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Text of Senate Amendment 6020

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On 2026-06-24, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6020" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 6020

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3230-S3231] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6020. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. King, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. TECHNICAL FIX FOR STATE RESPONSE TO CONTAMINANTS PROGRAM. Section 1459A(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a(j)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection (c)(2)'' and inserting ``clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) or a drinking water well owner described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph''; (B) by striking ``contaminant--'' and all that follows through ``to--'' in subparagraph (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) and inserting ``contaminant that is determined by the State--''; (C) by striking subparagraph (B); (D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (E) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)-- (i) by inserting ``to'' before ``be present''; (ii) by striking ``serving,'' and inserting ``serving a community''; and (iii) by striking ``for, that community''; and (F) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)-- [[Page S3231]] (i) by inserting ``to'' before ``potentially''; and (ii) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting a period; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(3) Eligibility for assistance or as a beneficiary of assistance.--For purposes of this subsection, the Administrator may issue a grant to a State-- ``(A) that is requesting a grant on behalf of-- ``(i) a community that, under the affordability criteria established by the State under section 1452(d)(3), is determined by the State to be-- ``(I) a disadvantaged community; or ``(II) a community that may become a disadvantaged community as a result of carrying out an activity described in paragraph (1); or ``(ii) a community with a population of fewer than 10,000 individuals that the Administrator determines does not have the capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance an activity described in paragraph (1); or ``(B) for the benefit of 1 or more owners of drinking water wells that are not public water systems and are not connected to a public water system.''. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 6020 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3230-S3231] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6020. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. King, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. TECHNICAL FIX FOR STATE RESPONSE TO CONTAMINANTS PROGRAM. Section 1459A(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a(j)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection (c)(2)'' and inserting ``clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) or a drinking water well owner described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph''; (B) by striking ``contaminant--'' and all that follows through ``to--'' in subparagraph (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) and inserting ``contaminant that is determined by the State--''; (C) by striking subparagraph (B); (D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (E) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)-- (i) by inserting ``to'' before ``be present''; (ii) by striking ``serving,'' and inserting ``serving a community''; and (iii) by striking ``for, that community''; and (F) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)-- [[Page S3231]] (i) by inserting ``to'' before ``potentially''; and (ii) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting a period; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(3) Eligibility for assistance or as a beneficiary of assistance.--For purposes of this subsection, the Administrator may issue a grant to a State-- ``(A) that is requesting a grant on behalf of-- ``(i) a community that, under the affordability criteria established by the State under section 1452(d)(3), is determined by the State to be-- ``(I) a disadvantaged community; or ``(II) a community that may become a disadvantaged community as a result of carrying out an activity described in paragraph (1); or ``(ii) a community with a population of fewer than 10,000 individuals that the Administrator determines does not have the capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance an activity described in paragraph (1); or ``(B) for the benefit of 1 or more owners of drinking water wells that are not public water systems and are not connected to a public water system.''. ______