,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc       
7legislative day1 ,may #bb71 #bjai,mr4  
,booker introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to permit ,states to
 transfer certain funds from the clean  
water revolving fund of a ,state to the 
drinking water revolving fund of the    
,state in certain circumstances1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,transfer         
authority  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds
 that-- 7#a7 lead is a toxic chemical   
that-- 7,a7 is particularly harmful to  
young children2 and  7,b7 can cause     
reduced intelligence quotients1         
attention disorders1 and other serious  
health problems2  7#b7 excessive and    
harmful levels of lead have been found  
in water systems across all #ej ,states 
and those water systems serve drinking  
water to millions of people in the      
,united ,states2  7#c7 hundreds of the  

water systems described in paragraph    
7#b7 are water systems that provide     
drinking water to schools or day care   
centers2  7#d7 not all ,states have     
sufficient funds in the drinking water  
revolving fund of that ,state to address
 the threat to public health from       
heightened exposure to lead in drinking 
water2 and  7#e7 some ,states have      
available funds in the clean water      
revolving fund of that ,state that could
 be used to provide additional resources
 to help address lead in drinking water4
  7b7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,clean water revolving fund ,the   
term clean water revolving fund means a 
,state water pollution control revolving
 fund established under title ,,vi of   
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acha et seq474     
7#b7 ,drinking water revolving fund ,the
 term drinking water revolving fund     
means a ,state drinking water treatment 
revolving loan fund established under   
section #adeb of the ,safe ,drinking    

,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;j-#ab74 
7c7 ,authority ,in addition to the      
transfer authority in section #cjb7;a7  
of the ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act      
,amendments of #aiif 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#cjj;j-#ab note2 ,public ,law #ajd-ahb71
 and notwithstanding section #adeb7;d7  
of the ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;j-#ab7;d771 during the   
#a-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 if a ,state1 in 
consultation with the ,administrator of 
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency1 
determines that available funds in the  
clean water revolving fund of the ,state
 are necessary to address a threat to   
public health as a result of heightened 
exposure to lead in drinking water1 the 
,state may transfer an amount equal to  
not more than #e percent of the         
cumulative clean water revolving fund   
,federal grant dollars to the ,state to 
the drinking water revolving fund of the
 ,state4 ,funds transferred pursuant to 
this subsection shall be used by the    

,state to provide additional subsidy to 
eligible recipients in the form of      
forgiveness of principal1 negative      
interest loans1 or grants 7or any       
combination of these74