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Emergency Rural Water Response Act of 2025
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for grants related to emergency water assistance, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Expands the Emergency and Imminent Community Water Assistance Grant Program to include grants for wastewater, storm drainage, and solid waste facilities related to water resources infrastructure.
- Increases the population threshold for eligibility in the Emergency and Imminent Community Water Assistance Grant Program from 10,000 to 35,000.
- Exempts portable water treatment and filtration facilities from federal water pollution permits for 6 months following a state declaration of disaster or emergency.
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Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/C001059.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Costa, Jim (D-CA) [#21]
3 cosponsors
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![Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/E000246.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Edwards, Chuck (R-NC) [#11] -
![Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/G000605.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Gray, Adam (D-CA) [#13] -
![Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/L000596.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina (R-FL) [#13]
Actions (3)
- Aug 6, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · house
- Aug 5, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Aug 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 5, 2025
Mr. Costa (for himself and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for grants related to emergency water assistance, 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 “Emergency Rural Water Response Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY AND IMMINENT COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(1)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
“(C) for associated uses related to water resources infrastructure, including facilities for potable water, wastewater, storm drainage, or solid waste;”; and
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking “10,000” and inserting “35,000”.
SEC. 3. NPDES PERMIT EXEMPTION.
Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(4) Emergency use of portable water treatment and filtration facilities.—During any 6-month period immediately following a declaration by a State of a disaster or state of emergency, no permit shall be required under this section by the Administrator (or the State, in the case of a permit program approved under subsection (b)) for discharges from a portable water treatment and filtration facility installed in the area covered by the declaration to provide clean water as needed to respond to conditions caused by the event that resulted in the declaration.”. <all>
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