Agenda - Public Works Committee - 10/20/2020

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S. 3021-91 "(2) TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUBSIDIES. —For each fiscal year, of the amount of the capitalization grant received by the State for the year, the total amount of loan subsidies made by a State pursuant to paragraph (1)— "(A) may not exceed 35 percent; and "(B) to the extent that there are sufficient applications for loans to communities described in paragraph (1), may not be less than 6 percent.". (d) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE. —Section 1452(f)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(f)(1)) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subpara- graphs (D) and (E), respectively; (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: "(C) each loan will be fully amortized not later than 30 years after the completion of the project, except that in the case of a disadvantaged community (as defined in subsection (d)(3)) a State may provide an extended term for a loan, if the extended term— "(i) terminates not later than the date that is 40 years after the date of project completion; and "(ii) does not exceed the expected design life of the project;"; and (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking "1 year after completion of the project for which the loan was made" and all that follows through "design life of the project;" and inserting "18 months after completion of the project for which the loan was made;". (e) NEEDS SURVEY. —Section 1452(h) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(h)) is amended— (1) by striking "The Administrator" and inserting "(1) The Administrator"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) Any assessment conducted under paragraph (1) after the date of enactment of America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 shall include an assessment of costs to replace all lead service lines (as defined in section 1459B(a)(4)) of all eligible public water systems in the United States, and such assessment shall describe separately the costs associated with replacing the portions of such lead service lines that are owned by an eligible public water system and the costs associated with replacing any remaining portions of such lead service lines, to the extent practicable.". (f) OTHER AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. —Section 1452(k)(1)(C) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(k)(1)(C)) is amended by striking "for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to delineate and assess source water protection areas in accordance with section 1453" and inserting "to delineate, assess, and update assessments for source water protection areas in accordance with section 1453". (g) BEST PRACTICES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS. —Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is amended by adding after subsection (r) the following: "( Riem PR AOTTrT'C T'nu CMTT T.0 ATT FTTXTri ATlARTTTTCTRATTlIVNT—