To increase funding for rural decentralized water systems.

SA 1175. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In the matter under the heading ``rural water and waste
disposal program account'' under the heading ``Rural
Utilities Service'' in title III, in the second undesignated
paragraph, strike ``, and of which not to exceed $5,000,000
shall be available for the rural utilities program described
in section 306E of such Act: Provided,'' and insert ``:
Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the
rural utilities program described in section 306E of such
Act, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be used to
provide subgrants to eligible individuals for the
construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually
owned household decentralized wastewater systems: Provided
further,''.
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