Stop Sewage Overflow Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2776 To make certain municipalities eligible for grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 15, 2019 Mrs. TRAHAN (for herself, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. RYAN, Mr. BEYER, and Mr. SERRANO) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To make certain municipalities eligible for grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 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 ‘‘Stop Sewage Overflow 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE MU- 6 NICIPAL GRANTS. 7 Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 8 Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2776.IH H2776 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2776 IH (1) in subsection (b)— 1 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’; 2 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe- 3 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(5) is a municipality with high levels of sewage 6 in the rivers of such municipality.’’; 7 (2) in subsection (d)— 8 (A) by striking ‘‘The Federal share’’ and 9 inserting the following: 10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 11 graph (2), the Federal share’’; and 12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 13 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.— 14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 15 the cost of activities carried out using amounts 16 from a grant made under subsection (a) for a 17 municipality described in subsection (b)(5) shall 18 be as follows: 19 ‘‘(i) Not less than 55 percent for mu- 20 nicipalities the affected residents of which 21 pay, on average, 2.0 percent or less of 22 their household income for sewer service. 23 ‘‘(ii) Not less than 60 percent for mu- 24 nicipalities the affected residents of which 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2776.IH H2776 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2776 IH pay, on average, more than 2.0 percent, 1 but not more than 2.5 percent, of their 2 household income for sewer service. 3 ‘‘(iii) Not less than 65 percent for 4 municipalities the affected residents of 5 which pay, on average, more than 2.5 per- 6 cent, but not more than 3.0 percent, of 7 their household income for sewer service. 8 ‘‘(iv) Not less than 70 percent for mu- 9 nicipalities the affected residents of which 10 pay, on average, more than 3.0 percent, 11 but not more than 3.5 percent, of their 12 household income for sewer service. 13 ‘‘(v) Not less than 75 percent for mu- 14 nicipalities the affected residents of which 15 pay, on average, more than 3.5 percent of 16 their household income for sewer service. 17 ‘‘(B) AFFECTED RESIDENTS DEFINED.— 18 For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘af- 19 fected resident’ means a resident of a munici- 20 pality who is in the 20th percentile of income 21 for the municipality.’’; and 22 (3) in subsection (f)(1)— 23 (A) by striking ‘‘$225,000,000’’ and in- 24 serting ‘‘$500,000,000’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2776.IH H2776 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 2776 IH (B) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 1 ‘‘2030’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 May 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2776.IH H2776 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS