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Protecting America's Drinking Water from Extreme Temperatures Act of 2026

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize grant funds under the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program to be used to increase resilience to extreme temperatures, and for other purposes.

Introduced May 14, 2026

Latest action (May 14, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary

  • Expands the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program to include extreme temperatures as a hazard that grant funds can address.
  • Allows drinking water systems to use grant funds to increase resilience and reduce risks to drinking water from extreme temperature events.
  • Extends the program's authorization period from 2022-2026 to 2027-2032.

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Actions (2)

  1. May 14, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  2. May 14, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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  • Introduced in Senate · May 14, 2026

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 14, 2026

Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Curtis, and Ms. Blunt Rochester) 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 authorize grant funds under the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program to be used to increase resilience to extreme temperatures, 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 “Protecting America’s Drinking Water from Extreme Temperatures Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. MIDSIZE AND LARGE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

Section 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19g) is amended—

(1) in each of subsections (b) and (c), by striking “natural hazards and extreme weather events” each place it appears and inserting “natural hazards, extreme weather events, and extreme temperatures”;

(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking “natural hazards or extreme weather events, including risks to drinking water from flooding” and inserting “natural hazards, extreme weather events (including risks to drinking water from flooding), or extreme temperatures”;

(3) in subsection (d)—

(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting “extreme temperatures,” after “weather events,”;

(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting “or extreme temperatures” after “weather events”;

(C) in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by striking “or extreme weather events” each place it appears and inserting “extreme weather events, or extreme temperatures”; and

(D) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking “hazards or extreme weather events” and inserting “hazards, extreme weather events, or extreme temperatures”; and

(4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking “2022 through 2026” and inserting “2027 through 2032”. <all>

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