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Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005

Introduced: December 8, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Dec 16, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Dec 8, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 8, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to extend until January 23, 2008, the date by which small public water systems must comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water.

What's happening now December 16, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Dec 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4495: Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4495/
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"H.R. 4495: Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4495/.
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H.R. 4495, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4495/.
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