,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #c1 #bjag,ms4   
,fudge 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 
,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4 
,conyers1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,thompson  
of ,mississippi1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4    
,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and ,mr4      
,rush7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act to establish a 
low-income sewer and water assistance   
pilot program4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,low-,income   
,sewer and ,water ,assistance ,program  
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,low-income sewer   
and water assistance pilot program      
,title ,i of the ,federal ,water        
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#abea et seq47 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #abd4           
,low-income sewer and water assistance  
pilot program  7a7 ,establishment ,the  

,administrator shall establish a pilot  
program to award grants to not fewer    
than #aj eligible entities to assist    
low-income households in maintaining    
access to sanitation services4  7b7     
,report ,not later than one year after  
the date of enactment of this section1  
the ,administrator shall submit to      
,congress a report on the results of the
 program established under this section4
  7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,eligible entity ,the term eligible
 entity means a municipality1 or a      
public entity that owns or operates a   
public water system1 that is affected by
 a consent decree relating to compliance
 with this ,act4  7#b7 ,household ,the  
term household means any individual or  
group of individuals who are living     
together as one economic unit4  7#c7    
,low-income household  7,a7 ,in general 
,the term low-income household means a  
household--  7i7 in which one or more   
individuals are receiving-- 7,i7        
assistance under a ,state program funded

 under part ,a of title ,,iv of the     
,social ,security ,act2  7,,ii7         
supplemental security income payments   
under title ,,xvi of the ,social        
,security ,act2  7,,iii7 supplemental   
nutrition assistance program benefits   
under the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of  
#bjjh2 or  7,,iv7 payments under section
 #acae1 #aeba1 #aeda1 or #aedb of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 or under    
section #cjf of the ,veterans' and      
,survivors' ,pension ,improvement ,act  
of #aigh2 or  7ii7 that has an income   
determined by the ,state in which the   
eligible entity is located to not exceed
 the greater of--  7,i7 an amount equal 
to #aej percent of the poverty level for
 the ,state2 or  7,,ii7 an amount equal 
to #fj percent of the ,state median     
income4  7,b7 ,lower income limit ,for  
purposes of this section1 a ,state may  
adopt an income limit that is lower than
 the limit described in subparagraph    
7,a77ii71 except that the ,state may not
 exclude a household from eligibility in

 a fiscal year solely on the basis of   
household income if such income is less 
than #aaj percent of the poverty level  
for such ,state4  7#d7 ,public water    
system ,the term public water system has
 the meaning given that term in section 
#adja of the ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;f74  7#e7          
,sanitation services ,the term          
sanitation services has the meaning     
given that term in section #aac7;g74  4