An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part C of House Report 117-432 to authorize a grant program to improve water supply reliability for rural communities experiencing drinking water shortages.

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   Change 1: Replaces “$400,000,000” with “$150,000,000”

   ReplacesPage 135, line 9Printed page

   [struck: $400,000,000][inserted: $150,000,000]

   Original wording

   Page 135, line 9, strike “$400,000,000” and insert “$150,000,000”.

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   Change 2: Adds SEC. 115. RURAL COMMUNITIES DRINKING WATER RESILIENCY on page 364, line 5

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   Inserted: SEC. 115. RURAL COMMUNITIES DRINKING WATER RESILIENCY.

   Inserted: (a) New Well Construction Grants.--Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922-1936c) is amended by inserting after section 306E the following:

   Inserted: "SEC. 306F. NEW WELL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide grants in accordance with this section to local governments and public or private nonprofit entities for projects designed to supply drinking water to rural communities in which a significant number of dwellings with private drinking water wells have wells that are not producing water.

   Inserted: "(b) Use of Funds.--Grants made under this section may be used--

   Inserted: "(1) for waterline extensions from existing systems, laying of new waterlines, repairs or maintenance to an existing system, digging of new wells or development of other sources of water designed to replace sources of drinking water with high levels of nitrates, equipment replacement, and hook-up fees; and

   Inserted: "(2) in the case of a project designed to benefit a rural community outside the jurisdiction of the grantee, to maintain existing water supplies of the grantee that will be reduced as a result of the project.

   Inserted: "(c) Rural Community.--In this section, the term 'rural community' does not include--

   Inserted: "(1) any area in any city or town with a population in excess of 10,000 inhabitants according to the most recent decennial census of the United States; and

   Inserted: "(2) any area with a median household income in excess of the State nonmetropolitan median household income.

   Inserted: "(d) Full Funding.--Grants under this section shall be made in an amount equal to 100 percent of the costs of the projects conducted under this section.

   Inserted: "(e) Application.--Subsection (h) of section 306A shall apply with respect to the administration of applications for grants under this section.

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   Inserted: "(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.".

   Inserted: (b) Repeal.--Effective 5 years after the date of the enactment of this section, section 306F of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as added by the amendment made by subsection (a), is repealed.

   Original wording

   Page 364, after line 5, insert the following:

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