text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Water Quality 
  Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017''.
      (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
  follows:
  
  Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
  Sec. 2. Amendment of Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
                      TITLE I--WATER QUALITY FINANCING
  
              Subtitle A--Technical and Management Assistance
  
  Sec. 101. Technical assistance.
  Sec. 102. State management assistance.
  Sec. 103. Watershed pilot projects.
  Sec. 104. Nonpoint source management programs.
         Subtitle B--State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds
  
  Sec. 121. Capitalization grant agreements.
  Sec. 122. Water pollution control revolving loan funds.
  Sec. 123. State planning assistance.
  Sec. 124. Intended use plan.
  Sec. 125. Technical assistance.
  Sec. 126. Authorization of appropriations.
   TITLE II--ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE AND SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER 
                                   GRANTS
  
  Sec. 201. Pilot program for alternative water source projects.
  Sec. 202. Sewer overflow control grants.
  
  SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.
  
      Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
  amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
  of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
  be made to a section or other provision of the Federal Water Pollution 
  Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
  
                      TITLE I--WATER QUALITY FINANCING
  
              Subtitle A--Technical and Management Assistance
  
  SEC. 101. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
  
      (a) Technical Assistance for Rural and Small Treatment Works.--
  Section 104(b) (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)) is amended--
              (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
              (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and 
          inserting ``; and''; and
              (3) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(8) make grants to nonprofit organizations--
                      ``(A) to provide technical assistance to rural, 
                  small, and tribal municipalities for the purpose of 
                  assisting, in consultation with the State in which the 
                  assistance is provided, such municipalities and tribal 
                  governments in the planning, developing, and 
                  acquisition of financing for eligible projects 
                  described in section 603(c);
                      ``(B) to provide technical assistance and training 
                  for rural, small, and tribal publicly owned treatment 
                  works and decentralized wastewater treatment systems to 
                  enable such treatment works and systems to protect 
                  water quality and achieve and maintain compliance with 
                  the requirements of this Act; and
                      ``(C) to disseminate information to rural, small, 
                  and tribal municipalities and municipalities that meet 
                  the affordability criteria established under section 
                  603(i)(2) by the State in which the municipality is 
                  located with respect to planning, design, construction, 
                  and operation of publicly owned treatment works and 
                  decentralized wastewater treatment systems.''.
      (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 104(u) (33 U.S.C. 
  1254(u)) is amended--
              (1) by striking ``and (6)'' and inserting ``(6)''; and
              (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
          following: ``; and (7) not to exceed $100,000,000 for each of 
          fiscal years 2018 through 2022 for carrying out subsections 
          (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g), except that not less than 20 percent 
          of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this paragraph in a 
          fiscal year shall be used for carrying out subsection (b)(8)''.
  
  SEC. 102. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.
  
      (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 106(a) (33 U.S.C. 
  1256(a)) is amended--
              (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
              (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2) 
          and inserting ``; and''; and
              (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
              ``(3) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
          years 1991 through 2017, and $300,000,000 for each of fiscal 
          years 2018 through 2022;''.
      (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 106(e) (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) is 
  amended by striking ``Beginning in fiscal year 1974 the'' and inserting 
  ``The''.
  
  SEC. 103. WATERSHED PILOT PROJECTS.
  
      Section 122(c) is amended to read as follows:
      ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
  appropriated to carry out this section $120,000,000 for each of fiscal 
  years 2018 through 2022.''.
  
  SEC. 104. NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.
  
      Section 319(j) (33 U.S.C. 1329(j)) is amended by striking 
  ``$70,000,000'' and all that follows through ``fiscal year 1991'' and 
  inserting ``$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022''.
  
         Subtitle B--State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds
  
  SEC. 121. CAPITALIZATION GRANT AGREEMENTS.
  
      Section 602(b) (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended--
              (1) in paragraph (13)(B)(iii), by striking ``; and'' and 
          inserting a semicolon;
              (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end 
          and inserting ``; and''; and
              (3) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(15) the State will use at least 15 percent of the amount 
          of each capitalization grant received by the State under this 
          title after September 30, 2017, to provide assistance to 
          municipalities of fewer than 10,000 individuals that meet the 
          affordability criteria established by the State under section 
          603(i)(2) for projects or activities included on the State's 
          priority list under section 603(g), to the extent that there 
          are sufficient applications for such assistance.''.
  
  SEC. 122. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.
  
