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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3521
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to wastewater
infrastructure workforce development, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2019
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-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wastewater Infrastruc-
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ture Workforce Investment Act’’.
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SEC. 2. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE IN-
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VESTMENT.
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(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PUBLICLY OWNED
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TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—Sec-
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tion 104(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
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(33 U.S.C. 1251(g)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘manpower’’ each place it ap-
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pears and inserting ‘‘workforce’’; and
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(2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
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lows—
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‘‘(4) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS
ON
PUBLICLY
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OWNED TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
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MENT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of en-
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actment of the Wastewater Infrastructure Workforce
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Investment Act, the Administrator shall submit to
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the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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of the House of Representatives and the Committee
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on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a
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report containing—
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‘‘(A) an assessment of the current and fu-
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ture workforce needs for publicly owned treat-
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ment works, including an estimate of the num-
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ber of future positions needed for such treat-
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ment works and the technical skills and edu-
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cation needed for such positions;
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‘‘(B) a summary of actions taken by the
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Administrator, including Federal investments
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under this Act, that promote workforce develop-
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ment to address such needs; and
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‘‘(C) any recommendations of the Adminis-
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trator to address such needs.’’.
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(b) ALLOTMENT
OF FUNDS.—Section 604 of the
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Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384) is
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amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(d) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE
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DEVELOPMENT.—A State may reserve each fiscal year up
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to 1 percent of the sums allotted to the State under this
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section for the fiscal year to carry out workforce develop-
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ment, training, and retraining activities described in sec-
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tion 104(g).’’.
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