,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aa1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,booker 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,capito1 and ,mr4 ,jones7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act to establish a 
decentralized wastewater grant program1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,decentralized ,wastewater ,grant ,act  
of #bjbj4  #b4 ,decentralized wastewater
 grant program  7a7 ,in general ,title  
,,ii of the ,federal ,water ,pollution  
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #abha et   
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  #bbb4 ,grants for       
construction1 repair1 or replacement of 
individual household decentralized      
wastewater treatment systems  7a7       
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
eligible individual means a member of a 

household1 the members of which have a  
combined income 7for the most recent    
#ab-month period for which information  
is available7 equal to not more than #ej
 percent of the median nonmetropolitan  
household income for the ,state in which
 the household is located1 according to 
the most recent decennial census4  7b7  
,grant program ,the ,administrator shall
 establish a program to provide a grant 
to a qualified nonprofit organization1  
as determined by the ,administrator1 to 
provide a subgrant to an eligible       
individual--  7#a7 for the construction1
 repair1 or replacement of an individual
 household decentralized wastewater     
treatment system2  7#b7 if the eligible 
individual resides in a household that  
could be cost-effectively connected to  
an available publicly owned treatment   
works1 for the connection of the        
household of the eligible individual to 
the publicly owned treatment works2 or  
7#c7 for the installation of a larger   
decentralized wastewater system designed

 to provide treatment for #b or more    
households in which eligible individuals
 reside1 if--  7,a7 site conditions at  
the households are unsuitable for the   
installation of an individually owned   
decentralized wastewater system2  7,b7  
multiple examples of unsuitable site    
conditions exist in close geographic    
proximity to each other2 and  7,c7 a    
larger decentralized wastewater system  
could be cost-effectively installed4    
7c7 ,priority ,in awarding subgrants    
under this section1 a qualified         
nonprofit organization that receives a  
grant under this section shall give     
priority to--  7#a7 an eligible         
individual who does not have access to a
 functioning sanitary sewage disposal   
system2 and  7#b7 a group of eligible   
individuals that do not have access to a
 functioning sanitary sewage disposal   
system4  7d7 ,application ,to be        
eligible to receive a grant under this  
section1 a qualified nonprofit          
organization shall submit to the        

,administrator an application at such   
time1 in such manner1 and containing    
such information as the ,administrator  
may require4  7e7 ,authorization of     
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,administrator   
such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section4  4  7b7 ,water pollution  
control revolving loan funds ,section   
#fjc of the ,federal ,water ,pollution  
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #achc7 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7c7--  7,a7
 in paragraph 7#aj71 by adding and at   
the end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#aa77;,b71 
by striking 2 and at the end and        
inserting a period2 and  7,c7 by        
striking paragraph 7#ab72 and  7#b7 by  
striking subsection 7j74  7c7 ,no       
reporting requirement ,section #dajg of 
the ,america's ,water ,infrastructure   
,act of #bjah 7,public ,law #aae-bgj2   
#acb ,stat4 #chgg7 is amended by        
striking subsection 7b74