Volume 165, No. 149 covering the 1st Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“PERMITTING STATES TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS FROM CLEAN WATER REVOLVING FUND TO DRINKING WATER REVOLVING FUND” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H7744 on Sept. 17, 2019.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PERMITTING STATES TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS FROM CLEAN WATER REVOLVING
FUND TO DRINKING WATER REVOLVING FUND
Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (S. 1689) to permit States to transfer certain funds from the clean water revolving fund of a State to the drinking water revolving fund of the State in certain circumstances, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Houlahan). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey?
There was no objection.
The text of the bill is as follows:
S. 1689
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) lead is a toxic chemical that--
(A) is particularly harmful to young children; and
(B) can cause reduced intelligence quotients, attention disorders, and other serious health problems;
(2) excessive and harmful levels of lead have been found in water systems across all 50 States and those water systems serve drinking water to millions of people in the United States;
(3) hundreds of the water systems described in paragraph
(2) are water systems that provide drinking water to schools or day care centers;
(4) not all States have sufficient funds in the drinking water revolving fund of that State to address the threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water; and
(5) some States have available funds in the clean water revolving fund of that State that could be used to provide additional resources to help address lead in drinking water.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Clean water revolving fund.--The term ``clean water revolving fund'' means a State water pollution control revolving fund established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
(2) Drinking water revolving fund.--The term ``drinking water revolving fund'' means a State drinking water treatment revolving loan fund established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12).
(c) Authority.--In addition to the transfer authority in section 302(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 300j-12 note; Public Law 104-182), and notwithstanding section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(d)), during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, if a State, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, determines that available funds in the clean water revolving fund of the State are necessary to address a threat to public health as a result of heightened exposure to lead in drinking water, the State may transfer an amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the cumulative clean water revolving fund Federal grant dollars to the State to the drinking water revolving fund of the State. Funds transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of these).
The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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