119-hr3376

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3376 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3376

To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and 
 sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 13, 2025

Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Balint, Mr. Bell, Ms. 
 Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Bynum, Mr. 
 Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Casten, 
Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
 Conaway, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
 Deluzio, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mr. 
 Foster, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
 Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. 
 Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Latimer, Ms. 
 Matsui, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
 Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
 Ruiz, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Sewell, Ms. 
Stansbury, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, 
 Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Vargas, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, 
and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
 fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and 
 sewer infrastructure, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Water 
Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025''.

    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability 
 Trust Fund.

Sec. 3. Report on affordability, discrimination and civil rights 
 violations, public participation in 
 regionalization, and data collection.

Sec. 4. Household water well systems.

Sec. 5. State water pollution control revolving funds.

Sec. 6. Use of State revolving loan funds under the Safe Drinking Water 
 Act.

Sec. 7. Drinking water grant programs.

Sec. 8. Labor provisions.

Sec. 9. Water operator jobs training grants.

Sec. 10. Drinking water assistance to colonias.

SEC. 2. WATER AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY, AND RELIABILITY 
 TRUST FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--

    (1) In general.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal 
 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
 following:

``

SEC. 9512. WATER AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY, AND RELIABILITY 
 TRUST FUND.

 ``

    (a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Water 
Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund' 
(referred to in this section as the `Trust Fund'), consisting of such 
amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such Trust Fund as 
provided in this section or 

section 9602

    (b) .
 ``

    (b) Transfers to Fund.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--There are hereby appropriated to the 
 Trust Fund such amounts as the Secretary from time to time 
 estimates are equal to the increase in Federal revenues 
 attributable to the amendment made by 

section 2

    (b) of the Water 
 Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 
 2025.
 ``

    (2) Limitation.--The sum of the amounts appropriated 
 under paragraph

    (1) during any fiscal year shall not exceed the 
 larger of--
 ``
        (A) $35,000,000,000, and
 ``
        (B) one-twentieth of the sum of--
 ``
            (i) the 20-year need identified in the 
 most recent assessment conducted by the 
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
 Agency in accordance with 

section 1452

    (h) of 
 the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
 2

    (h) ), plus
 ``
            (ii) the 20-year need identified in the 
 most recent needs survey submitted by the 
 Administrator pursuant to sections 205

    (a) , 516, 
 and 609 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
 Act (33 U.S.C. 1285

    (a) , 1375, 1389).
 ``
            (c) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Trust Fund are available, 
without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, for 
the purposes described in 

section 2
            (c) of the Water Affordability, 
Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025.''.

    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of parts for subchapter 
 A of chapter 98 of such Code is amended by inserting after the 
 item relating to 

section 9511 the following new item:

``

Sec. 9512. Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability 
 Trust Fund.''.

    (b) Increase in Corporate Tax Rate.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 11

    (b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
 of 1986 is amended by striking ``21'' and inserting ``24.5''.

    (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
 shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
            (c) Allocation of Funds.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor shall allocate, 
for a fiscal year, the funds available, at the beginning of such fiscal 
year, in the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability 
Trust Fund, established by 

section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as follows:

    (1) Clean water programs.--Of such amount, the 
 Administrator shall make available--
        (A) 0.5 percent for making grants under 

section 104

    (b)

    (8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;
        (B) 1.5 percent for making grants under 

section 106 
 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1256);
            (C) 2.5 percent for making grants under 

section 226 
 of such Act;
            (D) 2.5 percent for making grants under 

section 319 
 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1329); and
        (E) 42 percent for making capitalization grants 
 under 

section 601 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1381).

    (2) Safe drinking water funding.--Of such amount, the 
 Administrator shall make available--
        (A) 0.5 percent for providing technical assistance 
 under 

section 1442

    (e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
 (42 U.S.C. 300j-1

    (e) );
        (B) 42 percent for making capitalization grants 
 under 

section 1452 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12);
            (C) 3 percent for making grants under 

section 1465 
 of such Act; and
            (D) 0.5 percent for making grants under 

section 1456 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-16) and for making 
 grants under 

section 307 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
 Amendments of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 1281 note).

    (3) Household water well systems.--Of such amount, the 
 Secretary of Agriculture shall make available 1 percent for 
 making grants under 

section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and 
 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e).

    (4) Colonias.--Of such amount, the Secretary of Agriculture 
 shall make available 0.5 percent for making grants under 
 

section 306C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
 (7 U.S.C. 1926c) described in subsection
            (c) of such section.

    (5) Indian health services.--Of such amount, the Secretary 
 of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of 
 the Indian Health Service, shall make available 3 percent for 
 making grants for the planning, design, construction, 
 modernization, improvement, and renovation of water, sewer, and 
 solid waste sanitation facilities that are funded, in whole or 
 part, by the Indian Health Service--
        (A) through, or provided for in, a contract or 
 compact with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 
 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.);
        (B) pursuant to 

section 7 of the Act of August 5, 
 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a); or
            (C) pursuant to 

section 302 of the Indian Health 
 Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1632).

