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Since FY1997, appropriations for the drinking water state revolving loan fund (DWSRF) program have totaled $23 billion.\nThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers both SRF programs, which annually distribute funds to the states for implementation. Funding amounts are specified in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) account of EPA annual appropriations acts. The combined appropriations for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure assistance have represented 25%-32% of total funds appropriated to EPA in recent years.\nPrior to CWA amendments in 1987 (P.L. 100-4), Congress provided wastewater grant funding directly to municipalities. The federal share of project costs was generally 55%; state and local governments were responsible for the remaining 45%. The 1987 amendments replaced this grant program with the SRF program. Local communities are now often responsible for 100% of project costs, rather than 45%, as they are required to repay loans to states. The greater financial burden of the act\u2019s loan program on some cities has caused some to seek continued grant funding.\nAlthough the CWSRF and DWSRF have largely functioned as loan programs, both allow the implementing state agency to provide \u201cadditional subsidization\u201d under certain conditions. Since its amendments in 1996, the SDWA has authorized states to use up to 30% of their DWSRF capitalization grants to provide additional assistance, such as forgiveness of loan principal or negative interest rate loans, to help disadvantaged communities. America\u2019s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA; P.L. 115-270) increased this proportion to 35% while conditionally requiring states to use at least 6% of their capitalization grants for these purposes. \nCongress amended the CWA in 2014, adding similar provisions to the CWSRF program. In addition, appropriations acts in recent years have required states to use minimum percentages of their allotted SRF grants to provide additional subsidization. \nFinal full-year appropriations were enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2019 (P.L. 116-6), on February 15, 2019. The act provided $1.694 billion for the CWSRF and $1.163 billion for the DWSRF program, nearly identical to the FY2018 appropriations. The FY0219 act provided $68 million for the WIFIA program, a $5 million increase from the FY2018 appropriation. \nCompared to the FY2019 appropriation levels, the Trump Administration\u2019s FY2020 budget request proposes to decrease the appropriations for the CWSRF, DWSRF, and WIFIA programs by 34%, 26%, and 63%, respectively.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/96-647", "sha1": "fa7a55f42e674664df06d0adfb57ba981b182069", "filename": "files/20190410_96-647_fa7a55f42e674664df06d0adfb57ba981b182069.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=RL/html/96-647_files&id=/0.png": "files/20190410_96-647_images_be71216400f3196ade1f86e807667726fdb9b9f3.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/96-647", "sha1": "981dcf4b10a712aad371e7b8bce38a4430f1608d", "filename": "files/20190410_96-647_981dcf4b10a712aad371e7b8bce38a4430f1608d.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 585075, "date": "2018-08-01", "retrieved": "2018-09-13T22:21:04.218948", "title": "Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations", "summary": "The principal federal program to aid municipal wastewater treatment plant construction is authorized in the Clean Water Act (CWA). Established as a grant program in 1972, it now capitalizes state loan programs through the clean water state revolving loan fund (CWSRF) program. Since FY1972, appropriations have totaled $97 billion. \nIn 1996, Congress amended the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA, P.L. 104-182) to authorize a drinking water SRF program to help systems finance projects needed to comply with drinking water regulations and to protect public health. Since FY1997, appropriations for the drinking water state revolving loan fund (DWSRF) program have totaled $21 billion.\nThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers both SRF programs, which annually distribute funds to the states for implementation. Funding amounts are specified in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) account of EPA annual appropriations acts. The combined appropriations for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure assistance have represented 25%-32% of total funds appropriated to EPA in recent years.\nPrior to CWA amendments in 1987 (P.L. 100-4), Congress provided wastewater grant funding directly to municipalities. The federal share of project costs was generally 55%; state and local governments were responsible for the remaining 45%. The 1987 amendments replaced the traditional grant program with the SRF program. Local communities are now often responsible for 100% of project costs, rather than 45%, because they are required to repay loans to states. The greater financial burden of the act\u2019s loan program on some cities has caused some to seek continued grant funding.