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S 1409 109th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Alaska Authorization Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to water pollution control Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Indigenous peoples Infrastructure Minorities Potable water Waste water treatment Water Resources Development Water supply

A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska.

Introduced: July 14, 2005 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Nov 9, 2006
Held at the desk.
Nov 9, 2006
Received in the House.
Oct 2, 2006
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 30, 2006
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 9/29/2006 S10796)
Sep 30, 2006
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR 9/29/2006 S10796)
Sep 30, 2006
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10795-10796)
Oct 24, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.
Oct 24, 2005
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-159.
Jul 20, 2005
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 14, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8326)
Jul 14, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8326)
Jul 14, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 5,116 Murkowski, Lisa To make certain improvements to the bill. Agreed to Sep 30, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase and extend through FY 2009 the authorization of appropriations for grants to Alaska to build public water and wastewater systems to improve health and sanitation in rural and Native villages; (2) condition grants on Alaska requiring applicants to identify a project's scope and goals; (3) require Alaska to report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually on project goals and expenditures for the grant program; and (4) direct the Administrator to require Alaska to correct any deficiencies identified in the report; and (5) prohibit expenditures for projects for which any such deficiencies are not corrected by the agreed upon deadline or for which a deadline agreement has not been reached.

What's happening now November 13, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1409: A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1409/
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"S. 1409: A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1409/.
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S. 1409, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1409/.
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