H.R. 3376

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025

Sponsor: Bonnie Watson Coleman

90 cosponsors
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Sec. 5. State water pollution control revolving funds

(a) Specific requirements. Section 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking will be made to the State with funds to be made available and inserting were made to the State with funds made available for fiscal year 2021;

(2) in paragraph (13), by striking and at the end;

(3) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

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(15) the State will not provide financial assistance using amounts from the fund for any project that will provide substantial direct benefits to new communities, lots, or subdivisions, other than a project to construct an advanced decentralized wastewater system; and

(b) Projects and activities eligible for assistance. Section 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking and at the end;

(2) in paragraph (12)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

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(13) to any municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for—

(A) purchasing from a willing or unwilling seller a privately owned treatment works; and

(B) expenses related to canceling a contract for the operation or management of a publicly owned treatment works.

(c) Increasing the amount of additional subsidization by the State. Section 603(i)(3)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(i)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:

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(B) Additional limitation. A State may use not less than 50 percent of the total amount received by the State in capitalization grants under this title for a fiscal year for providing additional subsidization under this subsection.