119-hr3862

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3862 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3862

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain 
projects and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State 
 water pollution control revolving fund, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 10, 2025

Mr. Bost (for himself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain 
projects and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State 
 water pollution control revolving fund, 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.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water SRF Parity Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE.

 

Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1383) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (c) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (11)
        (B) by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in paragraph

    (12)
        (B) by striking the period at 
 the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (13) to any qualified nonprofit entity, as determined by 
 the Administrator, to provide assistance for the construction 
 or acquisition of, or improvements to, a treatment works, or 
 for any other activity described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (10) .'';

    (2) in subsection
            (i) (3) , by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
        (E) Certain activities ineligible.--A State may 
 not provide additional subsidization under this 
 subsection to a qualified nonprofit entity for 
 assistance described in subsection
            (c) (13) or to the 
 owner or operator of a privately owned treatment works 
 for assistance described in subsection
            (l) .''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (l) Special Rule for Privately Owned Treatment Works.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--In any fiscal year funds may be used to 
 provide financial assistance under this section to the owner or 
 operator of a privately owned treatment works for--
 ``
        (A) improvements to such privately owned 
 treatment works;
 ``
        (B) the construction of, or improvements to, 
 another privately owned treatment works;
 ``
            (C) measures to reduce the demand for privately 
 owned treatment works capacity through water 
 conservation, efficiency, or reuse;
 ``
            (D) measures to reduce the energy consumption 
 needs for privately owned treatment works;
 ``
        (E) measures to increase the security of 
 privately owned treatment works; and
 ``
        (F) any other activity described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (10) of subsection
            (c) .
 ``

    (2) Limitation.--Financial assistance may only be 
 provided under this subsection to the owner or operator of a 
 privately owned treatment works for activities described in 
 paragraph

    (1) that primarily and directly benefit the 
 individuals or entities served by the privately owned treatment 
 works, and not the shareholders or owners of the treatment 
 works, as determined by the instrumentality of the State 
 responsible for administering the water pollution control 
 revolving fund through which such financial assistance is 
 provided.''.
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