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(1) the Environmental Justice Small Grants 
Program and the Environmental Justice Collabo-
rative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Pro-
gram, as those programs are in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) the Community Action for a Renewed Envi-
ronment grant programs I and II, as in existence on 
January 1, 2012. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS IN RESPONSE TO 
COVID–19 PANDEMIC.—With respect to amounts appro-
priated by division A of this Act that are available to carry 
out the programs described in subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency may only 
award grants under such programs for projects that will 
investigate or address the disproportionate impacts of the 
COVID–19 pandemic in environmental justice commu-
nities. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the programs 
described in subsection (a) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, 
and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
(d) DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than 30 days after 
amounts are made available pursuant to subsection (c), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
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shall make awards of grants under each of the programs 
described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 303. LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD DRINKING WATER AND 
WASTEWATER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 to the Sec-
retary to carry out this section. 
(b) LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD DRINKING WATER AND 
WASTEWATER ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to States and Indian Tribes to assist low-income 
households, particularly those with the lowest incomes, that 
pay a high proportion of household income for drinking 
water and wastewater services, by providing funds to own-
ers or operators of public water systems or treatment works 
to reduce rates charged to such households for such services. 
(c) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary, States, and Indian Tribes, as 
applicable, shall, as appropriate and to the extent prac-
ticable, use existing processes, procedures, policies, and sys-
tems in place to provide assistance to low-income house-
holds, including by using existing application and approval 
processes. 
(d) ALLOTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall allot amounts appro-
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priated pursuant to this section to a State or Indian 
Tribe based on the following: 
(A) The percentage of households in the 
State, or under the jurisdiction of the Indian 
Tribe, with income equal to or less than 150 per-
cent of the Federal poverty line. 
(B) The percentage of such households in the 
State, or under the jurisdiction of the Indian 
Tribe, that spend more than 30 percent of 
monthly income on housing. 
(C) The extent to which the State or Indian 
Tribe has been affected by the public health emer-
gency, including the rate of transmission of 
COVID–19 in the State or area over which the 
Indian Tribe has jurisdiction, the number of 
COVID–19 cases compared to the national aver-
age, and economic disruptions resulting from the 
public health emergency. 
(2) RESERVED FUNDS.—The Secretary shall re-
serve not more than 10 percent of the amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this section for allotment to 
States and Indian Tribes based on the economic dis-
ruptions to the States and Indian Tribes resulting 
from the emergency described in the emergency dec-
laration issued by the President on March 13, 2020,
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pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5191(b)), during the period covered by such 
emergency declaration and any subsequent major dis-
aster declaration under section 401 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170) that supersedes such emergency declara-
tion. 
(e) DETERMINATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.— 
(1) MINIMUM DEFINITION OF LOW-INCOME.—In 
determining whether a household is considered low-in-
come for the purposes of this section, a State or In-
dian Tribe— 
(A) shall ensure that, at a minimum— 
(i) all households with income equal to 
or less than 150 percent of the Federal pov-
erty line are included as low-income house-
holds; and 
(ii) all households with income equal to 
or less than 60 percent of the State median 
income are included as low-income house-
holds; 
(B) may include households that have been 
adversely economically affected by job loss or se-
vere income loss related to the public health 
emergency; and
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(C) may include other households, including 
households in which 1 or more individuals are 
receiving— 
(i) assistance under the State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
(ii) supplemental security income pay-
ments under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 
(iii) supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits under the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); or 
(iv) payments under section 1315, 
1521, 1541, or 1542 of title 38, United 
States Code, or under section 306 of the Vet-
erans’ and Survivors’ Pension Improvement 
Act of 1978. 
(2) HOUSEHOLD
DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—States and Indian Tribes shall— 
(A) to the maximum extent practicable, seek 
to limit the income history documentation re-
quirements for determining whether a household 
is considered low-income for the purposes of this 
section; and
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(B) for the purposes of income eligibility, 
accept proof of job loss or severe income loss 
dated after February 29, 2020, such as a layoff 
or furlough notice or verification of application 
of unemployment benefits, as sufficient to dem-
onstrate lack of income for an individual or 
household. 
(f) APPLICATIONS.—Each State or Indian Tribe desir-
ing to receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
application to the Secretary, in such form as the Secretary 
shall require. 
(g) UTILITY RESPONSIBILITIES.—Owners or operators 
of public water systems or treatment works receiving funds 
pursuant to this section for the purposes of reducing rates 
charged to low-income households for service shall— 
(1) conduct outreach activities designed to ensure 
that such households are made aware of the rate as-
sistance available pursuant to this section; 
(2) charge such households, in the normal billing 
process, not more than the difference between the ac-
tual cost of the service provided and the amount of the 
payment made by the State or Indian Tribe pursuant 
to this section; and
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(3) within 45 days of providing assistance to a 
household pursuant to this section, notify in writing 
such household of the amount of such assistance. 
