Sec. 2. Sewer overflow control grants
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Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1301 ) is amended— by striking subsections
(a)through
(g)and inserting the following: The Administrator may— make grants to States for the purpose of providing grants to local or regional authorities or a municipality or municipal entity for use in planning, designing, and constructing treatment works to intercept, transport, control, or treat municipal combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows; and make a grant directly to a local or regional authority or municipality or municipal entity for the purposes described in paragraph (1). In selecting from among municipalities applying for grants under this section, a State or the Administrator shall give priority to— an applicant that is a financially distressed community, as determined by the applicable State under subsection (c); and an applicant that discharges into a water body, or water body segment, impaired for nutrients or related pollutant indicators. In determining whether a community is a distressed community for the purposes of subsection (b), a State shall consider, among other factors, the criteria described in section 7(b)(2)(A) of the Clean Water Affordability Act of 2014 . The Federal share of the cost of any project or activity carried out using funds from a grant made under subsection
(a)shall be not less than 75 percent. The non-Federal share of the cost of any project or activity carried out using funds from a grant made under subsection
(a)may include— in any amount, public and private funds and in-kind services; and notwithstanding section 603, financial assistance, including loans, from a State water pollution control revolving fund. Subject to paragraph (2), a project that receives grant assistance under subsection
(a)shall be carried out subject to the same requirements as a project that receives assistance from a State water pollution control revolving fund established pursuant to title VI. The requirement described in paragraph
(1)shall not apply to a project that receives grant assistance under subsection
(a)to the extent that the Governor of the State in which the project is located determines that a requirement described in title VI is inconsistent with the purposes of this section. For fiscal year 2015, subject to subsection (g), the Administrator shall use the amounts made available to carry out this section under subsection (i)(1) to provide grants to municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2) in accordance with the priority criteria described in subsection (b). For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, subject to subsection (g), the Administrator shall use the amounts appropriated to carry out this section under subsection (i)(1) to provide grants to States under subsection (a)(1) in accordance with a formula that— shall be established by the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment; and allocates to each State a proportional share of the amounts based on the total needs of the State for municipal combined sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer overflow controls, as identified in the most recent survey— conducted under section 210; and included in a report required under section 516(a). ; by redesignating subsections
(h)and
(i)as subsections
(g)and (h), respectively; in the first sentence of subsection
(h)(as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking 2003 and inserting 2015 ; and by adding at the end the following: There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph
(1)shall remain available until expended. .
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