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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1285 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 |
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| 6 | 6 | | to establish payment and performance security requirements for projects, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | OST(for himself and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to |
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| 14 | 14 | | be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee |
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| 16 | 16 | | concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act of 2014 to establish payment and performance secu- |
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| 20 | 20 | | rity requirements for projects, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Infrastructure 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1285 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WIFIA ELIGIBILITY 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | AND PROJECT SELECTION. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 5028(a)(1)(C) of the Water Infrastructure 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3907(a)(1)(C)) is amended— 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the following: 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(i) F |
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| 37 | 37 | | INANCING SECURITY FEA -8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | TURES.—The Secretary’’; and 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(ii) C |
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| 41 | 41 | | ONSTRUCTION PAYMENT AND 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | PERFORMANCE SECURITY .— 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 44 | 44 | | N GENERAL.—The Sec-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | retary or the Administrator, as appli-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | cable, shall ensure that the construc-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tion of a project carried out with as-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sistance under this subtitle has pay-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ment and performance security in ac-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | cordance with this clause. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(II) U |
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| 52 | 52 | | SE OF STATE OR LOCAL 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary or 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the Administrator, as applicable, shall 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | consider subclause (I) to be satisfied 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | with respect to the construction of a 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | project if— 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(aa) applicable State or 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | local law requires payment and 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | performance security with respect 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | to the construction; and 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(bb) the amount of that 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | payment and performance secu-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | rity is not less than 50 percent of 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the total construction contract 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | amount. 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(III) U |
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| 71 | 71 | | SE OF BONDS.—With re-10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | spect to the construction of a project 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | to which no State or local payment 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | and performance security require-13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ments apply or for which the amount 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | of payment and performance security 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | under applicable State or local pay-16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ment and performance requirements 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | does not meet the requirement de-18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | scribed in subclause (II)(bb), the Sec-19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | retary or the Administrator, as appli-20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | cable, shall require, for purposes of 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | satisfying subclause (I), that the re-22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | quirements described in paragraphs 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | •HR 1285 IH |
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| 88 | 88 | | (1) and (2) of section 3131(b) of title 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | 40, United States Code, be met.’’. 2 |
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