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Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act
To provide that funds made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for lead service line replacement projects be provided to disadvantaged communities in the form of forgivable loans or grants, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires that funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act designated for lead service line replacement be distributed to disadvantaged communities in the form of forgivable loans or grants rather than as regular loans. The funds cover lead service line replacement and related activities such as identification, planning, design, and assessment of lead service lines. This applies to capitalization grants for state drinking water revolving loan funds.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Zachary Nunn’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $397,838
- MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC. $16,550
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $16,500
- STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $13,200
- APOLLO GLOBAL MGMT $13,000
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Actions (2)
- Jul 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 2025
Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Mrs. Sykes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide that funds made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for lead service line replacement projects be provided to disadvantaged communities in the form of forgivable loans or grants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act”.
SEC. 2. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all funds made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) for lead service line replacement projects and associated activities directly connected to the identification, planning, design, and replacement of lead service lines shall be disbursed in the form of forgivable loans or grants to disadvantaged communities (as defined in section 1452(d)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(d)(3))). <all>
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