I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3218 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 
water pollution control programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2021 
Mr. ROUZER (for himself, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, and Mr. YOUNG) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reau-
thorize certain water pollution control programs, 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 ‘‘Wastewater Infrastruc-
ture Improvement Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE IN-
VESTMENT. 
Section 104(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(g)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘manpower’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘workforce’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(4) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS
ON
PUBLICLY 
OWNED TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
MENT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of the Wastewater Infrastructure Improve-
ment Act of 2021, the Administrator shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a 
report containing— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the current and fu-
ture workforce needs for publicly owned treat-
ment works, including an estimate of the num-
ber of future positions needed for such treat-
ment works and the technical skills and edu-
cation needed for such positions; 
‘‘(B) a summary of actions taken by the 
Administrator, including Federal investments 
under this Act, that promote workforce develop-
ment to address such needs; and 
‘‘(C) any recommendations of the Adminis-
trator to address such needs.’’. 
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SEC. 3. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
106(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 1991 through 2021; 
‘‘(4) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(5) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(6) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(7) $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
‘‘(8) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 106(e) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Beginning in fiscal year 1974 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 4. WATERSHED, WET WEATHER, AND RESILIENCY 
PROJECTS. 
(a) 
INCREASED
RESILIENCE
OF
TREATMENT 
WORKS.—Section 122(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274(a)(6)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
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‘‘(6) INCREASED RESILIENCE OF TREATMENT 
WORKS.—Efforts— 
‘‘(A) 
to 
assess 
future 
risks 
and 
vulnerabilities of publicly owned treatment 
works to manmade or natural disasters, includ-
ing extreme weather events and sea level rise; 
and 
‘‘(B) to carry out the planning, designing, 
or constructing of projects, on a systemwide or 
areawide basis, to increase the resilience of pub-
licly owned treatment works through— 
‘‘(i) the conservation of water or the 
enhancement of water use efficiency; 
‘‘(ii) the enhancement of wastewater 
(including stormwater) management by in-
creasing watershed preservation and pro-
tection, including through— 
‘‘(I) the use of green infrastruc-
ture; or 
‘‘(II) the reclamation and reuse 
of wastewater (including stormwater), 
such as through aquifer recharge 
zones; 
‘‘(iii) the modification or relocation of 
an existing publicly owned treatment works 
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at risk of being significantly impaired or 
damaged by a manmade or natural dis-
aster; or 
‘‘(iv) the enhancement of energy effi-
ciency, or the use or generation of recov-
ered or renewable energy, in the manage-
ment, treatment, or conveyance of waste-
water (including stormwater).’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS; AUTHORIZATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Section 122 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274) is amended by striking sub-
section (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 
608 shall apply to any construction, alteration, mainte-
nance, or repair of treatment works receiving a grant 
under this section. 
‘‘(d) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 
less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance 
to municipalities with a population of less than 10,000, 
to the extent there are sufficient eligible applications. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$110,000,000, to remain available until expended.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) WATERSHED
PILOT
PROJECTS.—Section 
122 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1274) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘WATERSHED, WET WEATHER, AND RE-
SILIENCY PROJECTS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(2) WATER
POLLUTION
CONTROL
REVOLVING 
LOAN
FUNDS.—Section 603(c)(7) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)(7)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘watershed’’. 
SEC. 
5. 
PILOT 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
ALTERNATIVE 
WATER 
SOURCE PROJECTS. 
(a) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—Section 220(d) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1300(d)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.—A project 
that has received construction funds under the Rec-
lamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 
of 1992 shall not be eligible for grant assistance 
under this section.’’; and 
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(2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(b) COMMITTEE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE; ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended by striking sub-
section (e) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall use not 
less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance 
to eligible entities for projects designed to serve fewer than 
10,000 individuals, to the extent there are sufficient eligi-
ble applications.’’. 
(c) COST SHARING.—Section 220(g) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300(g)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Federal share’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Federal share’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RECLAMATION AND REUSE PROJECTS.— 
For an alternative water source project that has re-
ceived funds under the Reclamation Projects Author-
ization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (other than 
funds referred to in subsection (d)(1)), the total 
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Federal share of the costs of the project shall not 
exceed 25 percent or $20,000,000, whichever is 
less.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 220 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended 
by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) 
and (k), respectively, and inserting after subsection (h) the 
following: 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 
608 shall apply to any construction of an alternative water 
source project carried out using assistance made available 
under this section.’’. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—Section 220(j)(1) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (as redesignated by sub-
section (d) of this section) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
wastewater or by treating wastewater’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
wastewater, or stormwater or by treating wastewater or 
stormwater’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
220(k) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as re-
designated by subsection (d) of this section) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 through 
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’. 
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SEC. 6. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MU-
NICIPAL GRANTS. 
Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b),’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘this sec-
tion,’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Federal share’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Federal share’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘The non-Federal share’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) FINANCIALLY
DISTRESSED
COMMU-
NITIES.—The Federal share of the cost of ac-
tivities carried out using amounts from a grant 
made to a financially distressed community 
under subsection (a) shall be not less than 75 
percent of the cost. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘section 513’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 513, or the requirements of 
section 608,’’; and 
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(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Administrator shall ensure that, of the 
amounts granted to municipalities in a State, not 
less than 20 percent is granted to municipalities 
with a population of less than 20,000, to the extent 
there are sufficient eligible applications.’’. 
SEC. 7. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION 
SYSTEM PERMIT TERM. 
Section 402(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(b)(1)(B)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) are for fixed terms— 
‘‘(i) not exceeding 10 years, for a permit 
issued to a State or municipality; and 
‘‘(ii) not exceeding 5 years, for a permit 
issued to any person not described in clause (i); 
and’’. 
SEC. 8. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Section 516(b)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375(b)(1)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘, of the cost of construction’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, of (i) the cost of construction’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘each of the States;’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each of the States, and (ii) the costs to imple-
ment measures necessary to address the resilience 
and sustainability of publicly owned treatment works 
to manmade or natural disasters;’’. 
SEC. 9. INDIAN TRIBES. 
Section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the 
Administrator shall reserve, of the funds made avail-
able to carry out title VI (before allotments to the 
States under section 604(a)), the greater of— 
‘‘(A) 2 percent of such funds; or 
‘‘(B) $30,000,000. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) GRANTS.—Funds reserved under this 
subsection shall be available only for grants to 
entities described in paragraph (3) for— 
‘‘(i) projects and activities eligible for 
assistance under section 603(c); and 
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‘‘(ii) training, technical assistance, 
and educational programs relating to the 
operation and management of treatment 
works eligible for assistance pursuant to 
section 603(c). 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATION.—Not 
more 
than 
$2,000,000 of the reserved funds may be used 
for grants under subparagraph (A)(ii).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘USE OF 
FUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for projects and activities 
eligible for assistance under section 603(c) to 
serve’’ and inserting ‘‘to’’. 
SEC. 10. CAPITALIZATION GRANTS. 
Section 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13)(B)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘and energy conservation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and efficient energy use (such as through 
the implementation of technologies to recapture 
and reuse energy produced in the treatment of 
wastewater)’’; and 
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(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) to the extent there are sufficient applica-
tions for projects or activities that are eligible for as-
sistance from the fund and are consistent with the 
State’s intended use plan under section 606(c), and 
with respect to which the applicant meets the min-
imum financial requirements to qualify for assist-
ance under this title, the State will use not less than 
10 percent of the funds received by the State in cap-
italization grants under this title in a fiscal year for 
projects or activities, or components thereof, to im-
prove the resiliency, including water and energy effi-
ciency, of treatment works, or to implement environ-
mentally innovative activities such as green infra-
structure.’’. 
SEC. 11. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN 
FUNDS. 
Section 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(i)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘, including forgiveness of prin-
cipal and negative interest loans’’ and inserting 
‘‘(including in the form of forgiveness of prin-
cipal, negative interest loans, or grants)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘in assistance’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘to 
such ratepayers’’ and inserting ‘‘to help 
such ratepayers maintain access to waste-
water and stormwater treatment services’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) SUBSIDIZATION AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use for 
providing additional subsidization in a fiscal 
year under this subsection an amount that does 
not exceed 30 percent of the total amount re-
ceived by the State in capitalization grants 
under this title for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) MINIMUM.—For each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026, to the extent there are suf-
ficient applications for additional subsidization 
under this subsection that meet the criteria 
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under paragraph (1)(A), a State shall use for 
providing additional subsidization in a fiscal 
year under this subsection an amount that is 
not less than 10 percent of the total amount re-
ceived by the State in capitalization grants 
under this title for the fiscal year.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) ADDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—A State may 
use for providing technical assistance to publicly 
owned treatment works serving 10,000 or fewer indi-
viduals in the State an amount that does not exceed 
2 percent of the total amount allotted to the State 
under this title for each fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) NEEDS SURVEY.—A State may use for ac-
tivities associated with the Clean Watershed Needs 
Survey conducted pursuant to section 516(b), in-
cluding data collection, an amount that does not ex-
ceed 0.5 percent of the total amount allotted to the 
State under this title for each fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 12. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS. 
(a) FORMULA.—Section 604(a) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 1989 and 1990’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each fiscal year’’. 
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(b) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT.—Section 604 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026, a State may reserve up to 0.5 
percent of the sums allotted to the State under this 
section for the fiscal year to carry out workforce de-
velopment, training, and retraining activities de-
scribed in section 104(g). 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a report con-
taining— 
‘‘(A) a list of the States that reserved and 
used funds under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) a summary of the amounts of such 
funds so used by such States; 
‘‘(C) an identification and assessment of 
the types of efforts of such States, and the ef-
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