3.0.0 3893 2023-08-20T22:15:20Z 2023-08-20T22:15:20Z Senate S 2022-03-22 117 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-03-22T19:15:48Z 2022-03-22 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2022-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2022-03-22 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2022-03-22 True L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2022-08-02 False Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 00 2022-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-20T22:13:54Z Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector Development Act of 2022 or the WASH Sector Development Act of 2022

This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water and Sanitation Needs Working Group to measure and report on the number and approximate geographic distribution of households that do not have access to drinking water infrastructure or a means for the safe collection and disposal of wastewater. The EPA must also establish a program under which it awards grants to nonprofit organizations for assisting such households.

]]> WASH Sector Development Act of 2022 Display Title WASH Sector Development Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced WASH Sector Development Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector Development Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to collect information regarding water access needs across the United States, to provide grants for decentralized drinking water systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3893is/xml/BILLS-117s3893is.xml 2022-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.