,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjdd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjai,mr4 ,wyden 7for himself and ,mr4  
,merkley7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,indian ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,america's ,water 
,infrastructure ,act of #bjah to expand 
the ,indian reservation drinking water  
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,western ,tribal ,water             
,infrastructure ,act of #bjai4  #b4     
,indian ,reservation ,drinking ,water   
,program ,section #bjja of the          
,america's ,water ,infrastructure ,act  
of #bjah 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;j-#c;c     
note2 ,public ,law #aae-bgj7 is         
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7
 in the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71
 by striking ,subject to the            
availability of appropriations1 the     
,administrator and inserting ,the       
,administrator2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71

 by striking and at the end2  7,c7 in   
paragraph 7#b71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7,d7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#c7 #aj eligible projects described  
in subsection 7b7 that are within--     
7,a7 the portion of the ,columbia ,river
 ,basin that is--  7i7 south of the     
,columbia ,river2 and  7ii7 below the   
,grand ,coulee ,dam2 or  7,b7 coastal   
basins adjacent to the portion of the   
,columbia ,river ,basin described in    
subparagraph 7,a74  2  7#b7 in          
subsection 7b77#a7--  7,a7 by striking  
is on a reservation and inserting the   
following3 is on-- 7,a7 a reservation  2
  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,a7 7as so      
designated71 by striking and at the end 
and inserting or2 and  7,c7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7,b7 an        
off-reservation site that serves an     
,indian ,tribe described in subsection  
7c77#b72 and  2  7#c7 in subsection     
7c7-- 7,a7 by striking the subsection   
designation and heading and all that    

follows through ,in carrying out and    
inserting the following3  7c7           
,requirements  7#a7 ,upper ,missouri    
,river ,basin ,in carrying out  2 and   
7,b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#b7 ,columbia ,river ,basin ,in      
carrying out the program under          
subsection 7a77#c71 the ,administrator  
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency shall select not less than #a   
eligible project that serves one or more
 ,tribal communities of federally       
recognized ,indian ,tribes the ,federal 
recognition of which has been terminated
 and subsequently restored4  2 and  7#d7
 in subsection 7d71 by striking         
#bj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjai through #bjbb and inserting       
#cj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbj and   
each fiscal year thereafter4