[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5513 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5513
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.
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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
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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.
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 ``Affordable Safe Drinking Water Act
of 2019''.
SEC. 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.
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