,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #becc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjai,mr4   
,pallone introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
assist community water systems affected 
by ,,pfas contamination1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,providing          
,financial ,assistance for ,safe        
,drinking ,water ,act or the ,,pfas     
,drinking ,water ,act4  #b4             
,establishment of ,,pfas ,infrastructure
 ,grant ,program ,part ,e of the ,safe  
,drinking ,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;j et seq47 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section3      
#adei;,e4 ,assistance for community     
water systems affected by ,,pfas  7a7   
,establishment ,not later than #ahj days
 after the date of enactment of this    
section1 the ,administrator shall       
establish a program to award grants to  
affected community water systems to pay 

for capital costs associated with the   
implementation of eligible treatment    
technologies4  7b7 ,applications  7#a7  
,guidance ,not later than #ab months    
after the date of enactment of this     
section1 the ,administrator shall       
publish guidance describing the form and
 timing for community water systems to  
apply for grants under this section4    
7#b7 ,required information ,the         
,administrator shall require a community
 water system applying for a grant under
 this section to submit--  7,a7         
information showing the presence of     
,,pfas in water of the community water  
system2 and  7,b7 a certification that  
the treatment technology in use by the  
community water system at the time of   
application is not sufficient to remove 
all detectable amounts of ,,pfas4  7c7  
,list of eligible treatment technologies
 ,not later than #aej days after the    
date of enactment of this section1 and  
every two years thereafter1 the         
,administrator shall publish a list of  

treatment technologies that the         
,administrator determines are effective 
at removing all detectable amounts of   
,,pfas from drinking water4  7d7        
,priority for funding ,in awarding      
grants under this section1 the          
,administrator shall prioritize affected
 community water systems that--  7#a7   
serve a disadvantaged community2  7#b7  
will provide at least a #aj-percent cost
 share for the cost of implementing an  
eligible treatment technology2 or  7#c7 
demonstrate the capacity to maintain the
 eligible treatment technology to be    
implemented using the grant4  7e7       
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section not more than    
#ejj1jjj1jjj for each of the fiscal     
years #bjba through #bjbe4  7f7         
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,affected community water system ,the   
term affected community water system    
means a community water system that is  
affected by the presence of ,,pfas in   

the water in the community water system4
  7#b7 ,disadvantaged community ,the    
term disadvantaged community has the    
meaning given that term in section      
#adeb4  7#c7 ,eligible treatment        
technology ,the term eligible treatment 
technology means a treatment technology 
included on the list published under    
subsection 7c74  4  #c4 ,definition     
,section #adja of the ,safe ,drinking   
,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;f7 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#ag7 ,,pfas ,the term      
,,pfas means a perfluoroalkyl or        
polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least 
one fully fluorinated carbon atom4  4