,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #f1 #bjah
 ,ms4 ,harris introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control    
,act to establish a low-income sewer and
 drinking water assistance pilot        
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,water ,affordability ,act4  #b4   
,low-income sewer and drinking 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 
drinking water assistance pilot program 
7a7 ,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 system 7as defined in section     

#adja of the ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;f771 that is       
affected by a consent decree relating to
 compliance with this ,act4  7#b7       
,environmentally at-risk household ,the 
term environmentally at-risk household  
means-- 7,a7 a household located within 
#e miles of an environmentally hazardous
 site1 including waste disposal1        
manufacturing1 and energy production    
facilities2 and  7,b7 as indicated by   
the ,e,j,screen tool of the             
,environmental ,protection ,agency1 a   
household located in an area with--  7i7
 a high minority population2 and  7ii7 a
 high environmental indicator4  7#c7    
,household ,the term household means any
 individual or group of individuals who 
are living together as #a economic unit4
  7#d7 ,low-income household ,the term  
low-income household means a household--
  7,a7 in which one or more individuals 
are receiving-- 7i7 assistance under a  
,state program funded under part ,a of  
title ,,iv of the ,social ,security ,act

 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq472  7ii7    
supplemental security income payments   
under title ,,xvi of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acha et  
seq472  7iii7 supplemental nutrition    
assistance program benefits under the   
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq472 or  7iv7      
payments under-- 7,i7 section #acae1    
#aeba1 #aeda1 or #aedb of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code2 or  7,,ii7       
section #cjf of the ,veterans' and      
,survivors' ,pension ,improvement ,act  
of #aigh 7#ch ,u4,s4,c4 #aeba note2     
,public ,law #ie-ehh72 or  7,b7 that has
 an income that1 as determined by the   
,state in which the household is        
located1 does not exceed the greater    
of--  7i7 an amount equal to #aej       
percent of the poverty level for that   
,state2 and  7ii7 an amount equal to #fj
 percent of the median income for that  
,state4  7#e7 ,sanitation services ,the 
term sanitation services has the meaning
 given the term in section #aac7;g74    

7b7 ,establishment of pilot program     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,administrator    
shall establish a pilot program to      
provide grants to not less than #aj     
eligible entities to assist low-income  
households and environmentally at-risk  
households in maintaining access to     
sanitation services and drinking water4 
7#b7 ,lower income limit ,for purposes  
of the pilot program under this section1
 an eligible entity may adopt an income 
limit that is lower than the limit      
described in subsection 7a77#d77;,b71   
except that the eligible entity may not 
exclude a household from eligibility in 
a fiscal year solely on the basis of    
household income if that income is less 
than #aaj percent of the poverty level  
for the ,state4  7c7 ,report ,not later 
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this section1 the ,administrator    
shall submit to ,congress a report on   
the results of the pilot program under  
this section4  4