[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1409 Referred in House (RFH)]
2d Session
S. 1409
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 13, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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AN ACT
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to modify the
grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the
State of Alaska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN RURAL AND NATIVE
VILLAGES.
Section 303 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (33
U.S.C. 1263a) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (h);
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
``(e) Requirements.--As a condition of receiving a grant under this
section, the State of Alaska shall--
``(1) require each applicant to clearly identify the scope
and the goal of the project for which funding is sought and how
the funds will be used to meet the specific, stated goal of the
project;
``(2) establish long-term goals for the program, including
providing water and sewer systems to Alaska Native villages;
and
``(3) carry out regular reviews of grantees to determine if
the stated scope and goals of each grant are being met.
``(f) Reporting.--Not later than December 31, 2007 (with respect to
fiscal year 2007), and annually thereafter (with respect to each
subsequent fiscal year), the State of Alaska shall submit to the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a report
describing the information obtained under subsection (e), including--
``(1) the specific goals of each project;
``(2) how funds were used to meet the goal; and
``(3) whether the goals were met.
``(g) Review.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall require the State of Alaska to correct
any deficiencies identified in the report under subsection (f).
``(2) Failure to correct or reach agreement.--
``(A) In general.--If a deficiency in a project
included in a report under subsection (f) is not
corrected within a period of time agreed to by the
Administrator and the State of Alaska, the
Administrator shall not permit additional expenditures
for that project.
``(B) Time agreement.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of submission to the
Administrator of a report under subsection (f),
the Administrator and the State of Alaska shall
reach an agreement on a period of time referred
to in subparagraph (A).
``(ii) Failure to reach agreement.--If the
State of Alaska and the Administrator fail to
reach an agreement on the period of time to
correct a deficiency in a project included in a
report under subsection (f) by the deadline
specified in clause (i), the Administrator
shall not permit additional expenditures for
that project.''; and
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
(A) by striking ``$40,000,000'' and inserting
``$45,000,000''; and
(B) by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2009''.
Passed the Senate September 30 (legislative day, September
29), 2006.
Attest:
EMILY J. REYNOLDS,
Secretary.