      Section 603(d) (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)) is amended--
              (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
              (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and 
          inserting a semicolon; and
              (3) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(8) to provide grants to owners and operators of 
          treatment works that serve a population of 10,000 or fewer for 
          obtaining technical and planning assistance and assistance in 
          financial management, user fee analysis, budgeting, capital 
          improvement planning, facility operation and maintenance, 
          equipment replacement, and other activities to improve 
          wastewater treatment plant management and operations, except 
          that the total amount provided by the State in grants under 
          this paragraph for a fiscal year may not exceed one percent of 
          the total amount of assistance provided by the State from the 
          fund in the preceding fiscal year, or 2 percent of the total 
          amount received by the State in capitalization grants under 
          this title in the preceding fiscal year, whichever amount is 
          greatest; and
              ``(9) to provide grants to owners and operators of 
          treatment works for conducting an assessment of the energy and 
          water consumption of the treatment works, and evaluating 
          potential opportunities for energy and water conservation 
          through facility operation and maintenance, equipment 
          replacement, and projects or activities that promote the 
          efficient use of energy and water by the treatment works, 
          except that the total amount provided by the State in grants 
          under this paragraph for a fiscal year may not exceed one 
          percent of the total amount of assistance provided by the State 
          from the fund in the preceding fiscal year, or 2 percent of the 
          total amount received by the State in capitalization grants 
          under this title in the preceding fiscal year, whichever amount 
          is greatest.''.
  
  SEC. 123. STATE PLANNING ASSISTANCE.
  
      Section 604(b) (33 U.S.C. 1384(b)) is amended by striking ``1 
  percent'' and inserting ``2 percent''.
  
  SEC. 124. INTENDED USE PLAN.
  
      (a) Integrated Priority List.--Section 603(g) (33 U.S.C. 1383(g)) 
  is amended to read as follows:
      ``(g) Priority List.--
              ``(1) In general.--For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal 
          year thereafter, a State shall establish or update a list of 
          projects and activities for which assistance is sought from the 
          State's water pollution control revolving fund. Such projects 
          and activities shall be listed in priority order based on the 
          methodology established under paragraph (2). The State may 
          provide financial assistance from the State's water pollution 
          control revolving fund only with respect to a project or 
          activity included on such list. In the case of projects and 
          activities eligible for assistance under subsection (c)(2), the 
          State may include on such list a category or subcategory of 
          nonpoint sources of pollution to be addressed.
              ``(2) Methodology.--
                      ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                  date of enactment of this paragraph, and after 
                  providing notice and opportunity for public comment, 
                  each State shall establish a methodology for developing 
                  a priority list under paragraph (1).
                      ``(B) Priority for projects and activities that 
                  achieve greatest water quality improvement.--In 
                  developing the methodology, the State shall seek to 
                  achieve the greatest degree of water quality 
                  improvement, taking into consideration--
                              ``(i) the requirements of section 
                          602(b)(5);
                              ``(ii) whether such water quality 
                          improvements would be realized without 
                          assistance under this title; and
                              ``(iii) whether the proposed projects and 
                          activities would address water quality 
                          impairments associated with existing treatment 
                          works.
                      ``(C) Considerations in selecting projects and 
                  activities.--In determining which projects and 
                  activities will achieve the greatest degree of water 
                  quality improvement, the State shall consider--
                              ``(i) information developed by the State 
                          under sections 303(d) and 305(b);
                              ``(ii) the State's continuing planning 
                          process developed under sections 205(j) and 
                          303(e);
                              ``(iii) whether such project or activity 
                          may have a beneficial impact related to the 
                          purposes identified under section 302(a);
                              ``(iv) the State's management program 
                          developed under section 319; and
                              ``(v) conservation and management plans 
                          developed under section 320 with respect to an 
                          estuary lying in whole or in part within the 
                          State.
                      ``(D) Nonpoint sources.--For categories or 
                  subcategories of nonpoint sources of pollution that a 
                  State may include on its priority list under paragraph 
                  (1), the State shall consider the cumulative water 
                  quality improvements associated with projects or 
                  activities carried out pursuant to the listing of such 
                  categories or subcategories.
                      ``(E) Existing methodologies.--If a State has 
                  previously developed, after providing notice and an 
                  opportunity for public comment, a methodology that 
                  meets the requirements of this paragraph, the State may 
                  use the methodology for the purposes of this 
                  subsection.''.
      (b) Intended Use Plan.--Section 606(c) (33 U.S.C. 1386(c)) is 
  amended--
              (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting 
          ``and publish'' after ``each State shall annually prepare'';
              (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
              ``(1) the State's priority list developed under section 
          603(g);'';
              (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
              (4) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
          inserting ``; and''; and
              (5) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(6) if the State does not fund projects and activities in 
          the order of the priority established under section 603(g), an 
          explanation of why such a change in order is appropriate.''.
      (c) Transitional Provision.--Before completion of a priority list 
  based on a methodology established under section 603(g) of the Federal 
  Water Pollution Control Act (as amended by this section), a State shall 
  continue to comply with the requirements of sections 603(g) and 606(c) 
  of such Act, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
  this Act.
  
