,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #e1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,costa 7for himself and ,mr4 ,edwards7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,consolidated  
,farm and ,rural ,development ,act to   
expand eligibility for grants related to
 emergency water assistance1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,emergency    
,rural ,water ,response ,act of #bjbe4  
#b4 ,emergency and imminent community   
water assistance grant program ,section 
#cjf;,a of the ,consolidated ,farm and  
,rural ,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#aibf;a7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection

 7d77#a7--  7,a7 by redesignating       
subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d7 as          
subparagraphs 7,d7 and 7,e71            
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,b7 the following3  
7,c7 for associated uses related to     
water resources infrastructure1         
including facilities for potable water1 
wastewater1 storm drainage1 or solid    
waste2  2 and  7#b7 in subsection       
7e77#a77;,a71 by striking #aj1jjj and   
inserting #ce1jjj4  #c4 ,,npdes permit  
exemption ,section #djb7l7 of the       
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdb7l77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7#d7  
,emergency use of portable water        
treatment and filtration facilities     
,during any #f-month period immediately 
following a declaration by a ,state of a
 disaster or state of emergency1 no     
permit shall be required under this     
section by the ,administrator 7or the   
,state1 in the case of a permit program 
approved under subsection 7b77 for      

discharges from a portable water        
treatment and filtration facility       
installed in the area covered by the    
declaration to provide clean water as   
needed to respond to conditions caused  
by the event that resulted in the       
declaration4  4