S.Amdt. 2861

SA 2861. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10__. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

(a) In General.--Of the amounts made available in the third
paragraph under the heading ``State and Tribal Assistance
Grants'' under the heading ``ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY'' in title VII of division N of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328; 136 Stat.
5217), up to $36,000,000 shall be available for technical
assistance and grants under section 1442(b) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-1(b)) in areas where the
President declared an emergency in August of fiscal year 2022
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
(b) Emergency Designation.--Amounts repurposed pursuant to
subsection (a) are designated as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
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