S.Amdt. 4487

SA 4487. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. LOW-INCOME SEWER AND WATER ASSISTANCE PILOT
PROGRAM.

Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 123. LOW-INCOME SEWER AND WATER ASSISTANCE PILOT
PROGRAM.

``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a
municipality or a public entity that owns or operates a
public water system that is affected by a consent decree
relating to compliance with this Act.
``(2) Household.--The term `household' means any individual
or group of individuals who are living together as 1 economic
unit.
``(3) Low-income household.--The term `low-income
household' means a household--
``(A) in which 1 or more individuals are receiving--
``(i) assistance under a State program funded under part A
of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.);
``(ii) supplemental security income payments under title
XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);
``(iii) supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq.); or
``(iv) payments under--

``(I) section 1315, 1521, 1541, or 1542 of title 38, United
States Code; or
``(II) section 306 of the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension
Improvement Act of 1978 (38 U.S.C. 1521 note; Public Law 95-
588); or

``(B) that has an income determined by the State in which
the eligible entity is located to not exceed the greater of--
``(i) an amount equal to 150 percent of the poverty level
for that State; or
``(ii) an amount equal to 60 percent of the median income
for that State.
``(4) Public water system.--The term `public water system'
has the meaning given the term in section 1401 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f).
``(5) Sanitation services.--The term `sanitation services'
has the meaning given the term in section 113(g).
``(b) Establishment.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish a
pilot program to award grants to not fewer than 10 eligible
entities to assist low-income households in maintaining
access to sanitation services.
``(2) Lower income limit.--For purposes of this section, a
State may adopt an income limit that is lower than the limit
described in subsection (a)(3)(B), except that the State may
not exclude a household from eligibility in a fiscal year
based solely on household income if that income is less than
110 percent of the poverty level for that State.
``(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to
Congress a report on the results of the program established
under this section.''.
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