PUBLIC LAW 104-182—AUG. 6, 1996
110 STAT. 1671
"(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this section
$599,000,000 for the fiscal year 1994 and $1,000,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 1995 through 2003. To the extent amounts
authorized to be appropriated under this subsection in any fiscal
year are not appropriated in that fiscal year, such amounts are
authorized to be appropriated in a subsequent fiscal year (prior
to the fiscal year 2004). Such sums shall remain available until
expended.
"(n) HEALTH EFFECTS STUDIES. —From funds appropriated
pursuant to this section for each fiscal year, the Administrator
shall reserve $10,000,000 for health effects studies on drinking
water contaminants authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act
Amendments of 1996. In allocating funds made available under
this subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to studies
concerning the health effects of Cryptosporidium (as authorized
by section 1458(c)), disinfection byproducts (as authorized by section
1458(c)), and arsenic (as authorized by section 1412(b)(12)(A)), and
the implementation of a plan for studies of subpopulations at
greater risk of adverse effects (as authorized by section 1458(a)).
"(o) MONITORING FOR UNREGULATED CONTAMINANTS. — From
funds appropriated pursuant to this section for each fiscal year
beginning with fiscal year 1998, the Administrator shall reserve
$2,000,000 to pay the costs of monitoring for unregulated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C).
"(p) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR STATE OF VIRGINIA.—Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section limiting the use
of funds deposited in a State loan fund from any State allotment,
the State of Virginia may, as a single demonstration and with
the approval of the Virginia General Assembly and the Administrator, conduct a program to demonstrate alternative approaches
to intergovernmental coordination to assist in the financing of new
drinking water facilities in the following rural communities in
southwestern Virginia where none exists on the date of enactment
of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 and where
such communities are experiencing economic hardship: Lee County,
Wise County, Scott County, Dickenson County, Russell County,
Buchanan County, Tazewell County, and the city of Norton, Virginia. The funds allotted to that State and deposited in the State
loan fund may be loaned to a regional endowment fund for the
purpose set forth in this subsection under a plan to be approved
by the Administrator. The plan may include an advisory group
that includes representatives of such counties.
"(q) SMALL SYSTEM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— The Administrator may reserve up to 2 percent of the total funds appropriated
pursuant to subsection (m) for each of the fiscal years 1997 through
2003 to carry out the provisions of section 1442(e) (relating to
technical assistance for small systems), except that the total amount
of funds made available for such purpose in any fiscal year through
appropriations (as authorized by section 1442(e)) and reservations
made pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the amount
authorized by section 1442(e).
"(r) EVALUATION. —The Administrator shall conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the State loan funds through fiscal
year 2001. The evaluation shall be submitted to the Congress at
the same time as the President submits to the Congress, pursuant
to section 1108 of title 31, United States Code, an appropriations
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