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On the recordJuly 1, 2020
I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1464, after line 17, insert the following: SEC. 33105. COMPREHENSIVE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. Section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19b) is amended-- (1) in subsection (d)-- (A) by striking ``$60,000,000'' and inserting ``$4,500,000,000''; and (B) by striking ``2021'' and inserting ``2025''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Comprehensive Lead Reduction Projects.-- ``(1) Grants.--The Administrator shall make grants available to eligible entities for comprehensive lead reduction projects that, notwithstanding any other provision in this section, pay to fully replace all lead service lines served by the eligible entity, irrespective of the ownership of the service line and without requiring a contribution to the cost of replacement of any portion of the service line by any individual homeowner. ``(2) Priority.--In making grants under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall give priority to eligible entities serving disadvantaged communities, consistent with subsection (b)(3), and environmental justice communities (with significant representation of communities of color, low- income communities, or Tribal and indigenous communities, that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects).…
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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