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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1324 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1324

 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the 
 State response to contaminants program, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 8, 2025

 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. 
 Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the 
 State response to contaminants program, 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. TECHNICAL FIX FOR STATE RESPONSE TO CONTAMINANTS PROGRAM.

 

Section 1459A

    (j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
19a

    (j) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by 
 striking ``subsection
            (c) (2) '' and inserting ``clause
            (i) or
            (ii) of subparagraph
        (A) of paragraph

    (3) or a 
 drinking water well owner described in subparagraph
        (B) of that paragraph'';
        (B) by striking ``contaminant--'' and all that 
 follows through ``to--'' in subparagraph
        (A) in the 
 matter preceding clause
            (i) and inserting ``contaminant 
 that is determined by the State--'';
            (C) by striking subparagraph
        (B) ;
            (D) by redesignating clauses
            (i) and
            (ii) as 
 subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) , respectively, and indenting 
 appropriately;
        (E) in subparagraph
        (A) (as so redesignated)--
            (i) by inserting ``to'' before ``be 
 present'';
            (ii) by striking ``serving,'' and inserting 
 ``serving a community''; and
            (iii) by striking ``for, that community''; 
 and
        (F) in subparagraph
        (B) (as so redesignated)--
            (i) by inserting ``to'' before 
 ``potentially''; and
            (ii) by striking ``; and'' at the end and 
 inserting a period; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Eligibility for assistance or as a beneficiary of 
 assistance.--For purposes of this subsection, the Administrator 
 may issue a grant to a State--
 ``
        (A) that is requesting a grant on behalf of--
 ``
            (i) a community that, under the 
 affordability criteria established by the State 
 under 

section 1452
            (d) (3) , is determined by the 
 State to be--
 ``
            (I) a disadvantaged community; or
 ``
            (II) a community that may become 
 a disadvantaged community as a result 
 of carrying out an activity described 
 in paragraph

    (1) ; or
 ``
            (ii) a community with a population of 
 fewer than 10,000 individuals that the 
 Administrator determines does not have the 
 capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance an 
 activity described in paragraph

    (1) ; or
 ``
        (B) for the benefit of 1 or more owners of 
 drinking water wells that are not public water systems 
 and are not connected to a public water system.''.
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