\nThis concern has been particularly evident in the appropriations process where, for a number of years, Congress reserved as much as 30% of funds in the STAG account for special purpose grants directed to specified communities. Most of the funded projects were not authorized in the CWA or SDWA. Many state water quality officials and state infrastructure financing officials objected to this practice, as did EPA, since it reduced the amount of funding for state SRF programs. Due to general opposition to congressional earmarking, this practice has not occurred since FY2011.\nAlthough the CWSRF and DWSRF have largely functioned as loan programs, both allow the implementing state agency to provide \u201cadditional subsidization\u201d under certain conditions. Since its amendments in 1996, the SDWA has authorized states to use up to 30% of their DWSRF capitalization grants to provide additional assistance, such as forgiveness of loan principal or negative interest rate loans, to help disadvantaged communities (as determined by the state). Congress amended the CWA in 2014, adding similar provisions to the CWSRF program. In addition, appropriations acts in recent years have required states to use minimum percentages of their allotted SRF grants to provide additional subsidization. \nThe final full-year appropriations for FY2018 were enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, signed by President Trump on March 23, 2018 (P.L. 115-141). Compared to FY2017, funding for EPA water infrastructure programs increased by 24% in FY2018. The act provided $1.694 billion for the CWSRF and $1,163 million for the DWSRF program, increases of $300 million to both programs compared to FY2017. The act also provided $63 million for the WIFIA program, more than doubling the FY2017 appropriation. \nThe Trump Administration\u2019s FY2019 budget request proposes the same amounts for the CWSRF and DWSRF programs as the FY2017 appropriation. 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Established as a grant program in 1972, it now capitalizes state loan programs through the clean water state revolving loan fund (SRF) program. Since FY1972, appropriations have totaled more than $94 billion. \nIn 1996, Congress amended the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 104-182) to authorize a drinking water SRF program to help systems finance projects needed to comply with drinking water regulations and to protect public health. Since FY1997, appropriations for the drinking water SRF program have totaled more than $20 billion.\nThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers both SRF programs, which annually distribute funds to the states for implementation. Within the portion of that bill that funds EPA, assistance is specified in an account called State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG). The combined appropriations for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure assistance have represented 25%-30% of total funds appropriated to EPA in recent years.\nCongress enacted the most recent comprehensive CWA amendments in 1987 (P.L. 100-4). Prior to the 1987 amendments, wastewater treatment assistance was provided in the form of grants made directly to municipalities. The federal share of project costs was generally 55%; state and local governments were responsible for the remaining 45%. The 1987 amendments altered this arrangement by replacing the traditional grant program with the SRF program. As a general matter, states and cities support the program changes made by the 1987 amendments and the shift to a loan program that was intended to provide long-term funding for water quality and wastewater construction activities. However, the change means that local communities now are responsible for 100% of project costs, rather than 45%, because they are required to repay loans to states. The greater financial burden of the act\u2019s loan program on some cities has caused some to seek continued grant funding.\nThis concern has been particularly evident in the appropriations process where, for a number of years, Congress reserved as much as 30% of funds in the STAG account for special purpose grants directed to specified communities. Most of the funded projects were not authorized in the Clean Water Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act. Many state water quality officials and state infrastructure financing officials objected to this practice, as did EPA, since it reduced the amount of funding for state SRF programs. Due to general opposition to congressional earmarking, this practice has not occurred since FY2011.\nThe final full-year appropriations for FY2017 were enacted as part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, signed by President Trump on May 5, 2017 (P.L. 115-31). The act provides the same level of funding for water infrastructure as FY2016: $1.394 billion for clean water SRF capitalization grants, $863 million for drinking water SRF capitalization grants, and $30 million for Alaska Native Village and U.S.-Mexico border water infrastructure projects. It also provides $1.07 billion for state categorical grants, which could support a range of environmental programs. \nThe Trump Administration\u2019s FY2018 budget request proposes the same amounts for the clean water and drinking water SRF programs as the FY2017 appropriation. However, the request proposes a 44% reduction in the state categorical grants compared to FY2017 levels. Much of this reduction comes from the elimination of funding for nonpoint source grants (CWA Section 319) and reduction of grant funding for water pollution control (CWA Section 106). 