LEG00140

• Bill Number: PUB104-182
• Year: 1996
• Title: To reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act ‎(Commonly Known as the "Safe Drinking Water Act")‎ and for Other Purposes
• Legislation - Doc Type: Congressional Legislative Information

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development strategy of the State, each State shall report to
the Administrator on the success of enforcement mechanisms and
initial capacity development effo~ts in assisting the public
water systems listed under paragr~ph (1) to improve technical,
managerial, and financial capacity.
"(3) Withholding.--The list ~nd report under this
subsection shall be considered part of the capacity development
strategy of the State required under subsection (c) of this
section for purposes of the withholding requirements of section
1452 (a) (1) (G) (i) (relating to State loan funds) .

"(c) Capacity Development Strategy.--
"(1) In general.--Beginning 4 years after the date of
enactment of this section, a State shall receive only--
"(A) 90 percent in fiscal year 2001;
"(B) 85 percent in fiscal year 2002; and
"(C) 80 percent in each subsequent fiscal year,
of the allotment that the State is otherwise entitled to receive
under section 1452 (relating to State loan funds), unless the
State is developing and implementing a strategy to assist public
water systems in acquiring and maintaining technical,
managerial, and financial capacity.
"(2) Content.-~In preparing the capacity development
strategy, the State shall consider, solicit public comment on,
and include as appropriate--
"(A) the methods or criteria that the State will
use to identify and prioritize the public water systems
most

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in need of improving technical, managerial, and
financial capacity;
"(B) a description of the institutional,
regulatory, financial, tax, or legal factors at the
Federal, State, or local level that encourage or impair
capacity development;
"(C) a description of how the State will use the
authorities and resources of this title or other means
tou
"(i) assist public water systems in complying
with national primary drinking water regulations;
"(ii) encourage the development of
partnerships between public water systems to
enhance the technical, managerial, and financial
capacity of the systems; and
"(iii) assist public water systems in the
training and certification of operators;
"(D) a description of how the State will establish
a baseline and measure improvements in capacity with
respect to national primary drinking water regulations
and State drinking water law; and
"(E) an identification of the persons that have an
interest in and are involved in the development and
implementation of the capacity development strategy
(including all appropriate agencies of Federal, State,
and local governments, private and nonprofit public
water systems, and public water system customers) .
"(3) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on
which a State first adopts a capacity development strategy under

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