    (6) Water operators job training grants.--Of such amount, 
 the Secretary of Labor shall make available 0.5 percent for 
 providing job training grants under 

section 414

    (f) of the 
 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1988.
            (d) Prohibition.--None of the funds allocated pursuant to 
subsection
            (c) may be used for any activity described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (5) of 

section 203

    (a) of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 433

    (a) ).

SEC. 3. REPORT ON AFFORDABILITY, DISCRIMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS 
 VIOLATIONS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN REGIONALIZATION, AND 
 DATA COLLECTION.

    (a) Study.--

    (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
 Protection Agency shall conduct a study on water and sewer 
 services, in accordance with this subsection.

    (2) Affordability.--In conducting the study under paragraph

    (1) , the Administrator shall study water affordability 
 nationwide, including--
        (A) rates for water and sewer services, increases 
 in such rates during the ten-year period preceding such 
 study, and water service disconnections due to unpaid 
 water service charges; and
        (B) the effectiveness of funding under 

section 1452 
 of the Safe Drinking Water Act and under 

section 601 of 
 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for promoting 
 affordable, equitable, transparent, and reliable water 
 and sewer service.

    (3) Discrimination and civil rights.--In conducting the 
 study under paragraph

    (1) , the Administrator, in collaboration 
 with the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department 
 of Justice, shall study--
        (A) discriminatory practices of water and sewer 
 service providers;
        (B) discriminatory practices of State program 
 administrators in allocating funding; and
            (C) violations by such service providers and 
 program administrators that receive Federal assistance 
 of civil rights under title VI of the Civil Rights Act 
 of 1964 with regard to equal access to water and sewer 
 services.

    (4) Public participation in regionalization.--In conducting 
 the study under paragraph

    (1) , the Administrator shall evaluate 
 efforts to regionalize public water systems, as defined in 
 

section 1401

    (4) of the Safe Water Drinking Act (42 U.S.C. 
 300f

    (4) ), and sewer services with respect to public 
 participation in--
        (A) the decision to undergo such regionalization; 
 and
        (B) decision making by the board of directors (or 
 other governing body) of the entity that provides, or 
 oversees or coordinates the provision of, water by the 
 public water systems subject to such regionalization.

    (5) Data collection.--In conducting the study under 
 paragraph

    (1) , the Administrator shall collect information, 
 assess the availability of information, and evaluate the 
 methodologies used to collect information, related to--
        (A) people living without water or sewer services;
        (B) water service disconnections due to unpaid 
 water service charges, including disconnections 
 experienced by households containing children, elderly 
 persons, disabled persons, chronically ill persons, or 
 other vulnerable populations;
            (C) tax liens and foreclosures due to unpaid water 
 service charges; and
            (D) disparate effects, on the basis of race, 
 gender, or socioeconomic status, of water service 
 disconnections, tax liens and foreclosures due to 
 unpaid water service charges, and the lack of public 
 water service.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to Congress a report that contains--

    (1) the results of the study conducted under subsection

    (a)

    (1) ; and

    (2) recommendations for utility companies, Federal 
 agencies, and States relating to such results.

SEC. 4. HOUSEHOLD WATER WELL SYSTEMS.

 

Section 306E
            (d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1926e
            (d) ) is amended by striking ``$20,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$348,500,000 for each 
fiscal year''.

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:
 ``

    (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:
 ``

    (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:
 ``
        (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.''.

SEC. 6. USE OF STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER 
 ACT.

 

Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A) , by inserting 
 ``publicly owned, operated, and managed'' 
 before ``community water systems''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking ``The 
 funds under this section shall not be used for 
 the acquisition of real property or interests 
 therein, unless the acquisition is integral to 
 a project authorized by this paragraph and the 
 purchase is from a willing seller.'' and 
 inserting ``The funds under this section may 
 also be used for purchasing from a willing or 
 unwilling seller a privately owned community 
 water system, or for the expenses related to 
 canceling a contract for the operation or 
 management of a community water system.''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (6) Exception to public ownership, operation, and 
 management requirement.--Notwithstanding paragraph

    (2)
        (A) , 
 public water systems that regularly serve fewer than 10,000 
 persons, and which are not owned, operated, or managed by any 
 person who owns, operates, or manages any other public water 
 system, may receive assistance under this section.'';

    (2) by amending subsection
            (d) (2) to read as follows:
 ``

    (2) Total amount of subsidies.--To the extent that there 
 are sufficient applications for loans to communities described 
 in paragraph

    (1) , of the amount of the capitalization grant 
 received by a State in a fiscal year, the total amount of loan 
 subsidies made by the State in the fiscal year pursuant to 
 paragraph

