119-hr4961

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4961 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4961

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the 
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a 
 program to provide grants to owners and operators of publicly owned 
 treatment works for use complying with requirements regarding the 
 treatment of emerging contaminants, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 12, 2025

 Ms. Scholten (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Stevens, 
 Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Huffman, and Mr. Lawler) 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 direct the 
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a 
 program to provide grants to owners and operators of publicly owned 
 treatment works for use complying with requirements regarding the 
 treatment of emerging contaminants, 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 ``Public Utility Remediation and 
Enhancement for Water Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR TREATMENT OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS.

 Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

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SEC. 228. EMERGING CONTAMINANTS.

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    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish a program 
under which the Administrator may award grants to an owner or operator 
of a publicly owned treatment works for use--
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    (1) in the planning, design, and construction of 
 treatment works to prevent, limit, or treat the discharge of a 
 perfluoroalkyl substance, a polyfluoroalkyl substance, or any 
 other emerging contaminant, as identified by the Administrator; 
 or
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    (2) complying with the requirements of a pretreatment 
 standard or an effluent limitation under this Act that relates 
 to the introduction or discharge of a perfluoroalkyl substance, 
 a polyfluoroalkyl substance, or any other emerging contaminant, 
 as identified by the Administrator.
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    (b) Cost Sharing.--
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    (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of 
 activities carried out using grant funds awarded under 
 subsection

    (a) shall be not less than 75 percent of the total 
 estimated cost of such activities.
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    (2) Non-federal share.--The applicable non-Federal share 
 of the total estimated cost of such activities may include, in 
 any amount, public and private funds and in-kind services, and 
 may include, notwithstanding 

section 603

    (h) , financial 
 assistance, including loans, from a State water pollution 
 control revolving fund.
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            (c) Administrative Requirements.--
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    (1) In general.--An activity carried out using grant 
 funds awarded 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 under title 
 VI, except to the extent that the Administrator determines that 
 a requirement of title VI is inconsistent with the purposes of 
 this section.
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    (2) Limitation.--For the purposes of this subsection, the 
 Administrator may not determine that a requirement of title VI 
 relating to the application of 

section 513 or 608 are 
 inconsistent with the purposes of this section.
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            (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section 
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028.''.
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