Wastewater Workforce Investment Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2173 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to wastewater infrastructure workforce development, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 23, 2021 Mr. STANTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to wastewater infrastructure workforce develop- ment, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wastewater Workforce 4 Investment Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE IN- 6 VESTMENT. 7 (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PUBLICLY OWNED 8 TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—Sec- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2173.IH H2173 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2173 IH tion 104(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 1 (33 U.S.C. 1251(g)) is amended— 2 (1) by striking ‘‘manpower’’ each place it ap- 3 pears and inserting ‘‘workforce’’; and 4 (2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol- 5 lows— 6 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PUBLICLY 7 OWNED TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOP- 8 MENT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of en- 9 actment of the Wastewater Workforce Investment 10 Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Com- 11 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 12 House of Representatives and the Committee on En- 13 vironment and Public Works of the Senate a report 14 containing— 15 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the current and fu- 16 ture workforce needs for publicly owned treat- 17 ment works, including an estimate of the num- 18 ber of future positions needed for such treat- 19 ment works and the technical skills and edu- 20 cation needed for such positions; 21 ‘‘(B) a summary of actions taken by the 22 Administrator, including Federal investments 23 under this Act, that promote workforce develop- 24 ment to address such needs; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2173.IH H2173 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2173 IH ‘‘(C) any recommendations of the Adminis- 1 trator to address such needs.’’. 2 (b) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 604 of the 3 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384) is 4 amended by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(d) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE 6 DEVELOPMENT.—A State may reserve each fiscal year up 7 to 1 percent of the sums allotted to the State under this 8 section for the fiscal year to carry out workforce develop- 9 ment, training, and retraining activities described in sec- 10 tion 104(g).’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2173.IH H2173 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS