Clean Water for Rural America Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3700 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3700

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize grants 
 for technical assistance to rural, small, and tribal municipalities, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2021

  Mr. Delgado (for himself and Mr. Van Drew) 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 grants 
 for technical assistance to rural, small, and tribal municipalities, 
                        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 ``Clean Water for Rural America Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO RURAL, SMALL, AND TRIBAL 
              MUNICIPALITIES.

    (a) Reauthorization.--Section 104(u) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(u)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and (7)'' and inserting ``(7)'';
            (2) by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2021''; and
            (3) by inserting ``; and (8) not to exceed $100,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for carrying out 
        subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g), except that not less than 
        half of the amounts so appropriated to carry out such 
        subsections in each such fiscal year shall be used for carrying 
        out subsection (b)(8)'' before the period at the end.
    (b) Communication.--A nonprofit organization receiving a grant 
under section 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)) shall, prior to carrying out an activity using such 
grant funds, consult with the State in which such activity is to be 
carried out.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to Congress a report that describes the implementation of 
the grants made under subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g) of section 
104 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254) during 
the 2 fiscal years preceding the date of the report, including a 
description of the recipients and amounts of such grants.
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