3.0.0 2466 2022-11-01T13:50:03Z 2022-11-01T13:50:03Z Senate S 2019-09-11 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-11T22:26:25Z Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act 116 1162 HR 2020-12-18 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 551. Related bill CRS Water Justice Act 116 4033 HR 2019-09-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Identical bill CRS 2019-09-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-09-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N Environmental Protection Alaska Appropriations Arizona Building construction California Child care and development Colorado Congressional oversight Ecology Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental health Food assistance and relief Hawaii Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Hunting and fishing Idaho Income tax exclusion Infrastructure development Kansas Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Poverty and welfare assistance Public participation and lobbying Public utilities and utility rates Residential rehabilitation and home repair Rural conditions and development Solid waste and recycling South Dakota State and local finance Texas Utah Washington State Water quality Water resources funding Water use and supply Watersheds Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Wyoming Environmental Protection 00 2019-09-11 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-15T18:30:18Z Water Justice Act

This bill addresses affordable access to clean water by establishing, expanding, or extending various programs or requirements related to drinking water infrastructure, water pollution control, water supply, water recycling, water efficiency, or conservation programs.

Specifically, the bill provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for programs that reduce contaminants of concern in drinking water, such as grant programs for lead testing or remediation efforts in schools, child care programs, or high-risk communities. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.

Each year, the EPA must obligate specified amounts of funding for several water infrastructure programs, including state revolving fund programs and grant programs for managing or controlling water pollution.

The EPA must also establish a grant program to help communities that serve environmentally at-risk households and low-income households afford the costs for remediating contaminated drinking water. Further, the Department of Health and Human Services may make grants to states to assist low-income households in meeting their needs for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services.

In addition, the EPA must promulgate an interim national primary drinking water regulation for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, which may have adverse human health effects.

Finally, the bill establishes or reauthorizes a variety of programs that provide financial support for water supply projects, water recycling or reuse projects, rural water systems, water efficiency improvements, or conservation programs.

]]> Water Justice Act Display Title Water Justice Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Water Justice Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide supplemental appropriations for safe and secure water, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2466is/xml/BILLS-116s2466is.xml 2019-09-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.