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A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the State response to contaminants program, and for other purposes.
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the State response to contaminants program, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to expand eligibility for grants under the State response to contaminants program. It allows the EPA to issue grants to States on behalf of disadvantaged communities, communities that may become disadvantaged through the program activities, small communities with fewer than 10,000 people that lack the financial capacity to fund water safety projects, and owners of private drinking water wells not connected to public water systems. The amendments modify how States determine eligibility for assistance and establish new categories of eligible beneficiaries.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
5 cosponsors
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA)
Actions (2)
- Apr 8, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
- Apr 8, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 8, 2025
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to modify eligibility for the State response to contaminants program, 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. TECHNICAL FIX FOR STATE RESPONSE TO CONTAMINANTS PROGRAM.
Section 1459A(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j- 19a(j)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “subsection (c)(2)” and inserting “clause
(i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) or a drinking water well owner described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph”;
(B) by striking “contaminant—” and all that follows through “to—” in subparagraph (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) and inserting “contaminant that is determined by the State—”;
(C) by striking subparagraph (B);
(D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
(E) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)—
(i) by inserting “to” before “be present”;
(ii) by striking “serving,” and inserting “serving a community”; and
(iii) by striking “for, that community”; and
(F) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)—
(i) by inserting “to” before “potentially”; and
(ii) by striking “; and” at the end and inserting a period; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Eligibility for assistance or as a beneficiary of assistance.—For purposes of this subsection, the Administrator may issue a grant to a State—
“(A) that is requesting a grant on behalf of—
“(i) a community that, under the affordability criteria established by the State under section 1452(d)(3), is determined by the State to be—
“(I) a disadvantaged community; or
“(II) a community that may become a disadvantaged community as a result of carrying out an activity described in paragraph (1); or
“(ii) a community with a population of fewer than 10,000 individuals that the Administrator determines does not have the capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance an activity described in paragraph (1); or
“(B) for the benefit of 1 or more owners of drinking water wells that are not public water systems and are not connected to a public water system.”. <all>
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