H.R. 8459

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8459 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8459

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require a certain 
percentage of funds appropriated for revolving fund capitalization 
grants be used for green projects, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 22, 2026

Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. Sykes, Ms. Norton, and Mr. 
Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require a certain 
percentage of funds appropriated for revolving fund capitalization 
grants be used for green projects, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Water Infrastructure Sustainability 
and Efficiency Act'' or the ``WISE Act''.

SEC. 2. CAPITALIZATION GRANTS.

Section 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1382(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(15) beginning on the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project 
applications and with respect to any funds for capitalization 
grants made available in any appropriations Act that the State 
receives, the State will use not less than 20 percent of such 
funds for projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally 
innovative activities.''.
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