; Whereas the most recent Clean Watersheds Needs Survey report to Congress identified at least $271,000,000,000 in capital needs for wastewater, stormwater, and other clean water infrastructure; Whereas concerns about the condition of the Nation’s waters consistently rank as one of the most acute environmental worries, with 80 percent of respondents in a March 2019 Gallup Poll indicating that they worry a great deal or a fair amount about pollution of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs; Whereas the United States Commission on Civil Rights recommended further study and analysis of Federal laws including the Clean Water Act to analyze gaps in civil rights protections, and found, EPA’s definition of environmental justice recognizes environmental justice as a civil right, fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies ; Whereas Federal and State agencies have detected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), man-made chemicals that have known risks to human health and the environment, in tap water and groundwater in 49 States; Whereas experts estimate that more than 100,000,000 Americans may be exposed to drinking PFAS in their tap water and it continues to be a growing emerging contaminant nationwide that threatens clean water in the United States; Whereas the Environmental Protection Agency has initiated numerous administrative actions that collectively would eviscerate the Clean Water Act and other safeguards for clean water, including— (1) repealing science-based protections for streams, wetlands, and other waters, and excluding millions of miles of streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands from the Clean Water Act’s pollution control programs; (2) easing restrictions on wastewater plants to authorize them to release partially treated sewage during rainstorms