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Established as a grant program in 1972, it now capitalizes state loan programs. Authorizations since 1972 have totaled $65 billion, while appropriations have totaled more than $94 billion. It has represented 25%-30% of total funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recent years.\nIn appropriations legislation, funding for EPA wastewater assistance is contained in the measure providing funds for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, which includes EPA. Within the portion of that bill that funds EPA, wastewater treatment assistance is specified in an account called State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG). Three trends in the funding of this account are most prominent: inclusion of non-infrastructure environmental grants to states, i.e., state categorical grants, beginning in FY1993; increasing number and amount of special purpose grants beginning in FY1989; and the addition of grant assistance for drinking water treatment projects in FY1997. This report summarizes, in chronological order, congressional activity to fund items in this account since 1987.\nPrior to the 1987 amendments, wastewater treatment assistance was provided in the form of grants made directly to municipalities. The federal share of project costs was generally 55%; state and local governments were responsible for the remaining 45%. The 1987 amendments altered this arrangement by replacing the traditional grant program with one that provides federal grants to capitalize state clean water loan programs, or state revolving funds (SRFs). Appropriations for the clean water SRF program through FY2016 have totaled more than $44 billion. As a general matter, states and cities support the program changes made by the 1987 amendments and the shift to a loan program that was intended to provide long-term funding for water quality and wastewater construction activities. However, the change means that local communities now are responsible for 100% of project costs, rather than 45%, because they are required to repay loans to states. The greater financial burden of the act\u2019s loan program on some cities has caused some to seek continued grant funding.\nThis concern has been particularly evident in the appropriations process where, for a number of years, Congress reserved as much as 30% of funds in the STAG account for special purpose grants directed to specified communities. Most of the funded projects are not authorized in the Clean Water Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act. Many state water quality officials and state infrastructure financing officials objected to this practice, as did EPA, since it reduces the amount of funding for state SRF programs. General opposition to congressional earmarking stopped the practice each year since FY2011.\nSince FY1997, the STAG account also has been used to fund a drinking water SRF program established by Congress in 1996. 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Three trends in the funding of this account are most prominent: inclusion of non-infrastructure environmental grants to states, i.e., state categorical grants, beginning in FY1993; increasing number and amount of special purpose grants beginning in FY1989; and the addition of grant assistance for drinking water treatment projects in FY1997. This report summarizes, in chronological order, congressional activity to fund items in this account since 1987.\nPrior to the 1987 amendments, wastewater treatment assistance was provided in the form of grants made directly to municipalities. The federal share of project costs was generally 55%; state and local governments were responsible for the remaining 45%. The 1987 amendments altered this arrangement by replacing the traditional grant program with one that provides federal grants to capitalize state clean water loan programs, or state revolving funds (SRFs). Appropriations for the clean water SRF program through FY2016 have totaled more than $42 billion. As a general matter, states and cities support the program changes made by the 1987 amendments and the shift to a loan program that was intended to provide long-term funding for water quality and wastewater construction activities. However, the change means that local communities now are responsible for 100% of project costs, rather than 45%, because they are required to repay loans to states. The greater financial burden of the act\u2019s loan program on some cities has caused some to seek continued grant funding.\nThis concern has been particularly evident in the appropriations process where, for a number of years, Congress reserved as much as 30% of funds in the STAG account for special purpose grants directed to specified communities. Most of the funded projects are not authorized in the Clean Water Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act. Many state water quality officials and state infrastructure financing officials objected to this practice, as did EPA, since it reduces the amount of funding for state SRF programs. General opposition to congressional earmarking stopped the practice each year since FY2011.\nSince FY1997, the STAG account also has been used to fund a drinking water SRF program established by Congress in 1996. 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