To increase funding for rural decentralized water systems.

SA 3200. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3944, making
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the amount made available in the second undesignated
paragraph under the heading ``rural water and waste disposal
program account'' under the heading ``Rural Utilities
Service'' in title III for--
(1) the rural utilities program described in section 306E
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act shall be
$6,500,000, of which not less than $1,500,000 shall be used
to provide subgrants to eligible individuals for the
construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually
owned household decentralized wastewater systems; and
(2) grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2)(a) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act shall be
$238,900,000.
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