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[CITE: 42USC300j-16]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
             SUBCHAPTER XII--SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
 
                       Part E--General Provisions
 
Sec. 300j-16. Assistance to colonias


(a) Definitions

    As used in this section:

                          (1) Border State

        The term ``border State'' means Arizona, California, New Mexico, 
    and Texas.

                       (2) Eligible community

        The term ``eligible community'' means a low-income community 
    with economic hardship that--
            (A) is commonly referred to as a colonia;
            (B) is located along the United States-Mexico border 
        (generally in an unincorporated area); and
            (C) lacks a safe drinking water supply or adequate 
        facilities for the provision of safe drinking water for human 
        consumption.

(b) Grants to alleviate health risks

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
heads of other appropriate Federal agencies are authorized to award 
grants to a border State to provide assistance to eligible communities 
to facilitate compliance with national primary drinking water 
regulations or otherwise significantly further the health protection 
objectives of this subchapter.

(c) Use of funds

    Each grant awarded pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall 
be used to provide assistance to one or more eligible communities with 
respect to which the residents are subject to a significant health risk 
(as determined by the Administrator or the head of the Federal agency 
making the grant) attributable to the lack of access to an adequate and 
affordable drinking water supply system.

(d) Cost sharing

    The amount of a grant awarded pursuant to this section shall not 
exceed 50 percent of the costs of carrying out the project that is the 
subject of the grant.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 1999.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, Sec. 1456, as added Pub. L. 104-182, 
title I, Sec. 135, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1679.)