  SEC. 125. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
  
      Section 607 is amended to read as follows:
  
  ``SEC. 607. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
  
      ``(a) Simplified Procedures.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
  of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall assist the States 
  in establishing simplified procedures for treatment works to obtain 
  assistance under this title.
      ``(b) Publication of Manual.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
  of the enactment of this section, and after providing notice and 
  opportunity for public comment, the Administrator shall publish a 
  manual to assist treatment works in obtaining assistance under this 
  title and publish in the Federal Register notice of the availability of 
  the manual.''.
  
  SEC. 126. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      Title VI (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
  the following:
  
  ``SEC. 609. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      ``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes 
  of this title $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years fiscal year 2018 
  through 2022.''.
  
   TITLE II--ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE AND SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER 
                                   GRANTS
  
  SEC. 201. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECTS.
  
      (a) Selection of Projects.--Section 220(d) (33 U.S.C. 1300(d)) is 
  amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as 
  paragraph (2).
      (b) Committee Resolution Procedure.--Section 220 (33 U.S.C. 
  1300(e)) is amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating 
  subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (e) through (i), 
  respectively.
      (c) Definitions.--Section 220(h)(1) (as redesignated by subsection 
  (c) of this section) is amended by striking ``or wastewater or by 
  treating wastewater'' and inserting ``, wastewater, or stormwater or by 
  treating wastewater or stormwater''.
      (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 220(i) (as 
  redesignated by subsection (c) of this section) is amended by striking 
  ``$75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 through 2004'' and inserting 
  ``$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022''.
  
  SEC. 202. SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS.
  
      Section 221 (33 U.S.C. 1301) is amended--
              (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
          ``sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants'';
              (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
      ``(a) In General.--
              ``(1) Grants to states.--The Administrator may make grants 
          to States for the purpose of providing grants to a municipality 
          or municipal entity for planning, design, and construction of 
          treatment works to intercept, transport, control, treat, or 
          reuse municipal combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer 
          overflows, or stormwater.
              ``(2) Direct municipal grants.--Subject to subsection (g), 
          the Administrator may make a direct grant to a municipality or 
          municipal entity for the purposes described in paragraph 
          (1).'';
              (3) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
      ``(e) Administrative Requirements.--A project that receives 
  assistance under this section shall be carried out subject to the same 
  requirements as a project that receives assistance from a State water 
  pollution control revolving fund under title VI, except to the extent 
  that the Governor of the State in which the project is located 
  determines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent with the 
  purposes of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, a 
  Governor may not determine that the requirements of title VI relating 
  to the application of section 513 are inconsistent with the purposes of 
  this section.'';
              (4) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
      ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
              ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
          to carry out this section $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
          2018 through 2022.
              ``(2) Minimum allocations.--To the extent there are 
          sufficient eligible project applications, the Administrator 
          shall ensure that a State uses not less than 20 percent of the 
          amount of the grants made to the State under subsection (a) in 
          a fiscal year to carry out projects to intercept, transport, 
          control, treat, or reuse municipal combined sewer overflows, 
          sanitary sewer overflows, or stormwater through the use of 
          green infrastructure, water and energy efficiency improvements, 
          and other environmentally innovative activities.''; and
              (5) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
      ``(g) Allocation of Funds.--
              ``(1) Fiscal year 2018.--Subject to subsection (h), the 
          Administrator shall use the amounts appropriated to carry out 
          this section for fiscal year 2018 for making grants to 
          municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2) 
          in accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (b).
              ``(2) Fiscal year 2019 and thereafter.--Subject to 
          subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts 
          appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2019 and 
          each fiscal year thereafter for making grants to States under 
          subsection (a)(1) in accordance with a formula to be 
          established by the Administrator, after providing notice and an 
          opportunity for public comment, that allocates to each State a 
          proportional share of such amounts based on the total needs of 
          the State for municipal combined sewer overflow controls, 
          sanitary sewer overflow controls, and stormwater identified in 
          the most recent survey conducted pursuant to section 516 and 
          any other information the Administrator considers 
          appropriate.''.
target: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017  The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2022:  programs for preventing and reducing pollution through research, investigations, and training; state and interstate water pollution control programs;  wet weather watershed pilot projects; a grant program for implementing state management programs for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources (e.g., pollution on the ground picked up by rain) to navigable waters; a grant program for protecting groundwater quality; clean water state revolving funds; a pilot program for alternative water source projects; and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants (formally known as sewer overflow control grants).   The bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to rural, small, and tribal municipalities for addressing pollution. The bill revises requirements governing capitalization grant agreements, clean water state revolving funds, and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants.
feat_title: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017