S.Amdt. 545

SA 545. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. STATE REVOLVING FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Clean water revolving fund.--The term ``clean water
revolving fund'' means a State water pollution control
revolving fund established under title VI of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
(2) Drinking water revolving fund.--The term ``drinking
water revolving fund'' means a State drinking water treatment
revolving loan fund established under section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12).
(b) Authority.--In addition to the transfer authority in
section 302(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of
1996 (42 U.S.C. 300j-12 note; Public Law 104-182), and
notwithstanding section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(d)), during the 1-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, if a State,
in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, determines that available funds in the
clean water revolving fund of the State are necessary to
address a threat to public health as a result of heightened
exposure to lead in drinking water, the State may transfer an
amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the cumulative
clean water revolving fund Federal grant dollars to the State
to the drinking water revolving fund of the State. Funds
transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the
State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in
the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest
loans, or grants (or any combination of these).
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