    (1) may not be less than 50 percent.'';

    (3) in subsection

    (e) , by striking ``to be made to the 
 State'' and inserting ``that was made to the State in fiscal 
 year 2021'';

    (4) in subsection

    (g)

    (3) --
        (A) in paragraph
        (B) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in paragraph
            (C) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by inserting after subparagraph
            (C) the 
 following:
 ``
            (D) guidance to ensure affordable, equitable, 
 transparent and reliable water service provision, to 
 provide protections for households facing service 
 disconnection due to unpaid water service charges, and 
 to promote universal equal access to water services.''; 
 and

    (5) in subsection

    (k)

    (1) , by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
        (E) Provide assistance in the form of a grant to 
 a publicly owned, operated, and managed community water 
 system, for the purpose of replacing a lead service 
 line (as defined in 

section 1459B) on private or public 
 property with a copper service line that is lead-free 
 (as defined in 

section 1417
            (d) ) at no cost to the owner 
 of the property.
 ``
        (F) Provide assistance to a publicly owned, 
 operated, and managed community water system for the 
 purpose of updating treatment plants or switching water 
 sources due to contamination from a perfluoroalkyl or 
 polyfluoroalkyl substance that contains at least one 
 fully fluorinated carbon atom.
 ``
        (G) Provide assistance in the form of a grant to 
 owners of a household water well that has been 
 contaminated by a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
 substance that contains at least one fully fluorinated 
 carbon atom, for the purpose of purchasing and 
 installing a household filtration system.''.

SEC. 7. DRINKING WATER GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) School Drinking Water Improvement.--

Section 1465 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-25) is amended--

    (1) in the section heading, by striking ``fountain'' and 
 inserting ``infrastructure'';

    (2) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``fountains manufactured 
 prior to 1988'' and inserting ``infrastructure'';

    (3) by amending subsection

    (b) to read as follows:
 ``

    (b) Use of Funds.--Funds awarded under the grant program may be 
used to pay costs associated with--
 ``

    (1) installing, repairing, or replacing the 
 infrastructure necessary to ensure that drinking water 
 fountains, drinking water coolers, and bottle filling stations 
 at schools are lead free; and
 ``

    (2) monitoring and reporting of lead levels in the 
 drinking water of schools, as determined appropriate by the 
 Administrator.''; and

    (4) in subsection
            (d) --
        (A) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting 
 ``$1,050,000,000''; and
        (B) by striking ``2021'' and inserting ``2027''.

    (b) Tribal Drinking Water.--

Section 1452
            (i) (1) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12
            (i) (1) ) is amended, in the first sentence--

    (1) by striking ``1\1/2\'' and inserting ``Three''; and

    (2) by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.

SEC. 8. LABOR PROVISIONS.

    (a) Prevailing Rate of Wage.--Nothing in this Act shall affect the 
applicability of the requirements relating to labor standards of 
sections 513 and 602

    (b)

    (6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1372, 1382

    (b)

    (6) ) and 

section 1450

    (e) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-9

    (e) ) to projects carried out under those 
Acts.

    (b) Project Labor Agreements.--

    (1) Clean water revolving funds.--

Section 602

    (b) of the 
 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382

    (b) ), as 
 amended by 

section 7, is further amended by adding at the end 
 the following:
 ``

    (16) the State will--
 ``
        (A) permit recipients of assistance under this 
 title to enter into agreements authorized under 

section 8

    (f) of the National Labor Relations Act (commonly 
 known as `project labor agreements') with respect to 
 projects for building or construction carried out with 
 such assistance; and
 ``
        (B) ensure that, to the maximum extent 
 practicable, recipients of assistance under this title 
 carry out such projects through the use of such 
 agreements.''.

    (2) Drinking water revolving funds.--

Section 1452 of the 
 Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is amended--
        (A) in subsection

    (a) , by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``

    (7) Project labor agreements.--Each agreement under this 
 subsection shall require that the State permit recipients of 
 assistance under this section to enter into agreements 
 authorized under 

section 8

    (f) of the National Labor Relations 
 Act (commonly known as `project labor agreements') with respect 
 to projects for building or construction carried out with such 
 assistance.''; and
        (B) in subsection

    (b)

    (3)
        (A) --
            (i) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``; and'' 
 and inserting a semicolon;
            (ii) in clause
            (iii) , by striking the 
 period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iv) with respect to projects for 
 building or construction, will be carried out 
 through the use of agreements authorized under 
 

section 8

    (f) of the National Labor Relations 
 Act.''.

SEC. 9. WATER OPERATOR JOBS TRAINING GRANTS.

