Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5513
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-19
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Government lending and loan guarantees

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

State and local finance

Water quality

Water resources funding

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill revises the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) program and the drinking water SRF program. Both programs provide financial assistance for water infrastructure.</p> <p>The bill removes the 30-year term limits for loans under the SRF programs. Thus, new loans under the programs may have terms up to the projected useful life of the projects. Loan terms for existing loans may, on agreement of the parties to the loan, be extended.</p> <p>In addition, the bill allows states to use a percentage of SRF funds to replace pipes, plumbing fittings, and fixtures that carry water contaminated with lead or perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS) at certain state, municipal, or tribal facilities (e.g., schools, parks, and senior centers) that provide the public or employees with drinking water. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5513 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2019 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. McGovern , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mrs. Trahan , Mr. Neal , Ms. Pressley , and Mr. Keating ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify the payment periods of loans from State revolving funds under those Acts, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act of 2019 . 2. State revolving funds (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) State revolving loan fund The term State revolving loan fund means— (A) a State water pollution control revolving fund established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); and (B) a State drinking water treatment revolving loan fund established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12 ). (b) Loan terms (1) Federal Water Pollution Control Act Section 603(d)(1)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A) ) is amended by striking the lesser of 30 years and . (2) Safe Drinking Water Act Section 1452(f)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12(f)(1) ) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: (C) each loan has a term that does not exceed the projected useful life (as determined by the State) of the project for which the loan was made; . (c) Applicability to existing loans The term of a loan made from a State revolving loan fund before the date of enactment of this Act may, on agreement of the parties to the loan, be extended in accordance with the amendments made by subsection (b), as applicable. (d) Leaded public drinking water infrastructure Section 1452(g)(2)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (iii), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (v) to replace pipes, plumbing fittings, and fixtures that carry water that is not free of lead or perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances at— (I) a public school; (II) a public park; (III) a fire station; (IV) a police station; (V) a senior center; (VI) a community center; or (VII) any other municipal-, Tribal-, or State-owned facility that provides the public or employees with drinking water. . (e) Reports (1) State revolving loans Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing— (A) the terms of assistance from, recipients of assistance from, and amounts within each State revolving fund loan; and (B) whether a State revolving fund loan has been refinanced. (2) Lead and PFAS remediation Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing each project carried out under clause (v) of section 1452(g)(2)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)(B) ) during the previous year, including— (A) a description of the project; (B) the level of lead contamination or contamination by perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, as applicable, of the drinking water at the facility at which the project was carried out before the project was carried out; (C) the cost of the project; and (D) an estimate of the number of people that used the drinking water source that is the subject of the project during the 1-year period ending on the date on which the project began.