,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjai,mr4 
,stanton introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act with respect to
 wastewater infrastructure workforce    
development1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,wastewater ,infrastructure     
,workforce ,investment ,act4  #b4       
,wastewater infrastructure workforce    
investment  7a7 ,report to ,congress on 
publicly owned treatment works workforce
 development ,section #ajd7;g7 of the   
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #abea7;g77 is amended-- 
7#a7 by striking manpower each place it 
appears and inserting workforce2 and    
7#b7 by amending paragraph 7#d7 to read 
as follows--  7#d7 ,report to ,congress 
on publicly owned treatment works       
workforce development ,not later than #b

 years after the date of enactment of   
the ,wastewater ,infrastructure         
,workforce ,investment ,act1 the        
,administrator shall submit to the      
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,environment and ,public ,works of the  
,senate a report containing--  7,a7 an  
assessment of the current and future    
workforce needs for publicly owned      
treatment works1 including an estimate  
of the number of future positions needed
 for such treatment works and the       
technical skills and education needed   
for such positions2  7,b7 a summary of  
actions taken by the ,administrator1    
including ,federal investments under    
this ,act1 that promote workforce       
development to address such needs2 and  
7,c7 any recommendations of the         
,administrator to address such needs4  4
  7b7 ,allotment of funds ,section #fjd 
of the ,federal ,water ,pollution       
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #achd7 is  

amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7d7 ,wastewater             
infrastructure workforce development ,a 
,state may reserve each fiscal year up  
to #a percent of the sums allotted to   
the ,state under this section for the   
fiscal year to carry out workforce      
development1 training1 and retraining   
activities described in section         
#ajd7;g74  4