“(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report containing—

(1) by striking “and (7)” and inserting “(7)”;

(2) by striking “2023” and inserting “2021”; and

(3) by inserting “; and (8) not to exceed $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for carrying out subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g), except that not less than half of the amounts so appropriated to carry out such subsections in each such fiscal year shall be used for carrying out subsection (b)(8)” before the period at the end.

(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (1); and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

“(6) INCREASED RESILIENCE OF TREATMENT WORKS.—Efforts—

“(c) Requirements.—The requirements of section 608 shall apply to any construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works carried out using a grant under this section.

“(d) Assistance.—The Administrator shall use not less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to municipalities with a population of less than 10,000, or for economically disadvantaged communities (as defined in section 20 of the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021), to the extent there are sufficient eligible applications.

“(e) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.”.

(1) WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.—Section 122 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274) is amended—

(2) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.—Section 603(c)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)(7)) is amended by striking “watershed”.

(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

(2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).

“(e) Assistance.—The Administrator shall use not less than 15 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this section in a fiscal year to provide assistance to eligible entities for projects designed to serve fewer than 10,000 individuals, to the extent there are sufficient eligible applications.”.

“(i) Requirements.—The requirements of section 608 shall apply to any construction of an alternative water source project carried out using assistance made available under this section.”.

(A) by striking “The Federal share” and inserting the following:

(B) by striking “The non-Federal share” and inserting the following:

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, and $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026” before the period at the end; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Annual report on use of funds.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report that—

(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:

(2) in paragraph (3)—

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), there is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to make grants, in cooperation with the Director of the Indian Health Service, to entities described in section 518(c)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377) for—

(2) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator may not require an entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) to provide, as a condition of receiving such grant, a share of the cost of the project or activity for which such grant was made.

(3) LIMITATION.—Not more than $2,000,000 of amounts made available in a fiscal year to carry out this subsection may be used for grants under paragraph (1)(B).

(4) APPLICATION OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of sections 513 and 608 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372, 1388) shall apply to any project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works for which a grant is received under paragraph (1).

(1) in paragraph (13)(B)—

(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and” ; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(c) Corrosion control.—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:

“(d) Wastewater infrastructure workforce development.—Each fiscal year, a State may reserve up to 1 percent of the sums allotted to the State under this section for the fiscal year to carry out workforce development, training, and retraining activities described in section 104(g).”.

“(e) Needs survey.—Each fiscal year, a State may reserve up to 0.5 percent of the sums allotted to the State under this section for the fiscal year to carry out activities under section 516(b)(1)(B).”.

“(f) Funds allotted to Puerto Rico.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds allotted to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this section may be counted as income or an asset of the owner or operator of a publicly owned treatment works receiving such funds, or be used, set aside, or otherwise made available for the purposes of payment of debt restructuring under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (48 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) by the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board.”.

(1) consult with other Federal agencies, State, local, and Tribal governments, owners and operators of publicly owned treatment works, and stakeholder organizations, including organizations with experience in investigating or addressing the wastewater infrastructure needs of rural communities, economically disadvantaged communities, and Tribal communities;

(2) undertake at least one public meeting in a rural community, in an economically disadvantaged community, and in a Tribal community, to receive testimony from the public;

(3) examine whether the distribution of wastewater infrastructure funds during the period covered by the study has been in accordance with any applicable executive order or policy regarding environmental justice;

(4) examine how wastewater infrastructure funds have been distributed with respect to the identified needs of rural communities, economically disadvantaged communities, and Tribal communities, and whether such funds have addressed the needs of such communities equitably when compared to how such funds have been distributed with respect to the identified needs of communities that are not rural, economically disadvantaged, or Tribal; and

(5) consider any additional factors that the Administrator determines necessary or appropriate to determine whether rural communities, economically disadvantaged communities, and Tribal communities have equitable access to wastewater infrastructure funds to comply with applicable requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

(1) the results of the study carried out under this section; and

(2) any recommendations to Congress, or to State, local, and Tribal governments, to ensure that rural communities, economically disadvantaged communities, and Tribal communities can equitably access wastewater infrastructure funds in amounts sufficient to address local wastewater infrastructure needs and local water quality challenges.

(1) ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term “economically disadvantaged community” means—

(2) MUNICIPALITY; TREATMENT WORKS.—The terms “municipality” and “treatment works” have the meanings given those terms in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362).

(3) WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS.—The term “wastewater infrastructure funds” means funds made available for projects or activities under or pursuant to—

(1) chaired by the Administrator; and

(2) comprised of senior representatives from any Federal agency the Administrator determines to be appropriate.

(1) annually review the National Water Reuse Action Plan and, as necessary, update such plan;

(2) encourage the consideration of water reuse as part of integrated water resources management and planning;

(3) conduct, and submit to Congress and make public, an assessment of opportunities to encourage water reuse and actions necessary to pursue such opportunities;

(4) seek to coordinate Federal programs and policies to encourage water reuse;

(5) consider how each Federal agency that is a member of the working group can explore and identify opportunities to encourage water reuse through the programs and activities of each such Federal agency; and

(6) consult, on a regular basis, with representatives of the water reuse industry, research community, and nongovernmental organizations.

(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) NATIONAL WATER REUSE ACTION PLAN.—The term “National Water Reuse Action Plan” means the document published by the Administrator entitled “National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1)”, dated February 2020, and noticed in the Federal Register on March 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 12552), as updated pursuant to this section.

(3) WORKING GROUP.—The term “working group” means the Water Reuse Interagency Working Group established under this section.