,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cggh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #h   
7legislative day1 ,february #g71        
#bjbd,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,collins1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 and ,mr4 ,king7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,safe  
,drinking ,water ,act to modify         
eligibility for the ,state response to  
contaminants program1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,technical fix for ,state
 response to contaminants program       
,section #adei;,a7j7 of the ,safe       
,drinking ,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;j-#ai;a7j77 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 in the matter     
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 subsection 7c77#b7 and inserting       
subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b7 of paragraph  
7#c7 or a drinking water well owner     
described in subparagraph 7,c7 of that  
paragraph2  7,b7 by striking            

contaminant-- and all that follows      
through to-- in subparagraph 7,a7 in the
 matter preceding clause 7i7 and        
inserting contaminant that is determined
 by the ,state--2  7,c7 by striking     
subparagraph 7,b72  7,d7 by             
redesignating clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 as   
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71            
respectively1 and indenting             
appropriately2  7,e7 in subparagraph    
7,a7 7as so redesignated7-- 7i7 by      
inserting to before be present2  7ii7 by
 striking serving1 and inserting serving
 a community2 and  7iii7 by striking    
for1 that community2 and  7,f7 in       
subparagraph 7,b7 7as so redesignated7--
 7i7 by inserting to before potentially2
 and  7ii7 by striking 2 and at the end 
and inserting a period2 and  7#b7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,eligibility for assistance or as a     
beneficiary of assistance ,for purposes 
of this subsection1 the ,administrator  
may issue a grant to a ,state-- 7,a7    
that is requesting a grant on behalf    

of-- 7i7 a community that1 under the    
affordability criteria established by   
the ,state under section #adeb7;d77#c71 
is determined by the ,state-- 7,i7 to be
 a disadvantaged community2 or  7,,ii7  
to be a community that may become a     
disadvantaged community as a result of  
carrying out an activity described in   
paragraph 7#a72 or  7ii7 a community    
with a population of fewer than #aj1jjj 
individuals that the ,administrator     
determines does not have the capacity to
 incur debt sufficient to finance an    
activity described in paragraph 7#a72 or
  7,b7 for the benefit of #a or more    
owners of drinking water wells that are 
not public water systems and are not    
connected to a public water system4  4