Title: Clean Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Clean Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for increasing the resilience of publicly owned treatment works (i.e., clean water infrastructure) to natural disasters.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2470 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2470

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish a program to make grants to eligible entities to increase the 
   resilience of publicly owned treatment works to natural disasters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2019

 Mr. Carbajal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish a program to make grants to eligible entities to increase the 
   resilience of publicly owned treatment works to natural disasters.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Infrastructure 
Resilience and Sustainability Act''.

SEC. 2. CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY 
              PROGRAM.

    Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 222. CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY 
              PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator shall establish a clean water 
infrastructure resilience and sustainability program, under which the 
Administrator shall award grants to eligible entities for the purpose 
of increasing the resilience of publicly owned treatment works to a 
natural disaster.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this section shall use such 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 disaster 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 natural and engineered green 
        infrastructure, and reclamation and reuse of wastewater and 
        stormwater, such as aquifer recharge zones;
            ``(4) the modification or relocation of an existing 
        publicly owned treatment works at risk of being significantly 
        impaired or damaged by a natural disaster;
            ``(5) the development and implementation of projects to 
        increase the resilience of publicly owned treatment works to a 
        natural disaster; or
            ``(6) the enhancement of energy efficiency or the use and 
        generation of recovered or renewable energy in management, 
        treatment, or conveyance of wastewater or stormwater.
    ``(c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Administrator an 
application that--
            ``(1) includes a proposal of the project to be planned, 
        designed, or constructed using funds under this section;
            ``(2) identifies the natural disaster risk to be addressed 
        by the proposed project;
            ``(3) provides documentation prepared by a Federal, State, 
        regional, or local government agency of the natural disaster 
        risk to the area where the proposed project is to be located;
            ``(4) includes a description of any recent natural disaster 
        events that have affected the publicly owned treatment works;
            ``(5) includes a description of how the proposed project 
        would improve the performance of the publicly owned treatment 
        works under an anticipated natural disaster; and
            ``(6) explains how the proposed project is expected to 
        enhance the resilience of the publicly owned treatment works to 
        an anticipated natural disaster.
    ``(d) Grant Amount and Other Federal Requirements.--
            ``(1) Grant amount.--A grant under this section shall not 
        exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the proposed project.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The requirements of section 608 of 
        this Act shall apply to any project funded under this section.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Natural disaster.--The term `natural disaster' means 
        a disaster caused by natural forces, including extreme weather 
        events, sea-level rise, or extreme drought conditions.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a municipality; or
                    ``(B) an intermunicipal, interstate, or State 
                agency.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2025.''.
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