[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[S. 421 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 51
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 421
[Report No. 117-17]
To amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the
Indian reservation drinking water program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 24, 2021
Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
April 28, 2021
Reported by Mr. Schatz, without amendment
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A BILL
To amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the
Indian reservation drinking water program, 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 ``Western Tribal Water Infrastructure
Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. INDIAN RESERVATION DRINKING WATER PROGRAM.
Section 2001 of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (42
U.S.C. 300j-3c note; Public Law 115-270) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Administrator'' and inserting ``The
Administrator'';
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) 10 eligible projects described in subsection (b) that
are within--
``(A) the Columbia River Basin; or
``(B) a coastal basin adjacent to the Columbia
River.'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) by striking ``is on a reservation'' and
inserting the following: ``is on--
``(A) a reservation'';
(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by
striking ``and'' at the end and inserting ``or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) an off-reservation site that serves an Indian
Tribe described in subsection (c)(2)(B); and'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking the subsection designation and
heading and all that follows through ``In carrying
out'' and inserting the following:
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Upper missouri river basin.--In carrying out''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Columbia river basin.--In carrying out the program
under subsection (a)(3), the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall--
``(A) give priority to projects that respond to
emergency situations where a lack of access to clean
drinking water threatens the health of Tribal
populations;
``(B) select not fewer than 1 eligible project that
serves 1 or more Tribal communities of federally
recognized Indian Tribes the Federal recognition of
which has been terminated and subsequently restored;
and
``(C) ensure that not fewer than 1 eligible project
under that subsection is carried out in--
``(i) the area described in subparagraph
(A) of that subsection; and
``(ii) an area described in subparagraph
(B) of that subsection.'';
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
(5) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of a project carried out
under this section shall be 100 percent.''; and
(6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by striking
``$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022'' and
inserting ``$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through
2024''.
Calendar No. 51
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 421
[Report No. 117-17]
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A BILL
To amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the
Indian reservation drinking water program, and for other purposes.
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April 28, 2021
Reported without amendment