[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5869 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5869

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to 
         assistance for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2025

Ms. Wilson of Florida 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 with respect to 
         assistance for Indian Tribes, 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 ``Tribal Water Infrastructure Grants 
Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. INDIAN TRIBES.

    (a) In General.--Section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--For each fiscal year, the Administrator 
        shall reserve, of the funds made available to carry out title 
        VI (before allotments to the States under section 604(a)), the 
        greater of--
                    ``(A) 2 percent of such funds; or
                    ``(B) $30,000,000.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) Grants.--Funds reserved under this subsection 
                shall be available only for grants to entities 
                described in paragraph (3) for--
                            ``(i) projects and activities eligible for 
                        assistance under section 603(c); and
                            ``(ii) training, technical assistance, and 
                        educational programs relating to the operation 
                        and management of treatment works eligible for 
                        assistance pursuant to section 603(c).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Not more than $2,000,000 of such 
                reserved funds may be used for grants under 
                subparagraph (A)(ii).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the header, by striking ``Use of funds'' and 
                inserting ``Eligible entities''; and
                    (B) by striking ``for projects and activities 
                eligible for assistance under section 603(c) to serve'' 
                and inserting ``to''.
    (b) Additional Assistance.--
            (1) 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 2026 through 2031 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--
                    (A) projects and activities eligible for assistance 
                under section 603(c) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1383); and
                    (B) training, technical assistance, and educational 
                programs related to the operation and management of 
                treatment works eligible for assistance pursuant to 
                such section 603(c).
            (2) No matching requirement.--The Administrator may not 
        require an entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) 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.
            (3) Limitation.--Not more than $2,000,000 of amounts made 
        available in a fiscal year to carry out this subsection may be 
        used for grants under paragraph (1)(B).
            (4) 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 paragraph (1).
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