Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 2021-03-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-23 (00)
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021
This bill provides funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water, revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, and creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program for repairing, replacing, or upgrading septic tanks and drainage fields. In addition, the bill makes permanent a grant program for household water well systems in rural areas. It also increases the amount of appropriations for grant programs, including a program that awards grants to prevent lead from contaminating drinking water fountains in schools and day care facilities.
Cosponsors (5)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Buy American requirements
- Child care and development
- Congressional oversight
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Labor-management relations
- Metals
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Rural conditions and development
- Solid waste and recycling
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