S.Amdt. 2514

SA 2514. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

In paragraph (1) of the matter under the heading ``State
and Tribal Assistance Grants'' under the heading
``ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'' in title VI of division
J, strike the second and third provisos and insert ``Provided
further, That funds provided under this paragraph in this Act
shall not be subject to the matching or cost share
requirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3), or 202 of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding the requirements of section 603(d) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, for the funds provided
under this paragraph in this Act, each State shall use not
less than 50 percent of the amount of its capitalization
grants to provide additional subsidization to eligible
recipients in the form

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of assistance agreements with 100 percent forgiveness of
principal or grants, or any combination of these:''.
In paragraph (2) of the matter under the heading ``State
and Tribal Assistance Grants'' under the heading
``ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'' in title VI of division
J, strike the second and third provisos and insert ``Provided
further, That funds provided under this paragraph in this Act
shall not be subject to the matching or cost share
requirements of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements
of section 1452(f) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the
funds provided under this paragraph in this Act, each State
shall use not less than 50 percent of the amount of its
capitalization grants to provide additional subsidization to
eligible recipients in the form of assistance agreements with
100 percent forgiveness of principal or grants, or any
combination of these:''.
In paragraph (3) of the matter under the heading ``State
and Tribal Assistance Grants'' under the heading
``ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'' in title VI of division
J, strike the third proviso and insert ``Provided further,
That funds provided under this paragraph in this Act
deposited into Drinking Water State Revolving Funds shall be
provided to eligible recipients as assistance agreements with
100 percent principal forgiveness or as grants (or a
combination of these):''.
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