 

Section 414 of the American Competitiveness and Workforce 
Improvement Act of 1998 is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (f) Water Operator Jobs Training Grants.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Not later than the date that is 1 year 
 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
 of Labor shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
 eligible entities to provide job training (including pre-
 apprenticeships and apprenticeships) and related activities, 
 which are coordinated with the public workforce investment 
 system, for workers to assist such workers in obtaining or 
 upgrading employment in the drinking water, wastewater 
 (including stormwater), and related sectors.
 ``

    (2) Uses of funds.--Funds under this section may be used 
 to provide jobs training services (including pre-
 apprenticeships and apprenticeships) and related activities 
 that are designed to assist workers (including unemployed and 
 employed workers) in gaining the skills and competencies needed 
 to obtain or upgrade employment positions in the drinking 
 water, wastewater (including stormwater), and related sectors.
 ``

    (3) Prioritization of funding.--Notwithstanding any other 
 provision of law and to the extent that there are sufficient 
 applications for this purpose, at least 50 percent of the funds 
 awarded to eligible entities under this subsection shall be 
 used to carry out the job training services (including pre-
 apprenticeships and apprenticeships) and related activities 
 described in paragraph

    (2) --
 ``
        (A) for low- and very low-income persons residing 
 within the geographical boundaries of the geographical 
 area to be served by such services and activities, 
 which shall include high-poverty, high-unemployment ZIP 
 Codes;
 ``
        (B) for low- and very low-income persons residing 
 within the metropolitan area or nonmetropolitan county 
 to be served by such services and activities;
 ``
            (C) for low- and very low-income persons residing 
 in a metropolitan area or nonmetropolitan county with 
 significant representation of communities of color, 
 low-income communities, or Tribal and indigenous 
 communities, that experiences, or is at risk of 
 experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or 
 environmental effects than another such area or county; 
 or
 ``
            (D) for members of labor unions or worker 
 organizations representing the individuals described in 
 subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (C) .
 ``

    (4) No match required.--The Secretary of Labor may not 
 require the provision of specified levels of a matching share 
 of cash or noncash resources from resources other than the 
 funds provided under this section for projects funded under 
 this section.
 ``

    (5) Performance accountability.--The Secretary of Labor 
 shall require grantees to report on the employment outcomes 
 obtained by workers receiving training under this section using 
 indicators of performance that are consistent with other 
 indicators used for employment and training programs 
 administered by the Secretary, such as entry into employment, 
 retention in employment, and increases in earnings. The 
 Secretary of Labor may also require grantees to participate in 
 evaluations of projects carried out under this section.
 ``

    (6) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``
        (A) The term `apprenticeship' means an 
 apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 
 1937 (commonly known as the `National Apprenticeship 
 Act'; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).
 ``
        (B) The term `eligible entity' may include any of 
 the following:
 ``
            (i) One or more local governments.
 ``
            (ii) One or more State governments.
 ``
            (iii) One or more nonprofit 
 organizations.
 ``
            (iv) One or more community-based 
 organizations.
 ``
            (v) One or more labor unions.
 ``
            (vi) One or more joint labor-management 
 partnerships.
 ``
            (vii) One or more worker organizations 
 representing the individuals described in 
 subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (C) of paragraph

    (3) .
 ``
            (viii) One or more education and training 
 providers, including community colleges, 
 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a 
 Hispanic-serving institution, a Tribal College 
 or University, and other minority-serving 
 institutions listed in 

section 371

    (a) of the 
 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
 1067q

    (a) ).
 ``
            (ix) One or more local boards or State 
 boards (as such terms are defined in 

section 3 
 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
 (29 U.S.C. 3102)).
 ``
            (x) One or more Native American Tribal 
 governments to provide job training programs 
 for publicly owned community water systems (as 
 defined in 

section 1401

    (15) of the Safe 
 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f

    (15) )) and 
 publicly owned treatment works (as defined in 
 

section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 
 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292)).
 ``
            (C) 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. 1437a

    (b) ).
 ``
            (D) The term `labor union' means a labor 
 organization (as defined in 

section 2

    (5) of the 
 National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152

    (5) )), and 
 an organization representing public sector 
 employees.''.

SEC. 10. DRINKING WATER ASSISTANCE TO COLONIAS.

 

Section 1456 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-16) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) by redesignating paragraph

    (2) as paragraph

    (3) ; and
        (B) by inserting after paragraph

    (1) the following 
 new paragraph:
 ``

    (2) Covered entity.--The term `covered entity' means each 
 of the following:
 ``
        (A) A border State.
 ``
        (B) A local government with jurisdiction over an 
 eligible community.'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b) , by striking ``border State'' and 
 inserting ``covered entity'';

    (3) by striking subsection
            (d) ;

    (4) by redesignating subsection

    (e) as subsection
            (d) ; and

    (5) in subsection
            (d) , as so redesignated--
        (A) by striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting 
 ``$100,000,000''; and
        (B) by striking ``1997 through 1999'' and inserting 
 ``2025 through 2029''.
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