(h) STATE AGREEMENTS WITH DRINKING WATER AND 
WASTEWATER PROVIDERS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, a State that receives a grant under this section shall 
enter into agreements with owners and operators of public 
water systems, owners and operators of treatment works, 
municipalities, nonprofit organizations associated with 
providing drinking water, wastewater, and other social 
services to rural and small communities, and Indian 
Tribes, to assist in identifying low-income households and 
to carry out this section. 
(i) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State or Indian Tribe 
that receives a grant under this section may use up to 8 
percent of the granted amounts for administrative costs. 
(j) FEDERAL AGENCY COORDINATION.—In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
consult with other Federal agencies with authority over the 
provision of drinking water and wastewater services. 
(k) AUDITS.—The Secretary shall require each State 
and Indian Tribe receiving a grant under this section to 
undertake periodic audits and evaluations of expenditures
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made by such State or Indian Tribe pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
(l) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the results of activities carried 
out pursuant to this section— 
(1) not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this section; and 
(2) upon disbursement of all funds appropriated 
pursuant to this section. 
(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
means any Indian Tribe, band, group, or community 
recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and exer-
cising governmental authority over a Federal Indian 
reservation. 
(2) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 502 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1362). 
(3) PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMERGENCY.—The term 
‘‘public health emergency’’ means the public health 
emergency described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5). 
(4) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘public 
water system’’ has the meaning given such term in
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section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(7) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment 
works’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292). 
SEC. 304. HOME WATER SERVICE CONTINUITY. 
(a) CONTINUITY OF SERVICE.—Any entity receiving 
financial assistance under division A of this Act shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, establish or maintain in 
effect policies to ensure that, with respect to any service pro-
vided by a public water system or treatment works to an 
occupied residence, which service is provided or regulated 
by such entity— 
(1) no such service is or remains disconnected or 
interrupted during the emergency period because of 
nonpayment;
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(2) all reconnections of such service are con-
ducted in a manner that minimizes risk to the health 
of individuals receiving such service; and 
(3) no fees for late payment of bills for such serv-
ice are charged or accrue during the emergency pe-
riod. 
(b) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to require forgiveness of outstanding debt owed to 
an entity or to absolve an individual of any obligation to 
an entity for service. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emergency 
period’’ means the emergency period described in sec-
tion 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320b–5). 
(2) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘public 
water system’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f). 
(3) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment 
works’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292).
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TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
MATTERS 
SEC. 401. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATION. 
(a) Section 4002 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136; 15 U.S.C. 9041) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) BUSINESSES
CRITICAL
TO
MAINTAINING 
NATIONAL SECURITY.—The term ‘businesses critical to 
maintaining national security’ includes businesses 
that manufacture and produce aerospace-related prod-
ucts, civil or defense, including those that design, in-
tegrate, assemble, supply, maintain and repair such 
products, and other businesses as further defined by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Transportation. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, aerospace-related 
products include, but are not limited to, components, 
parts, or systems of aircraft, aircraft engines, or ap-
pliances for inclusion in an aircraft, aircraft engine, 
or appliance.’’. 
SEC. 402. TRADE OF INJURIOUS SPECIES AND SPECIES 
THAT POSE A RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH. 
Section 42 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or any interstate 
transport between States within the conti-
nental United States,’’ after ‘‘shipment be-
tween the continental United States, the 
District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of 
the United States,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to be injurious to 
human beings, to the interests of agri-
culture’’ and inserting ‘‘to be injurious to or 
to transmit a pathogen that can cause dis-
ease in humans, to be injurious to the inter-
ests of agriculture’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) In the case of an emergency posing a sig-
nificant risk to the health of humans, the Secretary 
of the Interior may designate a species by interim 
final rule. At the time of publication of the regulation 
in the Federal Register, the Secretary shall publish 
therein detailed reasons why such regulation is nec-
essary, and in the case that such regulation applies 
to a native species, the Secretary shall give actual no-
tice of such regulation to the State agency in each 
State in which such species is believed to occur. Any
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section and who reasonably should have known that the spe-
cies at issue in such violation is a species listed in sub-
section (a) of this section, or in any regulation issued pur-
suant thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned 
not more than six months, or both.’’. 
SEC. 403. RESCISSION OF FUNDS. 
Of the unobligated balances available under section 
4027 of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136), $146,000,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 925 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT