,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #fji #aafth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #cjdd    
,report ,no4 #aaf-cji ,,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  ,december #i1         
#bjbj,reported by ,mr4 ,hoeven1 with an 
amendment,strike out all after the      
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,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  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,western ,tribal ,water ,infrastructure 
,act of #bjbj4  #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 ,columbia ,river ,basin2 or  7,b7 a 
coastal basin adjacent to the ,columbia 
,river4  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#b77;,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-- 7,a7 give   
priority to projects that respond to    
emergency situations where a lack of    
access to clean drinking water threatens
 the health of ,tribal populations2     
7,b7 select not fewer than #a eligible  

project that serves #a or more ,tribal  
communities of federally recognized     
,indian ,tribes the ,federal recognition
 of which has been terminated and       
subsequently restored2 and  7,c7 ensure 
that not fewer than #a eligible project 
under that subsection is carried out    
in-- 7i7 the area described in          
subparagraph 7,a7 of that subsection2   
and  7ii7 an area described in          
subparagraph 7,b7 of that subsection4  2
  7#d7 by redesignating subsection 7d7  
as subsection 7e72  7#e7 by inserting   
after subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7
 ,federal share ,the ,federal share of a
 project carried out under this section 
shall be #ajj percent4  2 and  7#f7 in  
subsection 7e7 7as so redesignated71 by 
striking #bj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal 
years #bjai through #bjbb and inserting 
#cj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbj and   
each fiscal year thereafter4  ,december 
#i1 #bjbj,reported with an amendment