,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #b1 #bjag    
,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself1 ,ms4         
,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4          
,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,franken1  
,ms4 ,hirono1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4     
,manchin1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 and
 ,mr4 ,tester7 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 provide for technical assistance
 for small treatment works4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,small and ,rural ,community ,clean     
,water ,technical ,assistance ,act4  #b4
 ,technical assistance for small        
treatment works  7a7 ,in general ,title 
,,ii of the ,federal ,water ,pollution  
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #abha et   
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  #bbb4 ,technical        
assistance for small treatment works    

7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,qualified nonprofit small treatment    
works technical assistance provider ,the
 term qualified nonprofit small         
treatment works technical assistance    
provider means a nonprofit organization 
that1 as determined by the              
,administrator--  7,a7 is qualified and 
experienced in providing training and   
technical assistance to small treatment 
works2 and  7,b7 the small treatment    
works in the ,state finds to be the most
 beneficial and effective4  7#b7 ,small 
treatment works ,the term small         
treatment works means a publicly owned  
treatment works serving not more than   
#aj1jjj individuals4  7b7 ,technical    
assistance ,the ,administrator may use  
amounts made available to carry out this
 section to provide grants or           
cooperative agreements to qualified     
nonprofit small treatment works         
technical assistance providers to       
provide to owners and operators of small
 treatment works onsite technical       

assistance1 circuit rider technical     
assistance programs1 multi-,state1      
regional technical assistance programs1 
and onsite and regional training1 to    
assist the small treatment works in     
achieving compliance with this ,act or  
obtaining financing under this ,act for 
eligible projects4  7c7 ,authorization  
of appropriations ,there are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this    
section for grants for small treatment  
works technical assistance1 #ae1jjj1jjj 
for each of fiscal years #bjah through  
#bjbb4  4  7b7 ,water pollution control 
revolving loan funds  7#a7 ,in general  
,section #fjc of the ,federal ,water    
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#achc7 is amended-- 7,a7 in subsection  
7d7--  7i7 in the matter preceding      
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting and as     
provided in subsection 7e7 after ,state 
law2  7ii7 by redesignating subsections 
7e7 through 7i7 as subsections 7f7      
through 7j71 respectively2 and  7iii7 by
 inserting after subsection 7d7 the     

following3  7e7 ,additional use of funds
 ,a ,state may use an additional #b     
percent of the funds annually allotted  
to the ,state under this section for    
qualified nonprofit small treatment     
works technical assistance providers 7as
 the term is defined in section #bbb7 to
 provide technical assistance to small  
treatment works 7as the term is defined 
in section #bbb7 in the ,state4  4  7#b7
 ,conforming amendment ,section #bba7;d7
 of the ,federal ,water ,pollution      
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acja7;d77 
is amended by striking section #fjc7;h7 
and inserting section #fjc7;i74