Clean Water SRF Parity Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3862 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3862

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain
projects and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State
    water pollution control revolving fund, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2025

Mr. Bost (for himself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following bill;
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain
projects and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State
    water pollution control revolving fund, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water SRF Parity Act of
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE.

    Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1383) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (11)(B) by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (12)(B) by striking the period at
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) to any qualified nonprofit entity, as determined by
        the Administrator, to provide assistance for the construction
        or acquisition of, or improvements to, a treatment works, or
        for any other activity described in paragraphs (1) through
        (10).'';
            (2) in subsection (i)(3), by adding at the end the
        following:
                    ``(E) Certain activities ineligible.--A State may
                not provide additional subsidization under this
                subsection to a qualified nonprofit entity for
                assistance described in subsection (c)(13) or to the
                owner or operator of a privately owned treatment works
                for assistance described in subsection (l).''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) Special Rule for Privately Owned Treatment Works.--
            ``(1) In general.--In any fiscal year funds may be used to
        provide financial assistance under this section to the owner or
        operator of a privately owned treatment works for--
                    ``(A) improvements to such privately owned
                treatment works;
                    ``(B) the construction of, or improvements to,
                another privately owned treatment works;
                    ``(C) measures to reduce the demand for privately
                owned treatment works capacity through water
                conservation, efficiency, or reuse;
                    ``(D) measures to reduce the energy consumption
                needs for privately owned treatment works;
                    ``(E) measures to increase the security of
                privately owned treatment works; and
                    ``(F) any other activity described in paragraphs
                (1) through (10) of subsection (c).
            ``(2) Limitation.--Financial assistance may only be
        provided under this subsection to the owner or operator of a
        privately owned treatment works for activities described in
        paragraph (1) that primarily and directly benefit the
        individuals or entities served by the privately owned treatment
        works, and not the shareholders or owners of the treatment
        works, as determined by the instrumentality of the State
        responsible for administering the water pollution control
        revolving fund through which such financial assistance is
        provided.''.
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