treatment works to a 
natural hazard. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under the program shall use the grant funds for 
planning, designing, or constructing projects (on a system- 
wide or area-wide basis) that increase the resilience of a 
publicly owned treatment works to a natural hazard 
through— 
‘‘(1) the conservation of water; 
‘‘(2) the enhancement of water use efficiency; 
‘‘(3) the enhancement of wastewater and 
stormwater management by increasing watershed 
preservation and protection, including through the 
use of— 
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‘‘(A) natural and engineered green infra-
structure; and 
‘‘(B) reclamation and reuse of wastewater 
and stormwater, such as aquifer recharge zones; 
‘‘(4) the modification or relocation of an exist-
ing publicly owned treatment works that is at risk 
of being significantly impaired or damaged by a nat-
ural hazard; 
‘‘(5) the development and implementation of 
projects to increase the resilience of publicly owned 
treatment works to a natural hazard; or 
‘‘(6) the enhancement of energy efficiency or 
the use and generation of recovered or renewable en-
ergy in the management, treatment, or conveyance 
of wastewater or stormwater. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Administrator an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Administrator 
may require, including— 
‘‘(1) a proposal of the project to be planned, de-
signed, or constructed using funds under the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(2) an identification of the natural hazard risk 
to be addressed by the proposed project; 
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‘‘(3) documentation prepared by a Federal, 
State, regional, or local government agency of the 
natural hazard risk of the area where the proposed 
project is to be located; 
‘‘(4) a description of any recent natural hazard 
events that have affected the publicly owned treat-
ment works; 
‘‘(5) a description of how the proposed project 
would improve the performance of the publicly 
owned treatment works under an anticipated natural 
hazard; and 
‘‘(6) an explanation of how the proposed project 
is expected to enhance the resilience of the publicly 
owned treatment works to an anticipated natural 
hazard. 
‘‘(e) GRANT AMOUNT AND OTHER FEDERAL RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) COST SHARE.—A grant under the program 
shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the 
proposed project. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of 
section 608 shall apply to a project funded with a 
grant under the program. 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 
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