,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #d1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,mc,donald ,rivet 7for        
herself1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4        
,bresnahan1 ,mr4 ,wied1 and ,mrs4       
,sykes7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act to provide     
additional financial assistance to      
rural1 small1 and tribal publicly owned 
treatment works1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,affordable ,clean ,water  
,infrastructure ,act4  #b4 ,water       
pollution control revolving loan funds  
,section #fjc7;i7 of the ,federal ,water
 ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4
 #achc7;i77 is amended--  7#a7 in       
paragraph 7#a77;,a7-- 7,a7 in the matter
 preceding clause 7i71 by striking in   
assistance2  7,b7 in clause 7i71 by     
inserting 1 either as a whole or within 

the geographic area served by the       
project for which the eligible recipient
 seeks additional subsidization before  
the semicolon2 and  7,c7 in clause      
7ii77,,iii71 by striking to such        
ratepayers and inserting to help such   
ratepayers afford wastewater 7including 
stormwater7 services2 and  7#b7 by      
striking paragraph 7#c7 and inserting   
the following3  7#c7 ,subsidization     
amounts  7,a7 ,in general ,a ,state may 
use for providing additional            
subsidization in a fiscal year under    
this subsection an amount that does not 
exceed the greater of--  7i7 #ej percent
 of the total amount received by the    
,state in capitalization grants under   
this title for the fiscal year2 or  7ii7
 the annual average over the previous   
#aj fiscal years of the amounts         
deposited by the ,state in the ,state   
water pollution control revolving fund  
from ,state moneys that exceed the      
amounts required to be so deposited     
under section #fjb7;b77#b74  7,b7       

,additional community assistance ,for   
each fiscal year1 of the amount of the  
capitalization grant received by the    
,state under this title1 an additional  
#aj percent may be made available by the
 ,state to provide additional           
subsidization under this subsection to  
rural1 small1 and tribal publicly owned 
treatment works in the ,state4  7,c7    
,minimum ,to the extent there are       
sufficient applications for additional  
subsidization under this subsection that
 meet the criteria under paragraph      
7#a77;,a71 a ,state shall use for       
providing additional subsidization in a 
fiscal year under this subsection an    
amount that is not less than #bj percent
 of the total amount received by the    
,state in capitalization grants under   
this title for the fiscal year4  7#d7   
,exclusion ,a loan from the water       
pollution control revolving fund of a   
,state with an interest rate equal to or
 greater than #j percent shall not be   
considered additional subsidization for 

the purposes of this subsection4  4