3.0.0 5837 2023-01-11T13:39:30Z 2023-01-11T13:39:30Z House HR 2018-05-16 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama:H.R. 5837.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4138]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2018-06-22T14:04:44Z Referred to 2018-05-16T14:00:27Z A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify provisions relating to the household water well system grant program. 115 2772 S 2018-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2018-06-22 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Committee 2018-05-16 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2018-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001185 Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] Terri Sewell D AL A. 7 N R000575 Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] Mike Rogers R AL 3 2018-05-16 True Water Resources Development Public-private cooperation Rural conditions and development Water resources funding Water use and supply Water Resources Development 00 2018-05-16 Introduced in House 2018-12-28T17:26:50Z Rural Septic Tank Access Act

This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Household Water Well System Grant Program.

(Under current law, the program awards grants for private nonprofit organizations to provide loans to eligible individuals for the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household water well systems that are or will be owned by the eligible individuals in rural areas.)

The bill modifies the program to:

  • prohibit the household income of an eligible individual from exceeding 60% (currently 100%) of the median nonmetropolitan household income,
  • require grant recipients to provide subgrants to eligible individuals instead of loans,
  • authorize subgrants for household decentralized wastewater systems, and
  • limit the amount of each subgrant provided to an individual to $20,000 for each water well system or decentralized wastewater system.

In the event of well water contamination, USDA must allow a subgrant to be used to install water treatment measures as needed beyond the point of entry, with or without the installation of new well equipment.

]]> Rural Septic Tank Access Act Display Title Rural Septic Tank Access Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify provisions relating to the household water well system grant program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Rural Septic Tank Access Act Introduced in House 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr5837ih/xml/BILLS-115hr5837ih.xml 2018-06-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.