Title: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021
This bill creates, reauthorizes, and revises several grant programs for infrastructure to treat water pollution, such as wastewater or stormwater.
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, which provides communities low-cost financing for water quality infrastructure projects. It also reauthorizes through FY2026 grants for
In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency must award grants to owners of publicly owned treatment works (i.e., sewage treatment plants) for the treatment of contaminants of emerging concern, such as perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1915 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1915

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 
       water pollution control programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2021

    Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain 
       water pollution control programs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Water Quality Protection and Job 
Creation Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. 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 following:
            ``(3) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 1991 through 2021; and
            ``(4) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
        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. 3. WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.

    Section 122 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1274(c)) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(c) Requirements.--The requirements of section 608 shall apply to 
any construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works 
receiving a grant under this section.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026.''.

SEC. 4. 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 by striking 
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
    (b) Committee Resolution Procedure.--Section 220 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended by striking 
subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as 
subsections (e) through (g), respectively.
    (c) Requirements.--Section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended by inserting before subsection 
(i) the following:
    ``(h) 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.''.
    (d) Definitions.--Section 220(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``or 
wastewater or by treating wastewater'' and inserting ``, wastewater, or 
stormwater or by treating wastewater or stormwater''.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 220(j) (33 U.S.C. 
1300(j)) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by 
striking ``a total of $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 through 2004'' 
and inserting ``$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026''.

SEC. 5. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MUNICIPAL GRANTS.

    (a) Non-Federal Share.--Section 221(e) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(e)) is amended by striking 
``section 513'' and inserting ``section 513, or the requirements of 
section 608,''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 221(f)(1) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking ``$225,000,000'' and all that follows before the period and 
inserting ``$400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026''.

SEC. 6. GRANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS.

    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. EMERGING CONTAMINANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator shall award grants to owners 
of publicly owned treatment works to be used for the implementation of 
a pretreatment standard or effluent limitation developed pursuant to 
this Act for the introduction into a treatment works, or the discharge 
of, any pollutant that is a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance 
or any pollutant identified by the Administrator as a contaminant of 
emerging concern.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026.''.

SEC. 7. STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS.

    Section 607 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1387) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 607. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$8,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.''.

SEC. 8. INDIAN TRIBES.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts 
otherwise made available under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), there is authorized to be 
appropriated $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to 
make grants, in cooperation with the Director of the Indian Health 
Service, to entities described in section 518(c)(3) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377) for--
            (1) projects and activities eligible for assistance under 
        section 603(c) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1383); and
            (2) training, technical assistance, and educational 
        programs related to the operation and management of treatment 
        works eligible for assistance pursuant to such section 603(c).
    (b) No Matching Requirement.--The Administrator may not require an 
entity receiving a grant under subsection (a) to provide, as a 
condition of receiving such grant, a share of the cost of the project 
or activity for which such grant was made.
    (c) Limitation.--Not more than $2,000,000 of amounts made available 
in a fiscal year to carry out this section may be used for grants under 
subsection (a)(2).
    (d) Application of Other Requirements.--The requirements of 
sections 513 and 608 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1372, 1388) shall apply to any project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works for which a grant 
is received under subsection (a).
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