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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 3684 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 13107

Sec. 13107. Lead service line replacement

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Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In addition to the capitalization grants to eligible States under subsection (a)(1), the Administrator shall offer to enter into agreements with States, Indian Tribes, and the territories described in subsection
(j)to make grants, including letters of credit, to such States, Indian Tribes, and territories under this subsection to fund the replacement of lead service lines. Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall be— allotted and reallotted to the extent practicable to States as if allotted or reallotted under subsection (a)(1) as a capitalization grant under such subsection; and deposited into the State loan fund of a State receiving such funds pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection. The Administrator shall set aside 1 1/2 percent of the amounts made available each fiscal year to carry out this subsection to make grants to Indian Tribes. Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall be allotted to territories described in subsection
(j)in accordance with such subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, funds made available under this subsection shall be used only for providing grants for the replacement of lead service lines. Each State, Indian Tribe, and territory that has entered into an agreement pursuant to this subsection shall annually prepare a plan that identifies the intended uses of the amounts made available to such State, Indian Tribe, or territory under this subsection, and any such plan shall— not be required to comply with subsection (b)(3); provide, to the maximum extent practicable, that priority for the use of funds be given to projects that replace lead service lines serving disadvantaged communities and environmental justice communities; and provide, in addition to subparagraph
(B)and to the maximum extent practicable, that priority for the use of funds be given to projects that, in carrying out lead service line replacements, provide job training, apprenticeships, or other employment opportunities for low-income persons and very low-income persons that are located in the area in which the project is carried out. Each State, Indian Tribe, and territory that has entered into an agreement pursuant to this subsection shall require each recipient of funds made available pursuant to this subsection to submit to the State, Indian Tribe, or territory a plan to replace all lead service lines in the applicable public water system within 10 years of receiving such funds. The requirements of paragraphs
(4)and
(5)of subsection
(a)shall apply to any project carried out in whole or in part with funds made available under or pursuant to this subsection. No funds made available pursuant to this subsection may be used for partial lead service line replacement if, at the conclusion of the service line replacement, drinking water is delivered through a publicly or privately owned portion of a lead service line. Any recipient of funds made available pursuant to this subsection for lead service line replacement shall offer to replace any privately owned portion of any lead service line with respect to which such funds are used at no cost to the private owner. All funds made available pursuant to this subsection to fund the replacement of lead service lines may be used to replace lead service lines serving disadvantaged communities. No agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall require that a State deposit, at any time, in the applicable State loan fund from State moneys any contribution in order to receive funds under this subsection. The Administrator shall annually submit to Congress a report that provides— the number of households for which lead service lines have been replaced using funds made available by this subsection; the total number of lead service lines that exist in each State, territory, and area under the jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to this subsection; with respect to each project for such lead service line replacement, data on job training, apprenticeships, and other employment opportunities for persons described in paragraph (4)(C) under such projects, which shall include the amount of the funding used to hire such persons for such project; and any other data determined by the Administrator to be useful for purposes of determining the effect of this subsection with respect to replacing lead service lines. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $4,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Such sums shall remain available until expended. To the extent amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subsection in any fiscal year are not appropriated in that fiscal year, such amounts are authorized to be appropriated in a subsequent fiscal year. Such sums shall remain available until expended. For purposes of this subsection: The term disadvantaged community has the meaning given such term in subsection (d)(3). The term environmental justice community means any population of color, community of color, indigenous community, or low-income community that experiences a disproportionate burden of the negative human health and environmental impacts of pollution or other environmental hazards. The term lead service line means a pipe and its fittings, which are not lead free (as defined in section 1417(d)), that connect the drinking water main to the building inlet. The terms low-income person and very low-income person have the same meanings given the terms low-income families and very low-income families , respectively, in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.14 1437a(b)). . Section 1452(m)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12(m)(1) ) is amended by striking (a)(2)(G) and
(t)and inserting (a)(2)(G), (t), and
(u).
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  • 42 USC 300j–12
  • 42 USC 14
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Sec. 13107
Lead service line replacement
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