Bill > HR6818

This bill, the Clean Water Infrastructure Act, aims to increase assistance for states, water systems, and disadvantaged communities to improve the management, financial stability, and efficiency of public water systems. It does this by: - Requiring prevailing wages for construction projects financed by the bill's provisions - Expanding the eligible uses of state revolving loan funds to include activities like replacing or rehabilitating aging facilities and producing sustainable energy - Requiring states to provide data on water system variances, exemptions, and persistent violations - Authorizing increased funding for the state revolving loan funds, from $3.6 billion in 2019 to $5.5 billion in 2022 - Requiring states to prioritize disadvantaged communities when implementing new drinking water regulations that are not affordable - Allowing for transfer of funds between the drinking water and clean water state revolving loan programs - Increasing the set-aside for U.S. territories like American Samoa and Guam - Directing the EPA to develop guidance and tools to assist small public water systems, and to establish best practices for state administration of the revolving loan programs.

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