,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bd1      
#bjba,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 #bjba4  #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 
#ej1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjba through #bjbd4